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


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1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053 West Bengal, India
2 Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Sector–8, BH Colony, Patna – 800026, Bihar, India
 

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

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

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.

Keywords


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

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v117i4.171252