Endotricha fuscobasalis Ragonot, 1891: 526

Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Kirti, Jagbir Singh, 2023, On the taxonomy of genus Endotricha Zeller (Pyralinae, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera) with description of three new species from India, Zootaxa 5323 (1), pp. 56-70 : 58-59

Endotricha fuscobasalis Ragonot, 1891: 526

( Figs 1 , 17 )

Type locality: Pakistan, Punjab

Material examined: India, Sikkim: Yuksom , 2 ♁, 03.v.2014 (8762/H10) ; Uttarakhand: Chirbatiya, 2 ♁, 03.vi.2014 (13251/H10), Koti kanasar, 1 ♁, 06.vi.2014 (13252/H10), R. Ranjan leg. (NZCZSI) .

Diagnosis: Externally, E. fuscobasalis and E. melanobasis are closely similar species, differences are discussed under E. melanobasis . Based on the male genitalia capsule and specifically the T-shaped uncus, E. fuscobasalis ( Fig. 17 ) is closely related to the externally distinct E. costaemaculalis Christoph, 1881 ( Figs 3 , 19 ), but is differentiated by the apical portion of juxta having two well-formed patches of comparatively larger and robust spines, and the saccular process broader, almost straight and slightly broadened subapically, and ending to a small spiniform process, whereas in E. costaemaculalis , apex of juxta uniformly covered with minute spines and saccular process is narrower, slightly wavy and gradually narrowing towards an acute apex.

Distribution: Indian subcontinent (North) ( Whalley 1963); Sikkim, Uttarakhand (present study), China (Tibet)

( Wang & Li 2005, Singh et al. 2022).

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Adult of Endotricha spp. (All India). 1, Sikkim,Yuksom (8762/H10); 2, Sikkim, Golitar (8765/H10); 3, Sikkim, Yuksom (8763/H10); 4, Uttarakhand, Chakrata (13255/H10); 5, Sikkim, Dodak (8768/H10); 6, Sikkim, Golitar (8770/H10); 7, Sikkim, Mangan (13259/H10); 8, Sikkim, Golitar (13264/H10). Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIGURES 17–22. Male genitalia of Endotricha spp. 17, Sikkim, Yuksom (8762/H10); 18, Sikkim, Golitar (8765/H10); 19, Sikkim, Yuksom (8763/H10); 20, Sikkim, Dodak (8768/H10); 21, Sikkim, Mangan (13259/H10); 22, Sikkim, Ribdi (8778/ H10).