Endotricha eximia Whalley 1963

Endotricha eximia Whalley, 1963: 428 (Figs 5, 6, 20, 30) Type locality: India, Khasis Material examined: India, Sikkim: Dodak, 2 ♁, 07.v.2014 (8768/H10), Golitar, 3 ♁, 2 ♀, 30.iv.2014 (8769/ H10, 8770/H10), Yuksom, 1 ♁, 03.v.2014 (8771/H10), R. Ranjan leg. (NZCZSI). Diagnosis: Morphologically, E. eximia (Figs 5, 6) is closely similar to E. costaemaculalis (Figs 3, 4), particularly with the phenotype of its synonym E. fuscifusalis from North India, but is distinct by its smaller size. In male genitalia, juxta of E. eximia (Fig. 20) is distinct from that of E. costaemaculalis (Fig. 19) in the absence of apical spines and vesica of E. eximia with a cornutus as a thin line of spines, which is spiniform in E. costaemaculalis. In female genitalia of E. eximia (Fig. 30), ductus bursae is uniformly sclerotised whereas in E. costaemaculalis (Fig. 29), ductus bursae is weakly sclerotised centrally. Distribution: India (Indian subcontinent (North), Khasis, Sikkim (Whalley 1963, Wang & Li 2005)), China (Guizhou, Sichuan) (Wang & Li 2005).Published as part of Ranjan, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Kirti, Jagbir Singh, 2023, On the taxonomy of genus Endotricha Zeller (Pyralinae, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera) with description of three new species from India, pp. 56-70 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on page 60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/820393