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9E21560FFFD5FFC6FF06FDECD282F81A.text	9E21560FFFD5FFC6FF06FDECD282F81A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Locastra Walker 1859	<div><p>Genus Locastra Walker, 1859: 158</p> <p>Type species: Eurois crassipennis Walker, 1857 [recte Locastra maimonalis Walker, [1859] 1858, by subsequent designation by Hampson, 1896a: 470.</p> <p>= Taurica Walker, [1866] 1865: 1268</p> <p>Type species: Taurica muscosalis Walker, [1866] 1865: 1269, by monotypy</p> <p>Diagnosis: The members of the genus Locastra Walker, 1859 are robust and large-bodied moths with the forewing having a postmedial glandular costal lobe on the forewing (Rong &amp; Li 2017: 103, fig. 3) (except in L. pachylepidalis Hampson, 1896a), the antenna of the male bears an extension on the scape (small to extremely large) that is absent in L. pachylepidalis. In the male genitalia, the juxta with band-like extensions between juxta base and ventral vinculum, lateral arm extending from each side of juxta base; the valva is simple, with widely convex ventral side and concave costal side, costa broad and strongly sclerotized, valva without any prominent process. Based on the extension of the scape, Locastra is divided, herein, into two species groups: the L. crassipennis species group and the L. muscosalis species group.</p> <p>The L. crassipennis species group is characterised by a very large, recurved triangular extension of the scape.</p> <p>- L. nigrilineata Rong &amp; Li, 2017</p> <p>- L. crassipennis (Walker, 1857)</p> <p>= Locastra maimonalis Walker, 1859</p> <p>- L. ardua Swinhoe, 1902</p> <p>= Locastra drucei Bethune-Baker, 1905</p> <p>L. muscosalis species group is characterised by the extremely short, subglobose extension of the scape.</p> <p>- L. muscosalis (Walker, 1866)</p> <p>= Locastra cristalis Hampson, 1893</p> <p>= Taurica sikkima Moore, 1888</p> <p>- L. bryalis Joannis, 1930</p> <p>- L. subtrapezia Rong &amp; Li, 2017</p> <p>- L. viridis Rong &amp; Li, 2017</p> <p>- L. solivaga Rong &amp; Li, 2017</p> <p>- L. mizo Ranjan, Singh &amp; Kirti, sp. nov.</p> <p>Locastra pachylepidalis is an exception to the above grouping and is distinct from all its other congeners by the absence of the costal lobe and the scape extension. The placement of this species in the genus Locastra is doubtful and needs to be studied through examination of the male and female genitalia.</p> <p>Distribution: China, North East India, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], Burma [Myanmar], Borneo, Bhutan, Rangoon, Sylhet [Bangladesh] (Hampson 1896a), Thailand, West Malaysia, Sumatra, Brunei, Sarawak (Robinson et al. 1994), Nepal (Yamanaka 1998), Korea (Bae et al. 2008), Tibet, Japan, Sri Lanka (Rong &amp; Li 2017), Malaysia, Indonesia (Chandra et al. 2019).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9E21560FFFD5FFC6FF06FDECD282F81A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ranjan, Rahul;Singh, Navneet;Kirti, Jagbir Singh	Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2022): Review of the genus Locastra Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) from India, with a new species and a new species record. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 71-78, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.6
9E21560FFFD6FFC5FF06FF74D213FBED.text	9E21560FFFD6FFC5FF06FF74D213FBED.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Locastra muscosalis (Walker 1866)	<div><p>Locastra muscosalis (Walker, 1866): 1268</p> <p>(Figs 1, 7)</p> <p>Type locality: North China</p> <p>= Locastra cristalis Hampson, 1893: 42</p> <p>Type locality: Wattegama, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]</p> <p>= Taurica sikkima Moore, 1888: 202</p> <p>Type locality: Darjeeling [India]</p> <p>Diagnosis: Locastra muscosalis (Fig. 1) and L. viridis (Fig. 2) are two very similar species, but the former is distinct from L. viridis in the antemedial dark line bent only on vein R 3 and a parallel white line running along with, whereas in L. viridis, the antemedial line is bent on vein R 3 and also on M 3, and the white parallel line is absent. Furthermore, L. muscosalis and L. viridis are distinct in the male genitalia: in L. muscosalis (Fig. 7), the uncus is inverted subtrapezoidal, and the juxta is of a concave U-shape at the posterior margin, whereas in L. viridis (Fig. 8) the uncus is sub-rectangular, and the juxta is concave V-shaped on the posterior margin.