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Issue: Vol. 4816 No. 1: 15 Jul. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-07-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.1.6
Page range: 101–107
Abstract views: 86
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A new species of Toccolosida, a Pyralinae from the Western Ghats, India (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) and the revised status of Lixa as a synonym

Zoological Survey of India, M-Block New, Alipore, Kolkata 700 053, West Bengal, India.
Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, Punjab, India.
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block New, Alipore, Kolkata 700 053, West Bengal, India. Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, Punjab, India.
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block New, Alipore, Kolkata 700 053, West Bengal, India.
Lepidoptera distribution map Karnataka Ganeshgudi checklist taxonomic key

Abstract

A new species, Toccolosida ganeshgudiensis N. Singh, Kirti & Ranjan, sp. nov. is described from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India, the furthest southern known distribution for the genus in India. Additionally, Lixa Walker, 1866 is synonymised with Toccolosida Walker, 1863 and L. productalis Walker is newly combined as Toccolosida productalis (Walker), comb. nov. An updated checklist and a taxonomic key to the known species of Toccolosida are also provided.

 

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