Phlogophora conservuloides
Creators: name: Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran
name: Dey, Rushati
name: Bhattacharyya, Kamalika
name: Mallick, Kaushik
name: Mazumder, Arna
name: Gayen, Subrata
name: Das, Moumita
name: Raha, Angshuman
name: Sanyal, Abesh Kumar
name: Kumar, Vikas
name: Uniyal, Virendra Prasad
name: Chandra, Kailash
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Phlogophora
Phlogophora conservuloides

description: Phlogophora conservuloides (Hampson, 1898)   
[Fig. 7, 31, 32]  
 Euplexia conservuloides Hampson, 1898, J. Bomb. Soc., 11: 443.   
 Chutapha conservuloides (Hampson): Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus., 7: 493.   
 Phlogophora conservuloides (Hampson): Yoshimoto, 1992, in Haruta, Tinea, 13: 59.   
 Type locality: Sikkim [India]   
 Material examined: India: 1 ♂, Himachal Pradesh, Dist. Kullu, Great Himalayan National Park, Thathi, 31.73912° N, 077.35873° E, 2917 m, 08. IX. 2016; coll. A. K. Sanyal & team; 1 ♂, Shakti Waterfall, 31.78673° N, 077.47989° E, 2200 m, 27. V. 2018; coll. K. Mallick & team. 1 ♂, Dist. Kangra, Dharamshala, Maniyana, 32.22809° N, 076.28016° E, 995 m, 27. X. 2018; coll. A. Raha & team.   
4 ♂♂, Uttarakhand, Dist. Pithoragarh, Askot Wildlife Sanctuary, Gowalghat, 29.91782° N, 080.40010° E, 2462 m, 16. VI. 2018; 2 ♂♂, Jimjhini, 29.92121° N, 080.39719° E, 2627 m, 18. VI. 2018; coll. A. K. Sanyal & team.  
2 ♂♂, West Bengal, Dist. Darjeeling, Singalila National Park, Chitre, 26.99126° N, 088.11189° E, 2295 m, 15. V. 2018; 2 ♂♂, Meghma, 27.03270° N, 088.08314° E, 2971 m, 19. V. 2018; 1 ♂, Kalpokhri, 27.07387° N, 088.01698° E, 3000 m, 24. V. 2018; coll. K. Bhattacharyya & team; 1 ♂, Manedara, 27.1147° N, 088.1000° E, 2168 m, 01. XI. 2018; coll. A. K. Sanyal & team.  
 Diagnosis: Wing expanse: Male: 32–34 mm, female: 30–32 mm. In forewing, a prominent black speck between subbasal and antemedial line; submarginal line dark brown in colour between vein 7 and vein 3 particularly, otherwise indistinct and pale; prominent black postmedial line which is double above vein 4; medial area with a chocolate brown triangular patch conjoining the lower part of orbicular and reniform, continuing up to middle of inner margin; area between orbicular and reniform dark chocolate brown. Hindwing pale; cilia brown preceded by a fine ochreous line; underside of both wings paler with pinkish tinge; visible postmedial lines.   
 Male genitalia: The main characteristic feature is that the valva is narrow compared to its congeners and is long, pointed, sickle-shaped; harpe short, curved, horn-like, and the digitus small, blunt; aedeagus with two ridges of minute spines in carinal region.   
 Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh (Hampson 1898; Kirti et al. 2014). Global: Nepal, China, Taiwan (Yoshimoto 1992).   
 Bionomics: Recorded throughout North-Western to Eastern Himalaya, the species is active in the widest altitudinal range among all the Himalayan Phlogophora from 1000–3000 m, in a variety of forested habitats from Chir Pine to sub-alpine. Individuals were active in all the seasons with a peak in the month of May in areas receiving an annual precipitation of 1100–2500 mm and annual mean temperature of 10.1–19.9 ºC.
description: Published as part of Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran, Dey, Rushati, Bhattacharyya, Kamalika, Mallick, Kaushik, Mazumder, Arna, Gayen, Subrata, Das, Moumita, Raha, Angshuman, Sanyal, Abesh Kumar, Kumar, Vikas, Uniyal, Virendra Prasad & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Taxonomy and ecology of genus Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera Noctuidae) in Indian Himalaya with description of a new species, pp. 311-342 in Zootaxa 5004 (2) on page 324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5756730