On the taxonomy of genus Teliphasa Moore, 1888 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae Epipaschiinae) with the description of two new species and two new species records from India
This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet, Kirti, Jagbir Singh (2022): On the taxonomy of genus Teliphasa Moore, 1888 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae Epipaschiinae) with the description of two new species and two new species records from India. Zootaxa 5141 (1): 60-70, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.5
Abstract
Two new species, Teliphasa dodaki Ranjan, Singh & Kirti, sp. nov. and Teliphasa spinaejuxta Ranjan, Singh & Kirti, sp. nov. are described from India. Additionally, two Chinese species, Teliphasa erythrina Li in Liu, Wang & Li, 2016 and Teliphasa hamata Li in Liu, Wang & Li, 2016 are reported for the first time from India, raising the number of Indian Teliphasa species to eight. Photographs of adults and male genitalia along with a global checklist of Teliphasa species are provided.