Pheosiopsis norina Schintlmeister, 1989

Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh, Schintlmeister, Alexander & Fric, Zdenek Faltynek, 2022, New and less known Notodontidae from Manipur, India (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea), Zootaxa 5196 (1), pp. 61-93 : 89

64. Pheosiopsis norina Schintlmeister, 1989 (new record for India)

( Figs. 25 , 54 )

Pheosiopsis (Suzukiana) norina Schintlmeister, 1989 ; Neue Ent. Nachr. 25: 111. TL. E. China.

Material examined. India: 2 ♂♂, Manipur, Ukhrul district, Shirui Hill (Site 2), 25.1171°N 94.4456°E, 2198 m, 12.VII.2016, genitalia slide no. JSI-GP 286; leg. JS Irungbam (in coll. NZC, ZSI, Registration no. 11523/H10) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length 25–27 mm in male. Pheosiopsis norina can be easily separable from the long bipectinated antenna which is short pectinated in P. niteria and P. irrorata .

Distribution: India: Manipur (In the present study). Elsewhere. Myanmar, S China, Vietnam, Laos, N Thailand ( Schintlmeister 2008).

Figures

FIGURES. 20–27. Adults of Notodontidae. 20. Neodrymonia albinomarginata Schintlmeister, 2007; 21. Syntypistis wunna (Schintlmeister, 1997); 22. S. scensus (Schintlmeister, 1997); 23. Harpyia nadiae Morozov, 2013; 24. Allodonta viola (Schintlmeister, 1997); 25. Pheosiopsis norina Schintlmeister, 1989; 26. Rachiades lichenicolor siamensis Sugi, 1993; 27. Periphalera spadixa Wu & Fang, 2003. Scale bar 10 mm.

FIGURES 52–55. Genitalia of Notodontidae. 52. Allodonta viola (Schintlmeister, 1997); 53. Rachiades lichenicolor siamensis Sugi, 1993; 54. Pheosiopsis norina Schintlmeister, 1989; 55. Periphalera spadixa Wu & Fang, 2003.