Additions to the Moth Fauna of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand (India)
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Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Sector-8, Bahadurpur Housing Colony, Patna-800 026, Bihar
Navneet Singh -
Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Sector-8, Bahadurpur Housing Colony, Patna-800 026, Bihar
Rahul Ranjan
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v116/i4/2016/117820Abstract
The present communication deals with the addition of 23 species under 19 genera of three families: Erebidae, Noctuidae & Nolidae of moths from Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. Two new species, Ophiusa pseudotirhaca Singh & Ranjan, sp. nov. and Rusicada pindraberensis Singh & Ranjan, sp. nov. are described and one species, Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) is reported for the first time from India. This is an addition of about 17% of moths to the already recorded 138 species from Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary.Downloads
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Published
2016-12-01
How to Cite
Singh, N., & Ranjan, R. (2016). Additions to the Moth Fauna of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand (India). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 116(4), 323–336. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v116/i4/2016/117820
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