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- Title
An annotated checklist of the economically important family of moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera: Noctuidae) of the northern Western Ghats, India, with notes on their type species, diversity, distribution, host plants, and an unusual new faunistic record.
- Authors
Kalawate, Aparna Sureshchandra; Surwade, Prachee; Pawara, S. N.
- Abstract
This research is based on the surveys conducted from 2015-2018 resulting in identification of 37 species of 25 genera of noctuid moths. From the surveys, three new records including one unusual species namely, Conservula indica (Moore, 1867) are reported in the present study. A total of eight species of this family are reported as endemic. Two species-C. indica and Pyrrhia umbra-are reported first time from the Western Ghats part of Maharashtra. In this communication, notes on host plant, type species, endemic species with their distribution are provided.
- Subjects
WESTERN Ghats (India); MAHARASHTRA (India); HOST plants; LEPIDOPTERA; SPECIES distribution; NOCTUIDAE; SPECIES; MOTHS
- Publication
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 2, p22632
- ISSN
0974-7893
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11609/jott.7824.15.2.22632-22653