Zitha torridalis ( Lederer, 1863 )

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 : 139

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https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.129

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15810437

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scientific name

Zitha torridalis ( Lederer, 1863 )
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Zitha torridalis ( Lederer, 1863) ( Figs 3B, 4K, 5L)

Asopia torridalis Lederer, 1863:342 . TL: Ceylon ( Sri Lanka).

Material examined. 1♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Islands, Galathea 42.7 Km , 18-XII-2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC /T-17170) , 1♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Bird Watching point, 14-XI-2018, coll. K.C. Gopi and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC /T-16628) .

Diagnosis. In male genitalia uncus elongated and apically blunt, gnathos short and tongue-shaped, juxta broad and shield-shaped, saccus v-shaped, harpe short thorn-like, phallus long and slender without cornuti.

Distribution. India (several states), Thailand, Borneo, and Myanmar ( Singh et al., 2022b).

Remarks. Documented for the first time from Nicobar group of Islands. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in both primary forest’s margins

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pyralidae

Genus

Zitha

Loc

Zitha torridalis ( Lederer, 1863 )

Rao, B. Sumit Kumar & Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan 2025
2025
Loc

Asopia torridalis

Lederer, J. 1863: 342
1863
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