Caissa fasciatum ( Hampson, 1892: 394 ) ( Ceratonema )

Singh, Navneet & Ahmad, Jalil, 2022, A new species and a new species record of Caissa Hering from India (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), Zootaxa 5200 (1), pp. 96-100 : 97

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5200.1.7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7255137
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA351A-AC0C-2861-988B-2295029C852A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Caissa fasciatum ( Hampson, 1892: 394 ) ( Ceratonema )
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Caissa fasciatum ( Hampson, 1892: 394) ( Ceratonema) View in CoL

( Figs 3 View FIGURES 1–6 , 11, 12 View FIGURES 7–15 )

Type locality: Nágas, 6000 feet [ India]

Material examined. India: 1♂, West Bengal, Buxa Tiger Reserve ( BTR) , 24 Miles Sikari RCE, Raja Bhatkhawa , 03.xi.2017, S. Chand & Party leg. ( NZCZSI) , 1♂, West Bengal, BTR, Raimtang , 30 miles W/T, 27.x.2018, S. Chand & Party leg. ( NZCZSI)

Diagnosis. Wingspan 26 mm, forewing length 13 mm. Externally, C. fasciatum is closely similar to C. gambita , but male genitalia are distinct in having the saccular process shallowly bifurcated into two equal processes, which is entire in C. gambita .

Distribution. India ( Nagaland), Nepal, Bhutan (Irungbum et al. 2017). West Bengal (Buxa Tiger Reserve) (present study).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Limacodidae
Genus	Caissa