Maiestas pruthii (Metcalf)

Figs 21, 22

Deltocephlaus notatus Singh-Pruthi, 1936: 128-129, fig. 139, pl. 9 fig. 10 (Pakistan) (primary homonym: Deltocephalus notatus Melichar, 1896); Deltocephalus pruthii Metcalf, 1967: 1173 (nom. nov. pro D. notatus Singh-Pruthi, 1936); Deltocephalus (Recilia) pruthii: Dash and Viraktamath 1998: 22, 23, figs 150-158 (India); Maiestas pruthii: Webb and Viraktamath 2009: 20, new combination; Khatri and Webb 2010: 11, pl. 2a fig. 13, misidentification; Naveed et al. 2019: 286, fig. 2A-C (incorrectly cited as M. subviridis; H. Naveed pers. comm.), Fig. 3i, misidentification; Shah et al. 2021: 406, fig. 4F-L (Pakistan).

Diagnosis.

This species has a relatively long, acute head, with a pair of inverted U-shaped markings basally, and forewings with extra cross veins. The identity of this species is based on the figures of Dash and Viraktamath (1998).

Distribution.

India, Pakistan.