New record of moths (Lepidoptera) from India

Authors

  • Jalil Ahmad
     Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Suresh Kr. Shah
     Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Purnendu Mishra
     Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Rahul Joshi
     Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Navneet Singh
     Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v123/i1/2023/172571

Keywords:

India, Lepidoptera, Moths, New Records, Taxonomy, Valmiki Tiger Reserve

Abstract

In the present manuscript, we report 13 species in six families of moths (Lepidoptera), i.e., Adrapsa ablualis Walker, 1859 (Noctuidae); Corgatha tornalis Wileman, 1915; Eugoa brunnea Hampson, 1914; Fossia melandra (Černý, 2009); Miltochrista roseogrisea (Rothschild, 1913); Spilosoma howqua Moore, 1877; Oreta loochooana Swinhoe, 1902; Oruza crocodeta (Turner, 1903) (Erebidae); Pingasa chloroides Galsworthy, 1998; Spaniocentra kuniyukii Yazaki, 1994; Syllepta maculalis Leech, 1889 (Crambidae); Theretra rhesus (Boisduval, 1875) (Sphingidae); Xenochroa fulvescens (Warren, 1912) (Nolidae) for the first time from India. All the 13 species are collected from Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar.

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2023-09-30

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Ahmad, J., Shah, S. K., Mishra, P., Joshi, R., & Singh, N. (2023). New record of moths (Lepidoptera) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 123(1), 13–20. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v123/i1/2023/172571

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