A new species of genus Patania Moore, 1888 from India (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Spilomelinae)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.178

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Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae, Patania, new species, diagnosis, India

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In this article, we describe a new species, Patania shompen Singh & Ahmad, sp. n. from Great Nicobar Island. The differential diagnosis of the new species is provided with the Patania iopasalis (Walker, 1859), Patania obfuscalis (Yamanaka, 1998) and Patania clava Xu & Du, 2016.

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2022-03-30

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Singh, N., Ahmad, J., & Chandra, K. (2022). A new species of genus Patania Moore, 1888 from India (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Spilomelinae). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 50(197), 13–17. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.178

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