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Erebfdae, undoubtedly a Efght new records of the famfly Erebfdae well-defned group of , fs (Lepfdoptera: Noctuofdea) from Indfa the largest famfly of the order 1 2 3 ISSN 0974-7907 (Onlfne) Lepfdoptera. Globally, ft fs known Jagbfr Sfngh Kfrf , Navneet Sfngh & Harkanwal Sfngh ISSN 0974-7893 (Prfnt) by approxfmately 24,500 descrfbed 1 specfes under 1750 genera Department of Zoology & Envfronmental Scfences, Punjabf Unfversfty, Pafala, NH 64, Urban Estate Phase II, Pafala Dfstrfct, OPEN ACCESS (Nfeukerken et al. 2011) and 18 Punjab 147002, Indfa subfamflfes: Scolfopterygfnae, 2 Zoologfcal Survey of Indfa,Gangefc Plafns Regfonal Centre, Sector-8, Rfvulfnae, Anobfnae, Hypenfnae, Bahadurpur Housfng Colony, Patna, Bfhar 800026, Indfa 3 Department of Zoology, S.D. College, Barnala, Punjab 148101, Indfa Lymantrffnae, Pangrapfnae, 1 [email protected] , 2 [email protected] (correspondfng Hermfnffnae, Aganafnae, Arcffnae, Calpfnae, author), 3 [email protected] Hypocalfnae, Eulepfdofnae, Toxocampfnae, Tfnolffnae, Scolecocampfnae, Hypenodfnae, Boletobffnae and Erebfnae (Zahfrf et al. 2012). Famfly Erebfdae fs of fmmense economfc fmportance as ft fncludes a large length, remarks, materfal examfned and dfstrfbufon number of major and mfnor pest specfes fn fts fold. fs gfven whereas, frst reference and name of the type The caterpfllars of varfous specfes atack dfferent specfes fs provfded for the respecfve . agrfcultural crops, forest trees and ornamental plants. These moths and thefr fmmature stages occupy a varfety Materfals & Methods of nfches, such as external folfage feeders on trees, forbs The studfed materfal was collected usfng lfght traps or grasses and are known by dfferent names such as from dfferent localffes menfoned under materfal subsurface cut worms, army worms, boll worms, stem examfned. The collected moths were kflled wfth the help borers, bud feeders, etc. The huge losses caused by of ethyl acetate vapours and processed as per standard thefr larvae are counted fn terms of mfllfons of rupees technfques fn Lepfdopterology. The wfng venafon every year whfch farmers spend for thefr control. Thus, and genftal studfes have been done by followfng Klots the dfstrfbufonal knowledge of such an economfcally (1970), Robfnson (1976), and Zfmmerman (1978). The fmportant group of fnsects fs vftal for the economy of fdenffcafon was done wfth the help of relevant lfterature any country, agrfculture sector and for mankfnd as a (Hampson 1894; Holloway 2005). Furthermore, the whole. reported specfes of Indfan Erebfdae have been verffed The present communfcafon deals wfth the new from the followfng publfshed works: Hampson (1891, addffons of efght specfes to the known Indfan fauna of 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899a,b,c, 1900, Erebfdae. All the newly reported specfes are dfstrfbuted 1902, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, fn northeastern Indfa. For each of the newly reported 1913, 1913a,b, 1914, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926), specfes: frst and latest reference, dfagnosfs, wfng Rose (2002), Srfvastava (2002), Smetacek (2008), Zaspel

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& Branham (2008), Gurule et al. (2011), Sivasankaran et © Harkanwal Singh al. (2012), Gurule & Nigam (2013), Kirti & Singh (2013), and Singh et al. (2014). All the voucher specimens of the newly recorded species are deposited in the Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala (PUP/ZOO). Abbreviations used: AED - Aedeagus, ANT.APO - Anterior apophyses, CRP.BU - Corpus bursae, DU.BU - Ductus bursae, VLV - Valva, PAP.A - Papilla anales, PO.APO - Posterior apophyses, TG - Tegumen, UN - Uncus, VES - Vesica, VIN - Vinculum, JX - Juxta. 1 Results and Discussion Family: Erebidae Subfamily: Genus Ischyja Hübner Hübner, 1823; Verz. bekannt. Schmett.: 265. Type species: Phalaena manlia Cramer.

