taxonID	type	description	language	source
131C7110FF8D0902FF58FD2483988935.taxon	description	(Figs. 1, 3, 5)	en	Ko, Jae-Ho, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Lee, Tak-Gi, Cha, Yeong-Bin, Lee, Jong Koo, Bae, Yang-Seop (2021): A new species of Palpita Hübner from Laos (Lepidoptera, Crambidae Spilomelinae). Zootaxa 4990 (3): 577-582, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.9
131C7110FF8D0902FF58FD2483988935.taxon	materials_examined	Type materials. Holotype: 1 m #, Laos, Xieng Khouang Province, Ban Tha (N 19 ˚ 43 ′ 31.40 ″, E 103 ˚ 35 ′ 25.73 ″ Alt. 1212 m), 26. VII. 2018 (Bae Y. S., Lee D. J., Ko J. H., Lee T. G., Jang C. M., U. Bayarsaikhan), Gen. Slide No. INU – 7015 L (NIBR). Paratypes (10 m #, 1 fm #): LAOS; 1 m #, Xieng Khouang Province, Ban Tha (N 19 ˚ 43 ′ 0.70 ″, E 103 ˚ 35 ′ 24.20 ″ Alt. 1204 m), 30. VI. 2017 (Bae Y. S., Na S. M., Lee D. J., Ko J. H., Lee T. G.), Gen. Slide No. INU- 6682 L (NIBR); 4 m #, Xieng Khouang Province, Ban Tha (N 19 ˚ 44 ′ 55.46 ″, E 103 ˚ 35 ′ 5.46 ″ Alt. 1158 m), 24. VII. 2018 (BaeY. S., Lee D. J., Ko J. H., Lee T. G., Jang C. M., U. Bayarsaikhan), Gen. Slide No. INU- 6679 L (NIBR), 6680 L (NIBR), 6681 L (NIBR), 6683 L (NIBR); 4 m #, Xieng Khouang Province, Ban Tha (N 19 ˚ 43 ′ 28.92 ″, E 103 ˚ 35 ′ 26.02 ″ Alt. 1245 m), 25. VII. 2018 (Bae Y. S., Lee D. J., Ko J. H., Lee T. G., Jang C. M., U. Bayarsaikhan), Gen. Slide No. INU- 7011 L (INU), 7012 L (INU), 7013 L (INU), 7014 L (INU); 1 m #, Xieng Khouang Province, Ban Tha (N 19 ˚ 43 ′ 31.40 ″, E 103 ˚ 35 ′ 25.73 ″ Alt. 1212 m), 26. VII. 2018 (Bae Y. S., Lee D. J., Ko J. H., Lee T. G., Jang C. M., U. Bayarsaikhan), Gen. Slide No. INU- 7016 L (INU); 1 fm #, Xieng Khouang Province, Ban Tha (N 19 ˚ 43 ′ 31.40 ″, E 103 ˚ 35 ′ 25.73 ″ Alt. 1212 m), 02. IX. 2018 (Bae Y. S., Na S. M., Lee D. J., Ko J. H., Lee T. G., Cha Y. B., Jang C. M.), Gen. Slide No. INU- 7020 L (INU).	en	Ko, Jae-Ho, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Lee, Tak-Gi, Cha, Yeong-Bin, Lee, Jong Koo, Bae, Yang-Seop (2021): A new species of Palpita Hübner from Laos (Lepidoptera, Crambidae Spilomelinae). Zootaxa 4990 (3): 577-582, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.9
131C7110FF8D0902FF58FD2483988935.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Palpita incesta sp. nov. is morphologically similar to P. inusitata (Butler), but can be distinguished by the following characters: ground color of wings grayish white (Fig. 1); in male genitalia, sacculus not projected at distal 1 / 3 (Fig. 3); in female genitalia, ductus bursae entirely sclerotized, except for partly membranous laterally and folded at middle (Fig. 5). In P. inusitata, ground color of wings white (Fig. 2); in male genitalia, sacculus projected at distal 1 / 3 (Fig. 4); in female genitalia, ductus bursae membranous overall, except for partly sclerotized near antrum and not folded at middle (Fig. 6).	en	Ko, Jae-Ho, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Lee, Tak-Gi, Cha, Yeong-Bin, Lee, Jong Koo, Bae, Yang-Seop (2021): A new species of Palpita Hübner from Laos (Lepidoptera, Crambidae Spilomelinae). Zootaxa 4990 (3): 577-582, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.9
131C7110FF8D0902FF58FD2483988935.taxon	description	Description. Adult (Figs. 1 – 4). Length of forewing 10 – 11 mm in both sexes. Vertex covered with grayish white scales; frons flat, covered with grayish white scales; antenna filiform; chaetosema absent; labial palpus upturned, brown, mixed with grayish-white scales; proboscis brown, mixed with grayish-white scales. Patagium and tegula grayish white. Ground color of forewing grayish white; costal margin brownish orange; basicellular dot brownish orange; midcellular mark brownish orange, semicircular, edged with brown line; infracellular mark brownish orange, edged with brown line; discal mark brownish orange, reniform, edged with brown line; subterminal fascia brown, irregularly undulate; terminal area with two brown dots at R 5 and M 1; fringe grayish white. Ground color of hindwing grayish white; basal area with a brown dot; posterior discal dot brownish orange, irregularly ovoid, edged with brown line, with black dot at 1 / 3 of M 2; subterminal fascia brown, irregularly undulate; terminal area with three brown dots at Rs, M 1, CuP; tornal dot brown; fringe grayish white (Fig. 1). Abdomen slender, grayish white (Fig. 1). Male genitalia (Fig. 3). Uncus rod – shaped, widened at base; valva ovoid, weakly sclerotized from basal to postmedian area, sparsely setose at apex; costa arched, strongly sclerotized; sacculus strongly sclerotized, expanded near apex of valva, tip of sacculus pointed; juxta lobate, strongly sclerotized; saccus small, U-shaped; phallus cylindrical, sclerotized ventrally, almost same length as valva, with one long and two short, thorn-like cornuti (Fig. 3). Female genitalia. Papilla anales simple, setose; posterior apophyses about half length of anterior apophyses; antrum broad, sclerotized; ductus bursae about 3 times length of corpus bursae, sclerotized overall, except partly membranous at laterally, swollen near antrum and strongly curved, folded at middle; corpus bursae ovate, with a pair of spine-shaped signa (Fig. 5).	en	Ko, Jae-Ho, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Lee, Tak-Gi, Cha, Yeong-Bin, Lee, Jong Koo, Bae, Yang-Seop (2021): A new species of Palpita Hübner from Laos (Lepidoptera, Crambidae Spilomelinae). Zootaxa 4990 (3): 577-582, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.9
131C7110FF8D0902FF58FD2483988935.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Laos (Ban Tha).	en	Ko, Jae-Ho, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Lee, Tak-Gi, Cha, Yeong-Bin, Lee, Jong Koo, Bae, Yang-Seop (2021): A new species of Palpita Hübner from Laos (Lepidoptera, Crambidae Spilomelinae). Zootaxa 4990 (3): 577-582, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.9
131C7110FF8D0902FF58FD2483988935.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin incesta, referring to the cloudy wings of the adults.	en	Ko, Jae-Ho, Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Lee, Tak-Gi, Cha, Yeong-Bin, Lee, Jong Koo, Bae, Yang-Seop (2021): A new species of Palpita Hübner from Laos (Lepidoptera, Crambidae Spilomelinae). Zootaxa 4990 (3): 577-582, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.9
