taxonID	type	description	language	source
038E8786AF6D8A3D2CE4C76CFC6BA5E1.taxon	description	(Figs 1, 7)	en	Volynkin, Anton V. (2022): On the taxonomy of the genus Eugoa Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with a description of a new species from the Andaman Islands (India). Ecologica Montenegrina 60: 36-42, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.60.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.60.6
038E8786AF6D8A3D2CE4C76CFC6BA5E1.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype (Figs 1, 7): male, “ India Andaman Islands | Middle Andaman | Tagapure (Rainforest) | 12 ° 50 ' 72 '' N 092 ° 49 ' 29 '' E | 22 – 26.11.2000, leg. J. - P. Rudloff ” / “ Slide | ZSM Arct. | 2021 - 284 ♂ | A. Volynkin ” (MWM / ZSM).	en	Volynkin, Anton V. (2022): On the taxonomy of the genus Eugoa Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with a description of a new species from the Andaman Islands (India). Ecologica Montenegrina 60: 36-42, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.60.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.60.6
038E8786AF6D8A3D2CE4C76CFC6BA5E1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species (Fig. 1) belongs to the E. bipunctalis van Eecke, 1926 species group comprising four described species: E. bipunctalis, E. alleni Holloway, 2001, E. mangle Holloway, 2001, and E. kareli Bucsek, 2016, and is most externally similar to the latter species (Fig. 2) from which, however, it differs in the somewhat narrower forewing, the paler forewing ground colour, the smaller discal spots, the somewhat more arcuate and diffuse postmedial line, and the less dentate subterminal line. The male genitalia of E. arorai sp. n. (Fig. 7) are well different from E. kareli (Fig. 8) in the shorter and postmedially broader valva with the markedly shorter and broader cucullus. The male genital capsule of the new species is most similar to E. alleni described from Borneo Island (illustrated by Holloway (2001 )) but distinguished by the postmedially broader valva, and the shorter and broader cucullus bearing a markedly larger triangular apical thorn directed more inwards. In the vesica of E. arorai sp. n., the subbasal diverticulum is narrower than in E. alleni, and the ventral elongate diverticulum is markedly longer and proximally narrower.	en	Volynkin, Anton V. (2022): On the taxonomy of the genus Eugoa Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with a description of a new species from the Andaman Islands (India). Ecologica Montenegrina 60: 36-42, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.60.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.60.6
038E8786AF6D8A3D2CE4C76CFC6BA5E1.taxon	description	Description. External morphology of adult. Male (Fig. 1). Forewing length 11.5 mm in holotype. Head pale ochreous. Antenna pale ochreous, ciliate. Thorax pale ochreous with two black spots on metathorax. Forewing ground colour pale ochreous with brown suffusion, pattern dark brown. Subbasal line interrupted into two spots: larger triangular one on costal margin and smaller trapezoidal. Antemedial line almost straight, somewhat dilated anteriorly, medially and posteriorly. Cell with two small circular spots distally, with proximal one positioned more posteriorly. Postmedial line more or less straight medially, and arcuate outwards and dilated at costal and anal margins. Postmedial area with more intense brown suffusion. Subterminal line sinuous with two inner protrusions opposite cell in medial and cubital sectors. Forewing cilia pale ochreous. Hindwing ground colour pale ochreous, paler than in forewing, with intense brown suffusion along costal and outer margins at apex, and ochreous-yellow suffusion along anal margin. Hindwing cilia ochreous-yellow. Abdomen ochreous-yellow. Male genitalia (Fig. 7). Uncus slender, laterally flattened, smoothly downcurved, distally tapered and apically pointed, and densely setose proximally. Tegumen weakly sclerotised with narrow arms. Vinculum equal in length to tegumen, weakly sclerotised, more or less U-shaped. Valva relatively narrow, with postmedially convex dorsal margin, subapically constricted with apical section forming upcurved and densely setose cucullus bearing large triangular apical thorn and additional small triangular process on ventral surface. Juxta weakly sclerotised, band-shaped. Phallus almost straight, gradually tapered distally. Vesica with small elliptical subbasal diverticulum dorsally and strongly elongate, medially upcurved and distally tapered ventral diverticulum. Basal plate of vesica ejaculatorius long and thin. Female unknown.	en	Volynkin, Anton V. (2022): On the taxonomy of the genus Eugoa Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with a description of a new species from the Andaman Islands (India). Ecologica Montenegrina 60: 36-42, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.60.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.60.6
038E8786AF6D8A3D2CE4C76CFC6BA5E1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The new species is currently known only from its type locality on the island of Middle Andaman (India).	en	Volynkin, Anton V. (2022): On the taxonomy of the genus Eugoa Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with a description of a new species from the Andaman Islands (India). Ecologica Montenegrina 60: 36-42, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.60.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.60.6
038E8786AF6D8A3D2CE4C76CFC6BA5E1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named after is dedicated to G. S. Arora, author of the basic publication on the Arctiinae fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Arora 1983).	en	Volynkin, Anton V. (2022): On the taxonomy of the genus Eugoa Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with a description of a new species from the Andaman Islands (India). Ecologica Montenegrina 60: 36-42, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.60.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.60.6