Ischyja hagenii (Snellen, 1885) (Images 1,2,3) Potamorpha hagenii Snellen, 1885; Tijdschr. Ent., 28: 6 Ischyja hagenii (Snellen, 1855); Kononenko &

Pinratana (2005), Moths of Thailand 3: 106 2 3 Material Examined: PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-840, 13. Images 1–3. Ischyja hagenii (PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-840) ix.2012, 1 male, Mizoram: Mamit (23.92916667 N & 92.49055556 E, elevation 875m). Diagnosis: Male genitalia with uncus swollen at tip, followed by a claw; juxta flask like; valvae robust with broad base, narrow beyond the basal half; vesica with small sclerotizations and spines as well as scobination. Forewing length: 41mm. Remarks: This species is distinct from its closely similar species Ischyja anna Swinhoe by the following characters: second segment of labial palpi is dark brown below, an ovate mark on forewing dorsum and a much broader blue band on the hindwing (in hagenii second 4 segment of labial palpi is pale blue, forewing mark is © Harkanwal Singh angular and blue band of hindwing is narrow) Distribution: India (Mizoram), Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Lombok).

Genus Ophisma Guenée Guenée, 1852; in Boisduval & Guenée. Hist. nat. Ins. 7: 236. Type species: Ophisma gravata Guenée.

Ophisma pallescens (Walker, [1863] 1864) (Images 4,5) 5 Lagoptera pallescens Walker, [1863] 1864; J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 7: 179. Images 4–5. Ophisma pallescens (PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-843)

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Ophisma pallescens (Walker, [1863] 1864); genitalia with ductus bursae small, strongly sclerotized; Kononenko & Pinratana (2005), Moths of Thailand, 3: corpus bursae elongated, weakly sclerotized. 34. Forewing length: 25mm. Material Examined: PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-843, Remarks: According to Holloway (2005) the species 12.ix.2012, 1 male, Mizoram: Mamit (23.92916667 N & is non-congeneric with Serrodes and may be related to 92.49055556 E, elevation 875m). Avatha bipartita Wileman (Taiwan); however, due to Diagnosis: Forewing pale brownish-grey, slightly lack of voucher specimens of related species we are falcate; the reniform and orbicular outlined with black. following Holloway (2005). Hindwing pale yellow, with a submarginal black band, Distribution: India (Mizoram), Indonesia (Java, broadest at apex and narrowing to a point at anal angle. Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi), New Guinea, Thailand. Female genitalia with papilla anales rectangular, setosed with long and small setae; posterior apophyses longer Subfamily than the anterior apophyses; ductus bursae strongly Genus Simplicia Guenée curved, slender, long and sclerotized; corpus bursae Guenée, 1854; in Boisduval & Guenée. Hist. nat. irregular, pyriform with a small patch of sclerotization Ins. 8: 15. and lower half membranous. Type species: Herminia rectalis Eversmann. Forewing length: 44mm. Remarks: The second known species of this genus, Simplicia bimarginata (Walker, [1863], 1864) O. gravata Guenée is much smaller in size than O. (Images 8,9,10) pallescens. Culicula bimarginata Walker, [1863], 1864; J. Proc. Distribution: India (Mizoram), Thailand, peninsular Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 7: 178. Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Seram), Simplicia bimarginata (Walker, [1863], 1864); New Guinea. Holloway (2005), Moths of Thailand, 3: 14 Material Examined: PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-42, Genus Serrodes Guenée 18.ix.2012, 1 male, 2 females, Mizoram: Hrangchalkwan Guenée, 1852; in Boisduval & Guenée. Hist. nat. (22.86083333N & 92.80416667E, elevation 1,230m); Ins. 7: 251. PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-42a, 17.ix.2009, 1 male, Mizoram: Type species: Phalaena inara Cramer. Thingsul (23.706604N & 92.866734E, elevation 850 m).

