Mustilizans zolotuhini Chandra & Singh & Kumar & Ranjan & Caleb & Gayen & Das & Dey 2019, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Chandra, Kailash
name: Singh, Navneet
name: Kumar, Vikas
name: Ranjan, Rahul
name: Caleb, John T. D.
name: Gayen, Subrata
name: Das, Moumita
name: Dey, Rushati
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycidae
Mustilizans
Mustilizans zolotuhini

description: Mustilizans zolotuhini Chandra, Singh & Ranjan sp. nov.
Figs. 5, 6, 12–18
Type material: Holotype male (ZSI): India: Arunachal Pradesh: Dibang Valley, Anini (Basam) (29.0545° N, 95.7836° E) 1968 m a.s.l., 26.v.2017, leg. S. Gayen & party.
Paratype: 1 male (ZSI), Arunachal Pradesh: Dibang Valley, Anini (Meyhoopey) (28.7873° N, 95.9541° E) 2314 m a.s.l., 17.v.2018, leg. S. Gayen & Tacho.
Diagnosis. Morphologically, the new species is closely similar to M. hepatica (Moore) but is distinct due to the following attributes: (1) forewing with antemedial line not forming a dark spot on costa in the new species (Fig. 5) (antemedial line ending with dark spot on costa in M. hepatica, Fig. 1); (2) postmedial fascia angled several times in the new species, postmedial fascia almost straight in M. hepatica; (3) uncus lobes almost rectangular and parallel in M. zolotuhini (Fig. 13), uncus short and rounded in M. hepatica (Fig. 8); (4) valva with crescent shaped indentation on the ventral margin of the distal portion in the new species (Fig. 18), valva with slight indentation in M. hepatica (Fig. 9); (5) aedeagus with short vesica covered with two strong patches of cornuti, one basally and another apically in M. zolotuhini sp. nov. (Figs. 14–17), vesica of aedeagus covered with three patches: one basal and two laterallongitudinal in M. hepatica (Figs. 10, 11).
Etymology. The species is named in honour of Dr. Vadim V. Zolotuhin, an eminent Lepidopterist from Russia, in recognition of his valuable contributions to the taxonomy of the genus Mustilizans and related groups.
Description. Holotype male; head with vertex covered with grey scales, thorax covered with reddish brown scales; adult wingspan 60 mm (forewing length 30 mm), brownish, suffused with whitish scales; forewing with dark brown suffusion from outer margin upto postmedial line. Discal spot not touching the antemedial line. Hindwing brownish; costal half with whitish suffusion; medial and postmedial lines fused at hind margin (Fig. 5).
Male genitalia. (Figs. 12–18): uncus bifurcated with deep constriction; tegumen & vinculum simple; saccus ‘U’ shaped and flattened at base; valva with crescent shape indentation in ventral margin of the distal half; aedeagus elongate and tubular; the vesica consists of a basal transversal circle of strong needle-shaped cornuti and one patch of cornuti about equal size on the tip.
description: Published as part of Chandra, Kailash, Singh, Navneet, Kumar, Vikas, Ranjan, Rahul, Caleb, John T. D., Gayen, Subrata, Das, Moumita & Dey, Rushati, 2019, The genus Mustilizans Yang, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Endromidae) in India with the description of a new species, pp. 183-190 in Zootaxa 4624 (2) on page 188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3259248