038E8786AF688A3A2CE4C0A1FCE8A117.taxon	description	(Figs 4 – 6, 9, 11) Aemene tau Heylaerts, 1891, Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique, 35: ccccxiv (Type locality: “ Préanger (Java) ”).	en	Volynkin, Anton V. (2022): On the taxonomy of the genus Eugoa Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with a description of a new species from the Andaman Islands (India). Ecologica Montenegrina 60: 36-42, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.60.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.60.6
038E8786AF688A3A2CE4C0A1FCE8A117.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined. Holotype (by monotypy) (Figs 4, 11): female, [Indonesia] “ Java. | Hellmeyer ” / “ Museum Leiden. | S. tau | Det: Heyl. ” / “ Cat. № | 1 ” / blue stripe- like label / blue label [gen. prep. No.] “ JDH 16 ” / QR- code label with unique number “ RMNH. INS | 1148684 ” (RMNH). Additional material examined. CAMBODIA: 1 male, Mondolkiri Prov., Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, between Seima and O’Rang, 12 ° 12 ' 12 '' N 107 ° 01 ' 09 '' E, 300 m, 30. I. 200, G. Csorba & G. Ronkay leg., gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2019 - 141 (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM / ZSM); THAILAND: 1 male, 1 female, Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao, Doi Din Daeng, 525 m, 19 ° 19 ' 26 '' N 98 ° 55 ' 26 '' E, 1. XII. 2005, K. Černý leg., gen. prep. Nos.: AV 4009 (male), AV 4010 (female) (prepared by Volynkin) (CKC); INDIA: 1 female, W. B. [West Bengal] Darjeeling, Manjitar, 650 m, 19. VII. 1989, Dr. W. Thomas leg., gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2019 - 110 (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM / ZSM).	en	Volynkin, Anton V. (2022): On the taxonomy of the genus Eugoa Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with a description of a new species from the Andaman Islands (India). Ecologica Montenegrina 60: 36-42, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.60.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.60.6
038E8786AF688A3A2CE4C0A1FCE8A117.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The forewing length is 7.0 – 8.0 mm in males and 7.0 – 9.0 mm in females. The species (Figs 4 – 6) is externally reminiscent of Eugoa cucullata (illustrated by Holloway (2001) and Bucsek (2012 )) but differs in the T-shaped discal spot of the forewing, which is narrowly elliptical in the congener. Despite the external similarity, the male genital capsule of E. tau (Fig. 9) differs greatly from E. cucullata (illustrated by Holloway (2001) and Bucsek (2012 )) in the proximally broader valva with the markedly shorter and distally dilated and apically bilobate cucullus (it is nearly elliptical in the congener). The male genital capsule of the current species is most similar to the externally dissimilar E. cernyi (Figs 3, 10) but distinguished by the more upcurved valva, the narrower and more prominent dorsal tip of the cucullus, and the markedly narrower and sparser setose cluster on the inner surface of the cucullus. The phallus of E. tau is narrower than in E. cucullata and has a long and heavily sclerotised dorsal carina bearing a robust thorn-like apical process directed dorsally and two additional denticles positioned more proximally whereas in the congener, the carina is shorter and weakly serrulate. Compared to E. cernyi, the phallus of E. tau is proximally narrower and has a sclerotised and armed carina. The vesica of the current species is proximally narrower than in E. cernyi, and the distal diverticulum is sack-like dilated whereas it is gradually distally tapered in the congener. The female genitalia of E. tau (Fig. 11) differ clearly from E. cucullata (illustrated by Holloway (2001) and Bucsek (2012 )) in the narrower antevaginal plate with a deep medial incision, the broad, asymmetrical and heavily sclerotised ductus bursae (it is narrow and membranous in the congener), and the larger, sack-like corpus bursae, which is globular in E. cucullata. Compared to E. cernyi (Fig. 12), the female genitalia of E. tau have a narrower, trapezoidal antevaginal plate with a medial incision whereas it is pentagonal with lateral and postero-lateral narrowly triangular processes in the congener. The ductus bursae of E. tau is shorter and broader than in E. cernyi and has an anterior-lateral semicircular pocket whereas that of E. cernyi is symmetrical and gradually tapering anteriorly. The corpus bursae of E. tau is sack-like and evenly covered with minute spinulose scobination whereas in E. cernyi, it has a posteriorlateral semiglobular dilation bearing more robust spinulose scobination.	en	Volynkin, Anton V. (2022): On the taxonomy of the genus Eugoa Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with a description of a new species from the Andaman Islands (India). Ecologica Montenegrina 60: 36-42, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.60.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.60.6
038E8786AF688A3A2CE4C0A1FCE8A117.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The species is widespread from Java through Indochina to India and Sri Lanka (Hampson 1900; Černý & Pinratana 2009; Bae et al. 2016).	en	Volynkin, Anton V. (2022): On the taxonomy of the genus Eugoa Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with a description of a new species from the Andaman Islands (India). Ecologica Montenegrina 60: 36-42, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.60.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.60.6
