TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON INDIAN GELECHIIDAE VI. A NEW SPECIES UNDER GENUS DIASTALTICA WALSINGHAM FROM NORTH INDIA (LEPIDOPTERA : GELECHIOIDEA)
V.K. WALIA *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH-160 014. INDIA
D. WADHAWAN *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH-160 014. INDIA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
First representative species of genus Diastaltica Walsingham from India i.e. asymmetria sp. nov. is described in detail. The belongingness of this new species collected from Kalesar, Subathu and Sairighat to the Central American genus has been discussed.
Keywords: Microlepidoptera, Gelechiidae, new genus, new species, north-India