Serrodes caesia Warren, 1915 (Images 6,7) Serrodes caesia Warren, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22: 150 Serrodes caesia Warren, 1915; Holloway (2005), Moths of Borneo, 15–16: 89 Material Examined: PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-846, 12.ix.2012, 1 female, Mizoram: Mamit (23.92916667N & 92.49055556E, elevation 875m). Diagnosis: Forewing slightly variegated, two irregular sub-basal markings, a fine but somewhat obscure post-medial line, outwardly angled at centre. Female 8 © Harkanwal Singh

6 10 © Harkanwal Singh 9 7 Images 6–7. Serrodes caesia (PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-846) Images 8–10. Simplicia bimarginata (PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-42)

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Dfagnosfs: Forewfng fuscous grey; a strafght sub- Pfnratana (2005), Moths of Thafland, 3: 62 margfnal lfne wfth dffused fuscous shade on fnner Materfal Examfned: PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-570, sfde, area beyond ft grey; antemedfal and post-medfal 27.fx.2012, 1 male, Mfz oram: Saftual (23.689630 N & lfnes weak, waved and approachfng each other towards 92.955670 E, elevafon 1,180m). fnner margfn. Hfndwfng wfth a sfmflar sub-margfnal lfne, Dfagnosfs: Forewfng pale yellow; fnterspaces of vefns angled at vefn Cu 1. Male genftalfa wfth sfckle shaped flled fn wfth brown, markfngs of basal half frregular; a uncus; valvae long, acute towards apex, small fnger-lfke medfal blufsh band, broadest at costa. Hfndwfng wfth one subapfcal costal process; aedeagus wfth a sclerofzed, medfal, three post-medfal dffused fuscous lfnes, a sub- serrate band at fp; vesfca wfth felds of scobfnafon. margfnal whfte lfne. Male genftalfa wfth uncus long rod- Forewfng length: 18mm. lfke; valvae long and narrow; aedeagus wfth a long robust Remarks: S. bfmargfnata fs morphologfcally sfmflar to spfne at fp; vesfca unornamented. S. margfnata (Moore) but fts strafght sub-margfnal lfne Forewfng length: 17mm. of forewfng fs dfagnosfc, whfch fs fnwardly angled fn the Remarks: Only two specfes of Dfomea , D. rotundata later. Walker and D. cremata Butler are reported from Indfa Dfstrfbufon: Indfa (Mfzoram), Thafland, Malaysfa, Srf (Sfvasankaran et al. 2012). D. fascfata fs the thfrd specfes Lanka, Indonesfa, New Gufnea, Phflfppfnes, Tafwan. from Indfa and fts markfngs are unfque and unmfstakable. Dfstrfbufon: Indfa (Mfzoram) , Thafland, Chfna. Subfamfly Calpfnae Genus Dfomea Walker Genus Platyja Hübner Walker, [1858], 1857; Lfst Spec. lepfd. Colln Hübner, 1823; Verz. bekannt. Schmet .: 268. Br. Mus. (13): 1079. Type specfes: Phalaena ummfnfa Cramer. Type specfes: Dfomea rotundata Walker. Platyja acerces (Prout, 1928) Dfomea fascfata (Leech, 1900) (Images 14,15) (Images 11,12,13) Iontha acerces Prout, 1928; Bull. Hfll Mus. Wftley, 2: Homoptera fascfata Leech, 1900; Trans. Ent. Soc. 261. Lond., 1900: 553. Platyja acerces (Prout, 1928); Holloway (2005), Dfomea fascfata (Leech, 1900); Kononenko & Moths of Borneo, 15–16: 145.

