Syntypistis wunna ( Schintlmeister, 1997 )

Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh, Schintlmeister, Alexander & Fric, Zdenek Faltynek, 2022, New and less known Notodontidae from Manipur, India (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea), Zootaxa 5196 (1), pp. 61-93 : 85

49. Syntypistis wunna ( Schintlmeister, 1997) (new record for India)

(Figs. 121, 49)

Quadricalcarifera wunna Schintlmeister, 1997 ; Entomofauna , Suppl. 9: 91, fig. d. TL: N Vietnam, Mai-chau 25 km SE Mocchau, 20° 50′ N, 104° 40′ E.

Material examined. India: 2 ♂♂, Manipur, Ukhrul district, Shirui Hill (Site 2), 25.1236°N 94.4408°E, 2036 m, 22.IX.2019, in coll. NCZ, ZSI , Registration no. 11528/H10; 1 ♂, Shirui Hill (Site 3), 25.1171°N 94.4456°E, 2190 m, 24.VII.2019, genitalia slide no. JSI-GP 314, leg. JS Irungbam, India, (in coll. NCZ, ZSI) .

Diagnosis. FW length male 19-21 mm. Head bears whitish hairs; Antennae blackish and bipectinate. FW ground colour is deep green; Median area with three paler spots, including the discal spot. Submarginal area contrasts greyish green to the postmedian and marginal area. HWs dark brown; whitish spots in the median area. Male genitalia with short rectangular uncus and gnathos; Valves with costal process; long saccus. Aedeagus slender and curved. 8th sternite quadrangular and bilobed.

Distribution. India: Manipur (in the present study). Elsewhere: Vietnam, N Thailand ( Schintlmeister & Pinratana 2007).