Prabhasa venosa Moore, 1878

Dubatolov, Vladimir V., Volynkin, Anton V. & Kishida, Yasunori, 2018, Review of the Prabhasa Moore, 1878 genus-group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4407 (3), pp. 383-400 : 385

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Prabhasa venosa Moore, 1878 View in CoL

( Figs. 1–3 View FIGURES 1–10 , 24 View FIGURES 24–26 , 36 View FIGURES 36–41 )

Prabhasa venosa Moore, 1878 View in CoL ; Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London, 1878: 26, pl. 2, fig. 16 (Type locality: [NE India, N of West Bengal, Darjeeling] “Darjiling”).

Prabhasa venosa: Hampson 1894: 76 View in CoL .

Ilema venosa: Hampson 1900: 138 , 140.

Eilema venosa: Strand 1922: 592 View in CoL .

Lithosia venosa: Draudt 1914: 206 , fig. 14i.

Type material examined. Syntypes: 1 ♂ ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–10 ), handwritten label "Darjiling ♂ " / printed label "Moore Coll. 94- 106" / handwritten label " Prabhasa venosa ♂ (type) Moore" / printed round whitish label with a red circle " Type " (Coll. NHMUK); 4 ♂, 1 ♀, handwritten label "Darjiling" / printed label "Moore Coll. 94-106" (Coll. NHMUK); 1 ♀ ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–10 ), handwritten label "Darjiling ♀ " / printed label "Ind. Mus. 79.64" / printed label " venosa Mre " / printed round whitish label with a yellow circle " Paratype ", slide AV1884f Volynkin (Coll. ZFMK).

Other material examined. 1 ♀, Sikkim, Møller, 1888 (Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♀, Sikkim, VII.1909, F. Moller (Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♂, Assam, Cherrapunji , Oct. 1915, Nat. Coll. (Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, Khasis, Nat. Coll., slide BMNH Arct-4557 (Coll. NHMUK); 2 ♂, Khasis, Nat. Coll. , VI–VII.1894 (Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Assam (Coll. NHMUK) .

Description. Male ( Figs. 1, 3 View FIGURES 1–10 ). Forewing length 12.5–13.5 mm. Wing upper side pale yellowish brown. Forewings with darker brown Veins; an indistinct brown transVerse postdiscal band is bent outward beyond the cell; male with a grayish-brown plumose tuft oVerlapping and eXtending half of the cell ( Moore 1878). Male genitalia ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 24–26 ). Uncus bifid in apical half. Cucullus apeX finger-like, medially broadened, curVed Ventrally; basal parts of ValVes Ventral margins split; distal saccular process finger-like, but twice narrower than cucullus. Vesica membranous, consists of long, narrow and apically pointed diVerticulum haVing two small subdiVerticula at base, ductus and Vesica ejaculatorius situated subbasally. Female ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–10 ). Forewing length 15–15.5 mm. Wing upperside light brown with reddish tint; all markings as in male. Female genitalia ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 36–41 ). OVipositor short and broad; apophyses long and thin, apophyses anteriores slightly longer and thinner than apophyses posteriores; ductus bursae weakly sclerotized, dorso-Ventrally flattened, its anterior section membranous; corpus bursae egg-like, membranous, with a large round signum posteriorly.

Distribution. SE Himalayas. All records from other regions are probably mistaken.