Idiocerus (Idiocerus) cedarae Viraktamath & Sohi

Figs 17A–J, 59F, 61A, 65E–H.

Idiocerus cedarae Viraktamath and Sohi 1994: 25–26, figs 13–21.

Diagnosis. Ochraceous. Crown with round black spots on foremargin, pronotum with a few dark broun and fuscous spots. Mesonotum with basal triangles black. Forewings hyaline with veins brown interrupted by white spots. Male abdomenal apodemes exceeding anterior margin of following segment. Aedeagus with dorsal apodeme well developed and dark pigmented. Female sternite VII as in Fig. 61A.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Kufri, Simla, 2600m, 15.x.1979, ex Cedrus deodora, V.A. Viraktamath (UASB). Paratype. 1 ♀, data as for holotype (UASB).

Remarks. I. (I.) cedarae is very similar to I. (I.) sharmai, but darker than the latter species and breeds on Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G. Don ( Pinaceae) whereas the latter species is much lighter in color and breeds on Salix sp. ( Salicaceae). They also differ in the shape of the basal abdominal apodemes and development of the aedeagal dorsal apodeme as given in the key.