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Distribution. Indian records: West Himalaya (Sanyal et al. 2018). Global records: Java (Snellen 1895)., Published as part of Singh, Navneet, Ranjan, Rahul, Talukdar, Avishek, Joshi, Rahul, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Chandra, Kailash & Mally, Richard, 2022, A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera), pp. 1-423 in Zootaxa 5197 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7252292, {"references":["Sanyal, A. K., Mallick, K., Khan, S., Bandyopadhyay, U., Mazumder, A., Bhattacharyya, K., Pathania, P. C., Raha, A. & Chandra, K. (2018) Insecta: Lepidoptera (Moths). In: Chandra, K., Gupta, D., Gopi, K. C., Tripathy, B. & Kumar, V. (Eds.), Faunal Diversity of Indian Himalaya. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, pp. 651 - 726.","Snellen, P. C. T. (1895) Aanteekeningen over Pyraliden met beschrijving van nieuwe genera en soorten. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 38, 103 - 161, pls. 5 - 6."]}

DNA barcode data reveal a distinct group of Udea specimens collected on Crete and previously misidentified as Udea fulvalis (Hübner, 1809) and U. languidalis ab. veneralis (Staudinger, 1870). Morphological examination of the specimens corroborates their status as a distinct species which is described as Udea ruckdescheli sp. n. Images of the adults and the genitalia of both sexes, as well as the DNA barcode sequences are presented. A phylogenetic analysis using molecular (COI, wingless) and morphological data indicates that the new species belongs to the Udea numeralis (Hübner, 1796) species group and is sister to the Udea fimbriatralis (Duponchel, 1833) species complex.