</p> <p>Material examined: India, Mizoram, Mamit, 1 ♂, 07.ix.2016, 2 ♂, 08.ix.2016, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 09.ix.2016, Kawarthah, 2 ♀, 10.ix.2016, Kolasib, 2 ♂, 16.ix.2016, Vairengte, 1 ♂, 18.ix.2016; Meghalaya, Umtasor, 6 ♂, 15.ix.2014, 6 ♂, 16.ix.2014, R. Ranjan leg. (NZCZSI)</p> <p>Distribution: Indian records: Sikhim [Sikkim], Nagas [Nagaland], N[orth] E[ast] India (Hampson 1896a, b), Darjeeling (Sevastopulo 1948), Andaman Islands (South Andaman) (Chandra &amp; Rajan 2004), India (Rong &amp; Li 2017), Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Island (Chandra et al. 2019), Meghalaya (present study).</p> <p>Global records: N[orth] China, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], Rangoon, Burma [Myanmar] (Hampson 1896a, b), Nepal (Yamanaka 1998), Korea (Bae et al. 2008), China, Japan, Sri Lanka (Rong &amp; Li 2017), Malaysia, Indonesia (Chandra et al. 2019).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9E21560FFFD6FFC5FF06FF74D213FBED	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ranjan, Rahul;Singh, Navneet;Kirti, Jagbir Singh	Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2022): Review of the genus Locastra Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) from India, with a new species and a new species record. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 71-78, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.6
9E21560FFFD6FFC5FF06FB3AD076F9C0.text	9E21560FFFD6FFC5FF06FB3AD076F9C0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Locastra viridis Rong & Li 2017	<div><p>Locastra viridis Rong &amp; Li, 2017: 724</p> <p>(Figs 2, 8)</p> <p>Type locality: Xiajinchang, China</p> <p>Diagnosis: L. viridis is very similar to L. muscosalis. The differential diagnosis is discussed under L. muscosalis.</p> <p>Material examined: India, Sikkim, Dodak, 1 ♂, 07.v.2014, R. Ranjan leg. (NZCZSI).</p> <p>Distribution: Indian record: Sikkim (present study).</p> <p>Global record: China (Rong &amp; Li 2017).</p> <p>Remarks: So far, L. viridis has been recorded from China (Xiajinchang). In the present study we report it from Dodak, Sikkim, which is the first record of this species for India.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9E21560FFFD6FFC5FF06FB3AD076F9C0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ranjan, Rahul;Singh, Navneet;Kirti, Jagbir Singh	Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2022): Review of the genus Locastra Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) from India, with a new species and a new species record. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 71-78, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.6
9E21560FFFD6FFC1FF06F9CED206FD7B.text	9E21560FFFD6FFC1FF06F9CED206FD7B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Locastra mizo Ranjan, Singh & Kirti 2022	<div><p>Locastra mizo Ranjan, Singh &amp; Kirti, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 3, 5, 9)</p> <p>Diagnosis: Locastra mizo sp. nov. (Fig. 3) belongs to the L. muscosalis species group and is most similar to L. viridis (Fig. 2), but is distinct by the medial area of the forewing being less suffused with reddish brown (medial area conspicuously reddish brown in L. viridis), the antemedial line almost straight (antemedial line zigzag in L. viridis), and the fulvous markings at the centre of the forewing costa outlined with fuscous (fuscous patch absent in L. viridis). In the male genitalia, L. mizo sp. nov. (Fig. 9) is distinct from L. viridis (Fig. 8) by the longer vinculum and juxta, whereas in L. viridis the vinculum is only about twice as long as the tegumen, and the juxta is shorter. Locastra mizo sp. nov. is also distinct from L. solivaga (Rong &amp; Li 2017: fig. 12) and L. muscosalis (Fig. 7) by the vinculum being almost three times longer than the tegumen, while in L. solivaga and L. muscosalis the vinculum and tegumen are almost equally long. Furthermore, the new species is distinct from L. subtrapezia (Rong &amp; Li 2017: figs 5, 10) by the basal area of the forewing being black, and the uncus with a broad apex, whereas in L. subtrapezia the basal area of the forewing is pale olivaceous fuscous, and the uncus is rectangular. It is distinguished from L. bryalis (Joannis 1930: 631) by the hindwing being uniformly fuscous and the postmedial line being absent, whereas in L. bryalis the basal area of the hindwing is whitish, and the postmedial line is well marked, outwardly bordered with whitish, and inwardly bordered with blackish.