Diversity of Moths (Lepidoptera) with New Faunistic Records from North East Jharkhand, India

Authors

  • Navneet Singh
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053 West Bengal
  • Jalil Ahmad
     Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Sector–8, BH Colony, Patna – 800026, Bihar
  • Rahul Joshi
     Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Sector–8, BH Colony, Patna – 800026, Bihar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i4/2017/121289

Keywords:

Diversity, Lepidoptera, Moths, New Records, North-East Jharkhand.

Abstract

The information given in this research paper is based on 81 species representing 70 genera of moths collected during the survey conducted from October 05-08, 2016 by the first two authors. As many as 20 species are reported for the first time from Jharkhand as well as from Gangetic plains: Bastilla joviana (Stoll), Erebus ephesperis (Hubner), Creatonotos interrupta (Walker), Leucania venalba Moore, Yepcalphis dilectissima (Walker), Ericeia inangulata (Guenee), Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker), Agrotis segetum D&S, Entomogramma fautrix Guenee, Xanthodes albago (Fab.), Miaromima naessigi (Kobes), Scopelodes albipalpis Hering, Pseudoteleclita sp., Armiana longipennis (Moore), Tyspanodes linealis (Moore), Hyperythra lutea (Stoll), Cleora sp., Thalassodes veraria Guenee, Zeuzera coffeae Nietner, Bamra sp.,. The area was surveyed for the first time to study the diversity of moths.

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2017-11-01

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Singh, N., Ahmad, J., & Joshi, R. (2017). Diversity of Moths (Lepidoptera) with New Faunistic Records from North East Jharkhand, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 117(4), 326–340. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i4/2017/121289

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Volume 117, Issue 4, 2017

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