Abstract
Herein, we deal with the taxonomy of 12 species of Endotricha including three new species: Endotricha sikkima Ranjan, N. Singh & Kirti, sp. nov., E. fuscosimilata Ranjan, N. Singh & Kirti, sp. nov. and E. lii Ranjan, N. Singh & Kirti, sp. nov. from India. Endotricha dumalis Wang & Li, 2005 and E. valentis Kirpichnikova, 2003 are reported for the first time from India. Synonymy (if any), diagnosis, material examined, distribution, and illustrations of the male adults and genitalia are provided for all the studied species, and female adults and their genitalia for four species. For the new species, a detailed description is also given.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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