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Issue: Vol. 4810 No. 1: 9 Jul. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.1.5
Page range: 110–116
Abstract views: 107
PDF downloaded: 3

First record of the genus Porcellanola László, Ronkay & Witt, 2006 (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae) from India with description of a new species

Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Sector-8, BH Colony, Patna-800026, Bihar, India.
Lepidoptera section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, New Alipore, 700053, West Bengal, India.
12 Rainbow Street, Leominster, HR6 8DQ, United Kingdom.
Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Sector-8, BH Colony, Patna-800026, Bihar, India.
Lepidoptera Porcellanola sikkima sp. nov. P. sukhothai P. langtangi new records

Abstract

Genus Porcellanola is reported for the first time from India with description of a new species, Porcellanola sikkima Joshi, Singh & László sp. nov., (Sikkim) along with the morphotaxonomy of two more species, P. sukhothai László, Ronkay & Witt, 2006 and P. langtangi László, Ronkay & Witt, 2006. In addition, first description of the female genitalia of P. sukhothai is provided.

 

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