</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>Holotype (♂). India, Mizoram, Kanhmun, 15.ix.2016, R. Ranjan leg. (NZCZSI).</p> <p>Description: Imago with labial palpi with first segment porrect, small; second segment extremely long with elongated tuft of scales on ventral side; third segment small, semi-porrect. Antennae with first segment enlarged having a small extension of the scape, an additional lateral tuft from base of antennae. Collar covered with mix of greenish, pinkish and fuscous scales. Forewing greenish, speckled with fuscous and brownish scales, a black band covering the basal quarter, with a large tuft on it and below cell, followed by a pale pinkish band which become broader and greenish towards costa, followed by a fine antemedial curved line with a pinkish patch beyond it and below cell; a smaller tuft at discocellular; costal glandular lobe paler, bordered with black scales, area below it with indistinct patch of black scales; a dentate black postmedial line; terminal series of semicircular, small, fuscous spots; cilia blackish and greenish with a fine, basal white line. Hindwing uniformly fuscous. Male genitalia with uncus sub-rectangular, slightly broadened at apex, apical third covered with dense scales, uncus bifurcated basally into two lateral arms to broadly attach to the tegumen. Gnathos arms sclerotised, narrowed distally, fused together in apical half and forming a hooked apex. Tegumen broad, shorter than uncus. Valva simple, elongate, membranous, tongue-like; inner wall covered with dorsally directed hairs; an elongate, small dorso-medial ridge at base of medial sclerotised plate. Juxta in form of two parallel arms outwardly directed at middle where another X-shaped sclerotised plate is present with a weakly sclerotised lateral extension. Vinculum almost three times as long as tegumen. Saccus slightly tapered. Phallus cylindrical, distally with two sclerotised scobinate plates; phallus coecum elongate, bulbous, vesica as long as phallus with a curved cornutus.</p> <p>Female and preimaginal stages unknown.</p> <p>Distribution: Indian record: Mizoram (present study).</p> <p>Etymology: The name of the species is dedicated to the people of Mizoram (Mi = Men, Zo = hills or highland).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9E21560FFFD6FFC1FF06F9CED206FD7B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ranjan, Rahul;Singh, Navneet;Kirti, Jagbir Singh	Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2022): Review of the genus Locastra Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) from India, with a new species and a new species record. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 71-78, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.6
9E21560FFFD2FFC1FF06FD50D10EFADF.text	9E21560FFFD2FFC1FF06FD50D10EFADF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Locastra crassipennis (Walker 1857)	<div><p>Locastra crassipennis (Walker, 1857): 558</p> <p>(Figs 4, 6, 10)</p> <p>Diagnosis: L. crassipennis along with L. ardua and L. nigralineata are distinct from all the other congeners by the large scape extension. Externally, L. crassipennis is closely similar to L. ardua but is distinct by the postmedial, curved, pale band farther from the outer margin, which is much nearer to the outer margin in L. ardua.Another closely similar species is L. nigralineata but the latter is distinct in phallus without proximal spine, apical sclerotization reduced, and vesica with a small apical spine whereas, in L. crassipennis proximal spine if phallus is present, lateral sclerotization from apex to middle of phallus and vesica without apical spine.</p> <p>Material examined: India, Mizoram, Kanhmun, 2 ♂, 15.ix.2016, Vairengte, 1 ♂, 18.ix.2016, R. Ranjan leg. (NZCZSI).</p> <p>Distribution: Indian records: Sikkim, Naga hills (Snellen 1890), Assam (Hampson 1896b), India (Robinson et al. 1994), Mizoram (present study).</p> <p>Global records: Sylhet [Bangladesh], Borneo (Hampson 1896a); Thailand, West Malaysia, Sumatra, Brunei, Sarawak (Robinson et al. 1994).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9E21560FFFD2FFC1FF06FD50D10EFADF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ranjan, Rahul;Singh, Navneet;Kirti, Jagbir Singh	Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2022): Review of the genus Locastra Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) from India, with a new species and a new species record. Zootaxa 5169 (1): 71-78, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.6