11 © Harkanwal Sfngh 14 © Harkanwal Sfngh

12 13 15 Images 11–13. Dfomea fascfata (PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-570) Images 14–15. Platyja acerces (PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-873)

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Materfal Examfned: PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-873, 18.fx.2011, 1 female, Arunachal Pradesh: Hunlf (28.32166667 N & 95.97055556 E, elevafon 1,460m). Dfagnosfs: Wfngs trfangular, rufous brown. Forewfng wfth a post-medfal, outwardly oblfque, orange band from costa to vefn M 3; some yellow, orange spots at fnterno- medfan space; a sflver-blufsh margfnal lfne. Hfndwfng wfth fuscous shade, basal area paler; an obscure orange patch at anal angle; a sflver-blufsh margfnal lfne from 16 below costa to anal angle. Female genftalfa wfth ductus © Harkanwal Sfngh bursae strongly sclerofzed; corpus bursae frregular and membranous. Forewfng length: 28mm. Remarks: Males of thfs specfes have larger and comparafvely more trfangular hfndwfngs. P. acerces fs closely sfmflar to P. sflvanf Zfllf from Borneo. The markfngs are obscure fn the later. Another sfmflar specfes fs P. umbrfna Doubleday but the male has a long abdomen and comparafvely less trfangular wfngs fn females. Dfstrfbufon: Indfa (Arunachal Pradesh), Tafwan, 17 penfnsular Malaysfa, Indonesfa (Sumatra, Borneo, Java). Images 16–17. Tamba delfcata (PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-874) Subfamfly Bolftobffnae Genus Tamba Walker Walker, 1869; Char act. undescr. Lepfd. Heterocera: Genus Tfruvaca Swfnhoe 94. Swfnhoe, 1901, Ann. Mag. nat. Hfst. 7: 497. Type specfes: Tamba submfcacea Walker. Type specfes: Thermesfa subcostalfs Walker.

Tamba delfcata Prout, 1932 Tfruvaca hollowayf Kobes, 1988 (Images 16,17) (Images 18,19) Tamba delfcata Prout, 1932; Bull. Hfll Mus. Wftley, 4: Tfruvaca hollowayf Kobes, 1988; He terocera 273. Sumatrana 2: 99. Tamba delfcata Prout, 1932; Holloway (2005), Moths Tfruvaca hollowayf Kobes, 1988; Holloway (2005), of Borneo, 15-16: 355 Moths of Borneo, 15–16: 349 Materfal Examfned: PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-874, 19.fx.2011, Materfal Examfned: PUP/ZOO/HAR/R-877, 19.fx.2010, 1 female, Arunachal Pradesh: Hunlf (28.32166667 N & 1 female, Arunachal Pradesh: Hunlf (28.32166667 N & 95.97055556 E, elevafon 1,460m). 95.97055556 E, elevafon 1460m). Dfagnosfs: Adults brownfsh, wfngs wfth dark brown Dfagnosfs: Forewfng markfngs are more promfnent patches. Female genftalfa wfth ductus bursae long, lat than fts closely sfmflar specfes T. subcostalfs Walker. and rfbbon shaped; corpus bursae pyrfform, elongate Hfndwfng wfth medfal and post-medfal lfnes comfng and narrow, wfth an fncomplete rfng of small spfnes. closer towards costa, are dfagnosfc. Female genftalfa Forewfng length: 19mm. wfth ductus bursae almost strafght, narrow, sclerofzed; Remarks: Males are wfth green patches, a dfagnosfc corpus bursae wfth the basal secfon looped and dfstal character for the specfes. Females are brownfsh. secfon pyrfform. Dfstrfbufon: Indfa (Arunachal Pradesh), penfnsular Forewfng length: 18mm. Malaysfa, Indonesfa (Borneo, Sumatra, Java). Remarks: The genus fs known by T. subcostalfs Walker and T. hollowayf kobes . Both the specfes exfbft sexual dfmorphfsm. The forewfng termen fn the male of the later fs excavate sub-tornally. Dfstrfbufon: Indfa (Arunachal Pradesh), Indonesfa (Sumatra, Borneo).

