Genitalic Studies of Four Limacodid Species (Limacodidae: Lepidoptera) Including the Description of a New Species from Western Ghats, India

Authors

  • Amit Katewa
     Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala – 147002, Punjab
  • P. C. Pathania
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i4/2019/148937

Keywords:

Genitalia, Lepidoptera, Limacodidae, Species, Western Ghats.

Abstract

During the present studies, four species i.e., Aergina hilaris (Westwood), Thespea bicolor bicolor (Walker), Parasa herbifera Walker and P. neoherbifera sp. nov. have been studied from the Western Ghats of India. Besides reporting a new species, all others species are recorded for the first time in the area mentioned above.

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2019-12-31

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Katewa, A., & Pathania, P. C. (2019). Genitalic Studies of Four Limacodid Species (Limacodidae: Lepidoptera) Including the Description of a New Species from Western Ghats, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(4), 373–380. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i4/2019/148937

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Volume 119, Issue 4, 2019

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