Tegostoma comparalis, Hubner, 1796

Singh, Navneet, Ranjan, Rahul, Talukdar, Avishek, Joshi, Rahul, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Chandra, Kailash & Mally, Richard, 2022, A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5197 (1), pp. 1-423 : 199-200

306. Tegostoma comparalis (Hübner, [1796] 1796–1836d: 10, pl. 19, fig. 127 [recte]) ( Pyralis )

Type locality: Europe

= Pyralis ramalis Hübner, [1796] 1796 –1836d: 10, pl. 14 fig. 92

Type locality: Italy

= Pyralis tenebrosalis Walker, 1866a: 1235

Type locality: South Hindostan

= Scopula fotalis Swinhoe, 1885: 875 , pl. 57 fig. 9

Type locality: India, Poona [Pune]

= Tegostoma distinctale Caradja, 1916: 42

Type locality: Tunesia , Tunis

= Tegostoma comparalis sahariensis L. W. Rothschild, 1921a: 229

Type locality: Niger, Zinder, Tanaout, Damergou, north of Damergou , Aderbissinat , Agadez, Asben , north of Agadez (“Agades”), Azzal

Distribution. Indian records: South Hindostan ( Walker 1866a), Poona ( Swinhoe 1885), North West Himalayas, Poona, Coimbatore ( Hampson 1896b), Delhi ( Komal et al. 2021). Global records: Mediterranean sub region ( Hampson 1896b), Malta ( Amsel 1955), Pakistan ( Amsel 1968), Cyprus ( Arenberger 1994), Spain ( King 2002), Namibia ( Maes 2004), United Arabian Emirates ( Asselbergs 2008), China ( Na & Wang 2013).

Remark: Legend of species incorrectly lebelled as “ glaucinalis ”.