Stueningeria nepalensis Lehmann, 2019

Yakovlev, Roman V. & Zolotuhin, Vadim V., 2021, Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. III. Genus Stueningeria Lehmann, 2019, Ecologica Montenegrina 43, pp. 16-29 : 17

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scientific name	Stueningeria nepalensis Lehmann, 2019
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Lehmann, 2019, Heterocera Sumatrana 13(2): 55, Figs 1−6 View Figures 1−15 .

Type locality: Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Godavari ( Lalitpur District , Bagmati Zone, Central Region ) .

Type material: holotype (male) in ZFMK.

Material examined. Nepal: 2 males, Nepal, Annapura Himal, valley of Kali Gandaki, 1300 m, near Tatopani , 83°39′E, 28°29′N, 03.vi.1996, leg. Gy.M. Laszlo and G. Ronkay ( GenPr MWM: 28.023) GoogleMaps ; 2 males, Nepal, Kathmandu , 1320 m, 9−11.vi.1993, leg. M. Hreblay, G. Csorba ( MWM) ; 1 male, Nepal, Annapurna Himal , 1700 m, 1 km N of Tal, 84°23′E 28°28′N, 08.vi.1996, leg. Hreblay & Szaboky ( MWM) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Nepal, Annapurna Himal, Naya Pul at Birethanti , 1050 m, 26.iv.1995, 83°46′E; 28°12′N, leg. Lajos Szecsenyi & Atilla Szabo ( GenPr MWM: 28.025) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Nepal, Godawar , 16 k SE Kathmandu, 27°34′N; 85°23′E, 1500 m, 23.v.1989, legit. Schnitzler ( MWM) GoogleMaps ; India: 4 males, India, Kumaon Himalaya Distr., Naini Tal, Bhim Tal , 1500 m, 10.v.1971, leg. de Freina ( GenPr MWM: 28.022) ; 5 males, NW India, Bhimtal , 1500−2500 m, 5.vi.1982, leg. Smetacek ( MWM) ; 3 males, same data, 7.vi.1979 ( GenPr MWM: 32.909) .

Diagnosis. In the contrasting discal spot on the fore wing, the species is most close to S. phaga ( Swinhoe, 1894) and S. htetae Yakovlev & Zolotuhin sp. nov. From which it differs in a dimmer color and in the blunt apex of the harpe on the saccular edge of the valve.

Distribution. Nepal, India ( Uttarakhand).