Clytie devia (Swinhoe, [1885])

Clytie devia (Swinhoe, [1885]) View in CoL

1885. Pandesma devia Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond : 520, pl. 48, f. 3.

Type locality: Kurrachee [Karachi]

Material examined: 1♀, India, Gujarat, Kachchh, Narayan Sarovar WLS, Guhar Dam (23038.006 ’N, 68033.004 ’E) ,

09.ix.2018, leg. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar & Party (NZCZSI).

Diagnosis: The adult of C. devia ( Fig. 1. A and B View Fig ) resembles the comparatively larger species Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808]) . The specimen studied herein is typically characterized as described by Swinhoe [1885]. But it is overall paler, rather tinged with less ochreous and smaller (fore wing length 17 mm; wing expanse 38 mm) than the originally described specimen (wing expanse 45.72 mm). Female genitalia ( Fig. 1. C View Fig ): Seventh tergite and sterigma heavily sclerotized, corpus bursae roughly globular with two horizontal signa located distally on hazily sclerotized area, ductus bursae thick, virtually cylindrical and slightly