[Entomology • 2021] Thespea aka • A New Species of the Genus Thespea Solovyev (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea) and Four newly recorded species of Limacodidae from India

1, Thespea aka, sp. nov., holotype ♂; 2, T. aka, sp. nov., paratype ♂;
3, T. heringi, holotype ♂, Myanmar, Putao; 4, T. siniaevi, holotype ♂, Myanmar. 

in Singh, Ahmad, Chandra et Solovyev, 2021. 

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.8  

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Abstract

Thespea aka, sp. nov., is described as new from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Additionally, four species are recorded for the first time from India: Melinaria pseudorepanda kalawensis (Orhant, 2000) and Parasa julikatis Solovyev & Witt, 2009, recorded in Arunachal Pradesh, and Thosea lutea Heylaerts, 1890 and Mambarona congrua (Walker, 1862), recorded in Great Nicobar Island. Diagnosis and distribution are provided for all taxa listed and the males and their genitalia are illustrated.

Keywords: Lepidoptera, Arunachal Pradesh, Great Nicobar Island, Mambarona congrua,

Melinaria pseudorepanda kalawensis, Parasa julikatis, Thespea aka, sp. nov., Thosea lutea 

1, Thespea aka, sp. nov., holotype ♂; 2, T. aka, sp. nov., paratype ♂;
3, T. heringi, holotype ♂, Myanmar, 25 km E Putao, env. Nan Sa Bon (MWM); 4, T. siniaevi, holotype ♂, Myanmar, 65 km NE Putao (MWM).

Thespea aka N. Singh & Ahmad, sp. nov.

 Adults (dorsal view).
 1, Thespea aka, sp. nov., holotype ♂; 2, T. aka, sp. nov., paratype ♂; 3, T. heringi, holotype ♂, Myanmar, 25 km E Putao, env. Nan Sa Bon (MWM); 4, T. siniaevi, holotype ♂, Myanmar, 65 km NE Putao (MWM);
5, Melinaria pseudorepanda kalawensis ♂, India, Arunachal Pradesh, lower Subansiri (NZCZSI); 6, M. repanda ♂, India NE, Assam, Kaziranga, Wild Life res., Pan Bari, 26˚45`N, 93˚10`E, 100m, leg, V. Sinyaev (MWM); 7, M. pseudorepanda pseudorepanda ♂, China, Sichuan, Volonong Res., Siguliang Shan, 31˚09`, 103˚20`E, leg. Sinyaev & team (MWM);
8, Parasa julikatis ♂, India, Arunachal Pradesh, Upper Siang (NZCZSI); 9, P. julikatis ♂, Vietnam, Mts. Fan-si-pan, Chapa, holotype (MWM);
10, Thosea lutea ♂, India, A & N Islands, Great Nicobar Island, Laxmi nagar (NZCZSI); 11, Mambarona congrua ♂, India, A & N Islands, Great Nicobar Island, Galathea (NZCZSI).

Scale bar: 1 cm.

Navneet Singh, Jalil Ahmad, Kailash Chandra and Alexey V. Solovyev. 2021. A New Species of the Genus Thespea Solovyev and Four newly recorded species of Limacodidae from India (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Zootaxa. 4927(1); 123–132. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.8

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