Sacada constrictalis (Ragonot, 1891)

Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Ranjan, Rahul, Chandra, Kailash & Speidel, Wolfgang, 2020, On the taxonomy of the genus Sacada Walker, 1862 from India, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species (Pyralinae, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera), ZooKeys 962, pp. 139-163 : 139

Sacada constrictalis (Ragonot, 1891) Figs 3 , 21 , 22

Sybrida constrictalis Ragonot 1891: 75-76, pl. 8 fig. 10.

Description.

Male, wingspan 24 mm (Fig. 3 ). Adult dark purplish fuscous. Forewing with a dark rufous rectangular patch near base, touching antemedial line, which is highly angled in interno-median interspace; postmedial line pale, sinuous, nearly orthogonal from costa to vein M2, then very oblique to inner margin; area between antemedial and postmedial line paler; discocellular with two specks, outer one darker. Hindwing pale fuscous, submarginal line pale, slightly waved, crossed by a dark streak at vein Cu1. Cilia of both wings ochreous, with two black lines passing through them. Male genitalia (Figs 21 , 22 ). Uncus broad with flaps on lateral side; gnathos with tip hooked; valva simple, without any process; tegumen simple; transtilla broad and sclerotised, bifid process originating medially; juxta broad with a vertical incision from tip to base, forming two arms, spined apically; saccus U-shaped; vesica membranous with fine scobination, without any cornuti.

Diagnosis.

Provided with the diagnosis of S. sikkima.

Material examined.

India, Meghalaya: 3 ♂, Cherrapunji, 04.ix.2014, leg. R. Ranjan (Coll. NZC ZSI); 1 ♂, Umtasor, 15.ix.2014, leg. R. Ranjan (Coll. NZC ZSI).

Figures

Figures 1 - 6. Adults of Sacada spp. 1 S. sikkima (Moore) (male), India 2 S. sikkima (Moore) (male), lectotype, Darjeeling, India 3 S. constrictalis (Ragonot) (male), India 4, 5 S. discinota (Moore) (male), India 6 S. discinota (Moore) (male), lectotype, Darjeeling, India. Scale bars: 5 mm (1); 12.7 mm (3 - 5).

Figures 19 - 26. Male genitalia of Sacada spp. 19, 20 Male genitalia of S. sikkima (Moore) 21, 22 male genitalia of S. constrictalis (Ragonot) 23, 24 male genitalia of S. discinota (Moore) 25, 26 male genitalia of S. unilinealis Hampson.