On the taxonomy of genus Termioptycha Meyrick, 1889 (Pyralidae, Epipaschiinae) with description of two new species and two new species records from India

Rahul Ranjan; Navneet Singh; Jagbir Singh Kirti

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5165.3.6

On the taxonomy of genus Termioptycha Meyrick, 1889 (Pyralidae, Epipaschiinae) with description of two new species and two new species records from India

Zootaxa. 2022 Jul 15;5165(3):415-424. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.3.6.

Authors

Rahul Ranjan¹, Navneet Singh², Jagbir Singh Kirti³

Affiliations

¹ Zoological Survey of India, M-Block New, Alipore, Kolkata 700 053, West Bengal, India. 2Department of Zoology Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, Punjab, India.. rranjan720@gmail.com.
² Zoological Survey of India, M-Block New, Alipore, Kolkata 700 053, West Bengal, India.. nsgill007@gmail.com.
³ Department of Zoology Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, Punjab, India.. user@example.com.

PMID: 36101319
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.3.6

Abstract

In the present research paper we describe two new species of Epipaschiinae, Termioptycha gnathospina Ranjan, N. Singh Kirti, sp. nov. and Termioptycha almae Ranjan, N. Singh Kirti, sp. nov. and report of two species, Termioptycha cornutitrifurca Rong Li, 2017 and Termioptycha bilineata (Wileman, 1911) for the first time from India. An updated checklist of all the Termioptycha species is provided.

MeSH terms

Animals
India
Moths*