Abstract
Numenes grisa Chao, 1983, previously recorded only from China, Laos and Thailand, is recorded from India for the first time. Comments on the other two species, N. flagrans Tams, and N. siletti Walker, that are known from India are provided with live habitus images. N. flagrans Tams, 1928 has been rediscovered from India after 95 years since its original description. A provisional checklist of Numenes species that are described so far is also provided in this paper.
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We are indebted to Dr. Yasunori Kishida, Japan for sharing his valuable insights, relevant references, useful discussion on taxonomy of Numenes which helped us in improving the manuscript. We also express our sincere thanks to Mr. Peter Smetacek and Dr. Vijay Anand Ismavel, India for kindly sharing the images of N. siletti from Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, respectively. We sincerely thank Dr. Roger Kendrick (Hong Kong) for sharing relevant Chinese literature on Numenes and improving the earlier version of this manuscript. Suggestions by Dr. Shashank Pathour (New Delhi, India) and Dr. Rahul Joshi (Kolkata, India) further improved the manuscript.
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Sankararaman, H., Vaidya, A. Notes on genus Numenes Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) with new country record for N. grisa Chao and rediscovery of N. flagrans Tams from India. Int J Trop Insect Sci 43, 2033–2037 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01098-0
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