Patania obfuscalis ( Yamanaka, 1998 )

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 : 138

Patania obfuscalis ( Yamanaka, 1998) ( Figs 2M, 4J, 5J)

Pleuroptya obfuscalis Yamanaka, 1998:106 . TL: Nepal, Bagmati.

Material examined. 1♀, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, North Andaman, Madhupur , 12-I-2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC /T-16601) ; 2♂♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Rangat, Multipurpose Agricultural Farm-Panchwati , 18-VI-2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC /T-17151, T-17152) .

Diagnosis. Wingspan 26 – 30 mm. Patania obfuscalis is externally similar to Patania plagiatalis ( Walker, 1859) but can be separated by orbicular brown patch at medial area connecting fuscous tornus of forewing. In male genitalia by smoothly rounded uncus, ear-shaped valva with slightly produced costa at 2/3 rd with cluster of setae. Phallus short spine–shaped with apically produced spine, bunch of cornuti. In female genitalia, corpus bursae globular, with a small orbicular signum.

Distribution. Nepal, China, India (Sikkim, Mizoram), Laos ( Singh et al., 2022a; Xu & Du, 2016; Yamanaka, 1998).

Remarks. Externally, Patania obfuscalis can be distinguished from Patania iopasalis ( Walker, 1859) , Patania clava Xu and Du, 2016, and Patania shompen Singh & Ahmad, 2022 by the shorter labial palpi. In male genitalia, P. obfuscalis is distinct from all the three closely similar species by the middle of costa slightly inflated and bearing a cluster of setae ( Singh et al., 2022a). Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in lowland secondary forests and plantations on Andaman group of Islands.