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Issue: Vol. 5594 No. 2: 28 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.4
Page range: 316-324
Abstract views: 69
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A new species of genus Psilocladia Warren from India, bridging the boundaries of Africa and Asia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)

Zoological Survey of India; New Alipore; Kolkata–700053; West Bengal; India; Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences; Punjabi University; Patiala–147002; Punjab; India
Zoological Survey of India; New Alipore; Kolkata–700053; West Bengal; India; Department of Zoology; University of Calcutta; Kolkata– 700019; West Bengal; India
Zoological Survey of India; New Alipore; Kolkata–700053; West Bengal; India; Department of Zoology; University of Calcutta; Kolkata– 700019; West Bengal; India
Zoological Survey of India; New Alipore; Kolkata–700053; West Bengal; India
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Abstract

In the present manuscript, we describe a new species i.e., Psilocladia indica M. Singh, Lenka & N. Singh, sp. nov., from India and diagnose with its close congeners based on wing pattern and genitalia. Psilocladia indica sp. nov. is the fifth species of the genus. This study also reports Psilocladia Warren, 1898, a genus hitherto known only from Africa, for the first time from Asia. Psilocladia is closely similar to an African genus, Xenimpia Warren, 1895 and an Oriental genus Krananda Moore, 1868. The diagnostic attributes are explained and illustrated herein. Additionally, global checklist and identification key to all the species of the Psilocladia are provided.

 

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