Cranionycta (Nefrendinycta) punakhae Gielis & Kiss 2022

Cranionycta (Nefrendinycta) punakhae Gielis & Kiss, 2022 (Figs 42, 108) Cranionycta punakhae Gielis & Kiss, 2022 in Gielis, Franssen, Groenen & Wangdi, Moths of Bhutan: 127, 150, pl. 164, fig. 1753, female genitalia: pl. 192, CG7657. Type-locality: Bhutan, Punakha, 2 km N Rimchu, 1440 m, 27.6944°N, 89.7683°E. Holotype: female, in coll. NBC. Material examined. Bhutan. Holotype, female, Punakha, 2 km N Rimchu, 1440 m, 27.6944°N, 89.7683°E, 24.iv.2019, leg. C. & F.K. Gielis & K. Wangdi, slide No.: CG7657 (NBC). Note. The male sex and the fine structure of the female terminal abdominal segments (not preserved with the genitalia) are unknown. Diagnosis. Cranionycta (Nefrendinycta) punakhae (Fig. 42) is externally similar to C. (N.) versicolor (Figs 27, 28), C. (N.) mailungana (Fig. 26), C. (N.) senjelungma (Figs 33, 34), the male of C. (N.) fuscothoracica (Fig. 44), and especially to C. (N.) keeskleini (Figs 39, 40). It can be distinguished from those by its more lightly coloured forewing; the prominent, tiny whitish spot in the suprabasal patch; the conspicuous, darker greyish, elongate patch in the antemedial field at the inner margin of the forewing; the somewhat more blurred medial line and fascia; and the somewhat more vivid white postmedial line. Wingspan 32 mm. The female genitalia (Fig. 108) differ from those of C. (N.) pallidobrunnea (Fig. 107) by the shorter, wider ductus bursae; and the longer, proportionally narrower junction of the appendix bursae with the corpus bursae; from C. (N.) fuscothoracica (Fig. 110) and C. (N.) castanea (Fig. 109) by the narrower junction of the appendix bursae with the corpus bursae; from those of C. (N.) pallidobrunnea, C. (N.) fuscothoracica and C. (N.) castanea by the straighter, wider distal part of the appendix bursae with a wider, straighter terminal twist. Distribution. Himalayan. The species is known only from Bhutan, Punakha District on elevation 1440 m.