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Issue: Vol. 5691 No. 2: 9 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.9
Page range: 353-358
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A new species of the genus Ptochoryctis Meyrick, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from India

Department of Science; Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road; South Kensington; London SW7 5BD; UK.
Zoological Survey of India; New Alipore; Kolkata- 700053; West Bengal; India.
Lepidoptera Sundarbans West Bengal Xyloryctidae Ptochoryctis anguillaris P. eremopa Metathrinca argentea

Abstract

Ptochoryctis sundarbanica sp. nov. is described from two adult specimens found in degraded mangrove habitat in the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India.

 

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How to Cite

Sterling, M.J. & Singh, N. (2025) A new species of the genus Ptochoryctis Meyrick, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from India. Zootaxa, 5691 (2), 353–358. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.9