Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Family
Notodontidae
Subfamily
Spataliinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Spataliinii
Genus
Besaia Walker, 1865
Type Species
Besaia rubiginea Walker, 1865
Species/Subspecies
Besaia rubiginea Walker, 1865
Type Locality
Hindostan [= India]
=Besaia malaisei Kiriakoff, 1959
Remarks
Kobayashi & Nonaka (2016) treated <i>Besaia</i> as a good genus both according to phyletic and phenetic separation and because it is well distinct from genus <i>Biula</i> by male genitlia and facies, unlike Schintlmeister (2013) describing it as a subgenus under <i>Biula</i>. Hence, <i>Besaia</i> is treated as a valid genus here.
Distribution
Specific Records
Eaglenest WLS, Singalila NP, Shirui Hills
States/Union Territories
Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim, West Bengal
Protected Areas
Eaglenest WLS, Singalila NP
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Indian Himalaya, North East, North West India
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