Termioptycha cornutitrifurca Rong & Li, 2017

Rao, B. Sumit Kumar & Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan, 2025, Contribution to the knowledge of Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1), pp. 129-149 : 144

Termioptycha cornutitrifurca Rong & Li, 2017 ( Figs 3D, 4L, 5K)

Termioptycha cornutitrifurca Rong & Li [in Rong et al.], 2017:163. TL: Bubang ( China).

Material examined. 3♂♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Island, Afrabay , 16-XI-2018, coll. K.C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC / T/17139 , T-17140, T-17141) .

Diagnosis. Wingspan 27 mm. This species is closely similar to Termioptycha longispina Rong & Li, 2017 , but it can be distinguished by the presence of straight spines on the lateral lobes, which are approximately half the length of the uncus, and the presence of uniform cornuti uniform in basal twothird and trifurcated in distal one-third.

Distribution. China and India (Sikkim, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Karnataka, Great Nicobar Islands — Present Study) ( Ranjan et al., 2022; Rong et al., 2017).

Remarks. Recently reported by Ranjan et al. (2022) from several states of India. This study validates the presence of Termioptycha cornutitrifurca within the Indo-Malayan regions, affirming its distributional range in this ecologically diverse area. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in primary forest.