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Communications Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata: Insecta) of Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan, India The status of Arabian Gazelles Gazella arabica (Mammalia: -- Dheerendra Singh, Brijendra Singh & Jan T. Hermans, Cetartiodactyla: Bovidae) in Al Wusta Wildlife Reserve and Pp. 10445–10452 Ras Ash Shajar Nature Reserve, Oman -- Mansoor H. Al Jahdhami, Sultan Al Bulushi, Haitham Al Rawahi, Records of the Indian Sand Snake Psammophis condanarus Waheed Al Fazari, Ahmed Al Amri, AbdulRahman Al Owaisi, Salim (Merrem, 1820) (Reptilia: Lamprophiidae) in southern India Al Rubaiey, Zahran Al Abdulasalam, Metab Al Ghafri, Shaeilendra -- S.R. Ganesh, Vivek Sharma & M. Bubesh Guptha, Pp. 10453– Yadav, Sami Al Rahbi & Steven Ross, Pp. 10369–10373 10458

On the occurrence of the Black Spine-cheek Gudgeon An ecological note on the new record of Cuora amboinensis Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker in Sri Lankan waters, with (Riche in Daudin, 1801) (Reptilia: Testudines: Geoemydidae) comments on the Green-backed Guavina Bunaka gyrinoides in northeastern India (Bleeker) (Teleostei: Eleotridae) -- Kulendra Chandra Das & Abhik Gupta, Pp. 10459–10462 -- Sudesh Batuwita, Sampath Udugampala & Udeni Edirisinghe, 10374–10379 A new distribution record of the European Free-tailed Bat Tadarida teniotis (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from the western Captive breeding for conservation of Dussumier’s Catfish Himalaya, India (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Clariidae: Clarias dussumieri) -- Rohit Chakravarty, Pp. 10463–10467 a Near Threatened endemic catfish of peninsular India -- K.G. Padmakumar, L. Bindu, P.S. Sreerekha, Nitta Joseph, Measuring Indian Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra(Mammalia: Anuradha Krishnan, P.S. Manu & V.S. Basheer, Pp. 10380–10385 Cetartiodactyla: Bovidae) abundance at Basur Amruth Mahal Kaval Conservation Reserve, Chikkamagaluru, southern India Influence of seasonal and edaphic factors on the diversity of -- H.S. Sathya Chandra Sagar & P.U. Antoney, Pp. 10468–10472 scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) and general observations on their ecology from Kerala, India -- Dhanya Balan & P.M. Sureshan, 10386–10395 Notes

Butterflies of eastern Assam, India A new species of Sarcinella (Ascomycetes) from Eturnagaram -- Arun P. Singh, 10396–10420 Wildlife Sanctuary, Warangal District, Telangana, India -- Khaja Moinuddin Mohammad, Bagyanarayana Gaddam & Rana Kausar, Pp. 10473–10475 Short Communications Re-collection of the Black Catchfly Silene nigrescens Three noteworthy additions to the flora of the western (Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae) after 130 years from Indian Himalaya, India western Himalaya -- Ishwari Datt Rai, Amit Kumar, Gajendra Singh, Bhupendra Singh -- Satish Chandra, D.S. Rawat & P.K. Pusalkar, Pp. 10476–10479 Adhikari & Gopal Singh Rawat, 10421–10425 Eight new records of the family Erebidae (Lepidoptera: New distribution records of three Sarcophyton species Noctuoidea) from India (Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) in Indian waters from -- Jagbir Singh Kirti, Navneet Singh & Harkanwal Singh, Andaman Islands Pp. 10480–10486 -- Seepana Rajendra, C. Raghunathan & Tamal Mondal, 10426– 10432 New records of hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Stenogastrinae) from Bhutan Additions to the Indian dragonfly fauna, and new records of two -- Tshering Nidup, Wim Klein & Phurpa Dorji, Pp. 10487–10489 enigmatic damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) from northeastern India Addition of four species to the butterfly checklist of Kaleshwar -- Shantanu Joshi, Joyce Veino, Dahru Veino, Lightson Veino, National Park, Haryana, India Rakoveine Veino & Krushnamegh Kunte, Pp. 10433–10444 -- Sachin P. Ranade, Pp. 10490–10492

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