First record of orange yellow moth, Aegocera venulia (Cramer) (Noctuoidea: Noctuidae) from Maharashtra, India

Authors

  • Aparna Kalawate
     Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidhya Nagar, Sector-29, P.C.N.T. (PO), Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune - 411044, Maharashtra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i3/2018/121858

Keywords:

Aegocera, Noctuidae, Maharashtra

Abstract

Based on the unidentified collections present in Western Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Pune, this paper presents a new distributional record of Aegocera venulia (Cramer, [1777]) from Maharashtra, India.

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Published

2018-09-21

How to Cite

Kalawate, A. (2018). First record of orange yellow moth, <i>Aegocera venulia</i> (Cramer) (Noctuoidea: Noctuidae) from Maharashtra, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 118(3), 314–317. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i3/2018/121858

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Volume 118, Issue 3, 2018

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