A New Species and Two New Country Records of the Genus Daplasa Moore, 1879 (Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from India
A new species, Daplasa neomelanoma sp. nov. is described from India (Meghalaya). Additionally, two species, D. albolyclene (Holloway, 1999) and D. blacklinea Chao, 1985, are recorded for the first time from India. Diagnoses and descriptions of these three species, along with the illustrations of habitus and genitalia, are provided. A taxonomic key and a checklist of all the known species of Daplasa are also provided.
Authors
- Sarita Yadav (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1073-5054)
- Navneet Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6657-7983)
- Jalil Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7719-864X)
- Rahul Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8514-1272)
Institutions
- Zoological Survey of India (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Entomological News
- Published
- 2026-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3157/021.133.0518
- Primary Topic
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00