Purpurata shompen ( Singh & Ahmad, 2022 ) Xue & Lu & Du, 2024

Xue, Xin-Lei, Lu, Xiao-Qiang & Du, Xi-Cui, 2024, The new genus Purpurata (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae), with descriptions of two new species from China, ZooKeys 1219, pp. 175-194 : 175-194

Purpurata shompen ( Singh & Ahmad, 2022) comb. nov.

Patania shompen Singh & Ahmad in Singh et al. 2022: 14, figs 1–2, 5–7. Type locality: India (Great Nicobar Island).

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to P. iopasalis , but can be distinguished by the postmedial line of forewing punctiform between M 2 and CuA 2, and the postmedial line of hindwing linear between M 2 and CuA 2 ( Singh et al. 2022: fig. 1); phallus posteriorly with a rectangular protruding sclerite in male genitalia ( Singh et al. 2022: fig. 7). In P. iopasalis , the postmedial line of the fore and hind wings are punctiform between M 2 and CuA 2 (Fig. 7 ); and phallus posteriorly with a nail head-like protruding sclerite in male genitalia (Fig. 14 c ).

Distribution.

India (Great Nicobar Island) ( Singh et al. 2022).

Remarks.

This species is not found in China. The diagnosis is summarized based on the description and images of habitus and genitalia by Singh et al. (2022).

Figures

Figures 6–11. Habitus of Purpurata species 6 P. obfuscalis ♂ 7 P. iopasalis ♂ 8 P. directa sp. nov. holotype ♂ 9 P. directa sp. nov. paratype ♀ 10 P. lurida sp. nov. holotype ♂ 11 P. plagiatalis ♂. Scale bars: 0.5 cm.

Figures 12–16. Genitalia of Purpurata species 12, 13 P. obfuscalis 12 male, genitalia slide no. XXL 23275 13 female, genitalia slide no. XLJ 14221 14 P. iopasalis, male, genitalia slide no. XXL 23277 15, 16 P. directa sp. nov. 15 male, holotype, genitalia slide no. LXQ 18315 16 female, paratype, genitalia slide no. XLJ 14147 12 a, 14 a, 15 a gnathos 12 b, 14 b, 15 b fibula 12 c, 14 c, 15 c cornuti and posterior protrusion of phallus. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (12–16); 0.1 mm (12 a – c, 14 a – c, 15 a – c).