Teulisna (Poikilothosia) thomasi Volynkin, 2023

Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel & Huang, Si-Yao, 2025, On the generic assignment of the taxa placed in the Oriental footman-moth genus Teulisna with the description of three new genera, one subgenus and eighteen new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 88, pp. 104-163 : 129

Teulisna (Poikilothosia) thomasi Volynkin, 2023

( Figs 86, 87 , 142 , 179 )

Type material examined. Holotype ( Figs 86 , 142 ): male, “ Indien [India] | Sikkim | Pemayangtse | 2000m | 23.–28.VII.1990 | leg. Dr. W. Thomas ” / “Slide | ZSM Arct. | 2021- 375♂ | A. Volynkin ” ( MWM / ZSM) . Paratypes. INDIA: 1 female, the same data as holotype ( MWM / ZSM) ; 120 specimens of both sexes, Sikkim, SE Kanchenjunga Mt. , 27°30'N 88°20'E, 2000m, 22–31.vii.1995, Afonin & Sinyaev leg., ex coll. Schintlmeister, gen. slide No.: ZSM Arct. 2021- 372♀ (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 12.5–13.5 mm in males and 15.0–16.0 mm in females. Teulisna thomasi is externally reminiscent of T. hreblayi and the detailed comparison is provided below in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. The species is currently known from two localities in Sikkim (Northeast India) ( Volynkin 2023c).

Figures

Figures 78–91. Adults of Teulisna (Poikilothosia) spp. Depositories of the specimens: 78, 79 and 85 in NHMUK; 80 in ZSM (ex CGM); 81 in CGM; 82–84 and 86–89 in MWM/ZSM. 90 and 91 in MfN.

Figures 142–144. Male genitalia of Teulisna (Poikilothosia) spp. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 142 and 144 in MWM/ZSM; 143 in MfN.

Figures 178–181. Female genitalia of Teulisna (Poikilothosia) spp. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 178 and 180 in NHMUK; 179 and 181 in MWM/ZSM.