Daulia aurantialis Hampson, 1896

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 : 135-136

Daulia aurantialis Hampson, 1896 ( Figs 2H, 6C)

Daulia aurantialis Hampson, 1896:221 . TL: India, Nagaland.

Material examined. 4♀♀, 12 spec., India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Rangat, Parnashalla , 19-VI-2019, coll. Dr. C. Sivaperuman and Party (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC /T-12464, T-12465, T-12466, T-12467, T-12468, T-12469, T-12470, T-12471, T-12472, T-12473, T-12474, T-12475, T-12476, T-12477, T-12478, T-12479) ; 5♂♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, Alexandra Island , 19-VII-2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC /T-12480, T-12481, T-12482, T-12483, T-12484) , 4♂, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, North Andaman, Bahadur Tikrey , 08-I-2019, coll. B. Sumit Kumar Rao (Reg. No. ZSI / ANRC /T-15260) .

Diagnosis. Wingspan 18 mm. The forewing ground colour is deep yellow, with three black spots along the costal margin at the antemedial, medial, and postmedial bands. A whitish postmedial band merges with a silvery-white subterminal line near the tornus. In the female genitalia, the antrum and ductus bursae are narrow, and the corpus bursae is ovoid.

Distribution. India (Nagaland, Western ghats, Andaman Islands—Present Study), Malaysia (Sabah) ( Das et al., 2020; Hampson, 1896; Klima, 1937; Whitaker et al., 2017).

Remarks. The presence of Daulia aurantialis was recorded for the first time in the Andaman Islands. Previously, this species had been documented in Nagaland and from the Western Ghats of India. This finding significantly extends the known geographical distribution of Daulia aurantialis , within India highlighting the diverse and potentially underexplored lepidopteran fauna of the Andaman Islands. Representative individuals of this species were observed in traps placed in the primary forest’s margins and secondary forest margins.