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Gandhara serva (Walker, 1854)
Lithosia serva Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Colln. Br. Mus., 2: 506
Forewings grey, the costal yellow fascia narrow towards apex. Hindwings pale yellow.
Distribution: Uttrakhand.
Larval host plant: Not known
SS: Agree with Gandhara serva (Walker, 1854). Uploading other images of this species from NE India for review.
Lithosia serva Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 506. TL: Nepal. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimens13brit/page/506/mode/1up?view=theater
Ilema griseola; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 168. Text at
Gandhara serva; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878: 15, pl. 1, f. 7. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen78zool/page/15/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen78zool/page/n41/mode/1up?view=theater
Arctiid Moths of India, Vol. 1, Pg. 133.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/245513554
MOT, Vol. 6, pl. 30/297 as Eilema serva. Dubatolov, V.V., 2012 mentions that this is an error and is likely to be Gandhara vietnamica Dubatolov, 2012.
Dubatolov, V.V., 2012. New genus, species and faunistic records of lichen-moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) from Vietnam, Euroasian Entomological Journal, 11(6): 507–512.
Gandhara vietnamica Dubatolov, 2012 is a similar species which differ from G. serva (Walker, 1854) from the Himalaya by the absence of forewing androconial scales beyond the discal vein on the forewing upper surface.
Bucsek, K., 2020. Contribution to the knowledge of Lithosiini and Arctiini (Erebidae, Arctiinae) of central and northern Laos, part 4. Entomofauna carpathica, 32(2), pp.47-87. Pg. 56, Fig. 37-38 for Gandhara vietnamica.
Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118. Lists Uttarakhand as the Indian distribution. Some confusion on whether the species is recorded from Darjeeling. The type species, Lithosia serva, is said to be from Darjeeling, but the TL for the species is Nepal.
Similar looking species include: Brunia sarawaka (greater extent of yellow border), Dubatolova prabana (Moore, 1859).
JD : Gandhara typica Volynkin & Černý, 2023, see notes in Observation_278079
SS: Agree with Gandhara typica Volynkin & Černý, 2023, but waiting for access to paper below.
Volynkin, A.V., Ern, K., Huang, S.Y. and Hu, H.L., 2023. Taxonomic review of the Oriental genus Gandhara Moore with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 5374(3), pp.390-408.
Kb: further input received from Jonathan da silva (please refer the inaturalist thread) : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/245513554
Gandhara typica Volynkin & Černý, 2023
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B1B87B8F026FFE8FF1FFE50FD59F920
Images here - https://zenodo.org/records/10151272
Moore's specimen was misidentified as Lithosia serva.
Notes on Gandhara here - https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/9B1B87B8F024FFE9FF1FFB5CFE02FAD3
Walker's specimen is transferred to Collita - https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/9B1B87B8F02FFFE1FF1FFC44FBF5F86D & images here - https://zenodo.org/records/10151278
Besides the absence of androcoinal scales, the fore wing shape is also different in Collita serva.
SS: Agree and publishing as Gandhara typica Volynkin & Černý, 2023
Gandhara serva (Walker, 1854)
Lithosia serva Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Colln. Br. Mus., 2: 506
Forewings grey, the costal yellow fascia narrow towards apex. Hindwings pale yellow.
Distribution: Uttrakhand.
Larval host plant: Not known
SS: Agree with Gandhara serva (Walker, 1854). Uploading other images of this species from NE India for review.
Lithosia serva Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 506. TL: Nepal. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimens13brit/page/506/mode/1up?view=theater
Ilema griseola; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 168. Text at
Gandhara serva; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878: 15, pl. 1, f. 7. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen78zool/page/15/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen78zool/page/n41/mode/1up?view=theater
Arctiid Moths of India, Vol. 1, Pg. 133.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/245513554
MOT, Vol. 6, pl. 30/297 as Eilema serva. Dubatolov, V.V., 2012 mentions that this is an error and is likely to be Gandhara vietnamica Dubatolov, 2012.
Dubatolov, V.V., 2012. New genus, species and faunistic records of lichen-moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) from Vietnam, Euroasian Entomological Journal, 11(6): 507–512.
Gandhara vietnamica Dubatolov, 2012 is a similar species which differ from G. serva (Walker, 1854) from the Himalaya by the absence of forewing androconial scales beyond the discal vein on the forewing upper surface.
Bucsek, K., 2020. Contribution to the knowledge of Lithosiini and Arctiini (Erebidae, Arctiinae) of central and northern Laos, part 4. Entomofauna carpathica, 32(2), pp.47-87. Pg. 56, Fig. 37-38 for Gandhara vietnamica.
Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118. Lists Uttarakhand as the Indian distribution. Some confusion on whether the species is recorded from Darjeeling. The type species, Lithosia serva, is said to be from Darjeeling, but the TL for the species is Nepal.
Similar looking species include: Brunia sarawaka (greater extent of yellow border), Dubatolova prabana (Moore, 1859).
JD : Gandhara typica Volynkin & Černý, 2023, see notes in Observation_278079
SS: Agree with Gandhara typica Volynkin & Černý, 2023, but waiting for access to paper below.
Volynkin, A.V., Ern, K., Huang, S.Y. and Hu, H.L., 2023. Taxonomic review of the Oriental genus Gandhara Moore with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 5374(3), pp.390-408.
Kb: further input received from Jonathan da silva (please refer the inaturalist thread) : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/245513554
Gandhara typica Volynkin & Černý, 2023
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B1B87B8F026FFE8FF1FFE50FD59F920
Images here - https://zenodo.org/records/10151272
Moore's specimen was misidentified as Lithosia serva.
Notes on Gandhara here - https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/9B1B87B8F024FFE9FF1FFB5CFE02FAD3
Walker's specimen is transferred to Collita - https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/9B1B87B8F02FFFE1FF1FFC44FBF5F86D & images here - https://zenodo.org/records/10151278
Besides the absence of androcoinal scales, the fore wing shape is also different in Collita serva.
SS: Agree and publishing as Gandhara typica Volynkin & Černý, 2023
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