Zadadra distorta
Creators: name: Dubatolov, Vladimir V.
name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: Singh, Navneet
name: Joshi, Rahul
name: Černý, Karel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Zadadra
Zadadra distorta

description: Zadadra distorta (Moore, 1872)
(Figs 11–14, 27, 28, 31, 37)
Lithosia distorta Moore, 1872, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 572 (Type locality: [NE India] “ Sikkim ”).
= Zadadra neodistorta Joshi, Kirti & N. Singh, 2015, Florida Entomologist 98 (2): 537, figs 1–5 (Type locality: “ India, Nagaland, Tuenseng, 1600 m ”), syn. nov.
Type material examined. Lectotype of Lithosia distorta (hereby designated) (Figs 11, 27): ♂, “Ind” / “Type.” / “ Lithosia distorta Moore (type) ♂ ” / “ TYPE LEP.: No. 401 Lithosia distorta Moore, ½. HOPE DEPT. OXFORD” / “A” / “549”, gen. slide No.: 2019-1732 (prepared by Volynkin) (OUMNH); paralectotypes of Lithosia distorta: 1 ♂, “Cherra Punji ♂ ” / “ Lithosia distorta ♂ (type) Moore” / “Moore Coll. 94-106” / blue ring “ Syntype ” label / QR-code label with unique number “ BMNH (E) 1377437” (NHMUK); 1 ♀ (Fig. 12), “Cherra Punji ♀ ” / “ Lithosia distorta Moore ” / “Moore Coll. 94-106” / blue ring “ Syntype ” label / QR-code label with unique number “ BMNH (E) 1377435” / “ Arctiidae genitalia slide No. 4556” (NHMUK); 1 ♂, “Cherra Punji ♂ ” / “Moore Coll. 94-106” / QRcode label with unique number “ NHMUK010606001 ”, gen. slide No.: NHMUK010313474 (prepared by Volynkin) (NHMUK). Holotype of Zadadra neodistorta: ♂, India, Sikkim, Rongli, 1400m, 05.V.2009, registration number: PUP/RJ-143a, gen. slide No.: PUP/R-143a (prepared by Joshi) (PUP/ RJ); paratypes of Zadadra neodistorta: 2 ♂ with the same data as in the holotype, registration numbers: PUP/RJ-143b and PUP/RJ-143c) (PUP/ RJ).
Additional material examined. INDIA: 1 ♂, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, 15.IX. [20]15, Leg. Devinder Pal Singh (NZCZSI); 1 ♂, Sikkim, Namchi, 1000m, 2.VII.1986, leg. W. Thomas, gen. slide No.: ZSM Arct. 2020-152 (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM/ ZSM); 1 ♀, the same locality and collector, 7.VII.1986 (MWM/ ZSM); 23 ♂, 54 ♀, NE India, Assam, W Meghalaya, Garo Hills, Nokrek National Park, 25°40’E, 91°04’E, 1150m, 2–13.VII.1997, leg. Afonin & Sinyaev, gen. slide Nos.: MWM 31605 (male) and ZSM Arct. 2019-512 (female) (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM/ ZSM); 1 ♀, NE India, W Meghalaya, Umran, 33 km N Shillong, 26°06’N, 92°23’E, 800m, 14–23.VII.1997, leg. Sinyaev & Afonin (MWM/ ZSM); NEPAL: 2 ♂, 3 ♀, Taplejung Area, Lal Kharka, 2250m, 10.X.1994, leg. M. Hreblay & T. Csővári, gen. slide No.: ZSM Arct. 2019-513 (female) (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM/ ZSM); 1 ♂, 10 ♀, Mechi, Taplejung Area, Nesum village, 1550m, 87°29’E, 27°17’N, 21.X.1996, leg. Gy. M. László & G. Ronkay, gen. slide No.: ZSM Arct. 2019-516 (female) (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM/ ZSM); 1 ♂, Koshi, Taplejung area, Chitre, 2500m, 87°24’E, 27°05’N, 17.X.1996, leg. Gy. M. László & G. Ronkay (MWM/ ZSM); 3 ♂, 23 ♀, 1615m, Taplejung Area, Shimbu (Pakora), 11.X.1994, leg. M. Hreblay & T. Csővári (MWM/ ZSM); 4 ♀, Mechi, Taplejung area, Tammur valley, 2 km N Sinwa, 1100m, 87°43’E, 27°24’N, 23.X.1996, leg. Gy. M. László & G. Ronkay (MWM/ ZSM); 1 ♀, the same locality and collectors, 24.X.1996 (MWM/ ZSM); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Taplejung Area, Tambowa, 2115m, 12.X.1994, leg. M. Hreblay & T. Csővári (MWM/ ZSM); 6 ♂, 14 ♀, East Nepal, Surke Danda, 1 km W of Kesawa, 2000m, 16–17. VI.1998, leg. Márton Hreblay & Balázs Benedek, gen. slide No.: ZSM Arct. 2019- 503 (male) (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM/ ZSM); 1 ♂, East Nepal, Surke Danda, 2 km NE of Suketar, 2560m, 15. VI.1998, leg. Márton Hreblay & Balázs Benedek (MWM/ ZSM); 1 ♂, East Nepal, Surke Danda, Chirwa, 1325m, 1.VII.1998, leg. Márton Hreblay & Balázs Benedek (MWM/ ZSM).
Remark. In order to stabilize the nomenclature, we hereby designate the dissected male syntype housed in the OUMNH collection as lectotype.
Distribution. Nepal (Kishida 1993, 1994, as Eilema distorta, part) and Northeastern India (Sikkim and Meghalaya) (Moore 1872; Joshi et al. 2015, as Z. neodistorta), Thailand, Vietnam (Černý & Pinratana 2009).
description: Published as part of Dubatolov, Vladimir V., Volynkin, Anton V., Singh, Navneet, Joshi, Rahul & Černý, Karel, 2021, On the taxonomy of the Prabhasa / Zadadra generic complex with descriptions of two new genera and two new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), pp. 519-534 in Zootaxa 4966 (5) on pages 528-529, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4745231