New distributional record of Heterocera from Andaman and Nicobar Islands with six new additions to Indian Lepidoptera Fauna (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.274Keywords:
Insecta, Lepidoptera, biodiversity, distribution, new records, Andaman and Nicorbar Islands, IndiaAbstract
This paper reports six species of Heterocera belonging to family Geometridae, Notodontidae, Euteliidae, and Noctuidae viz. Probithia imprimata (Walker, 1861), Ruttellerona pseudocessaria Holloway, 1994, Amraica solivagaria (Walker, 1866), Phalera sundana Holloway, 1982, Paectes psaliphora Hampson, 1912 and Iambia lyricalis Holloway, 1989. The species stated above have been collected from different islands of Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. Furthermore, the study reveals new contributions to India’s Lepidoptera fauna. Microphotographs of Adult genitalia along with species diagnosis, habitat, and the new distributional data from these islands are provided.
Downloads
References
Barlow, H. S. (1982). An Introduction to the Moths of South East Asia. Malayan Nature Society.
Chandra, K., Mazumder, A., Sanyal, A. K., Ash, A., Bandyopadhyay, U., Mallick, K., & Raha, A. (2018). Catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 4505(1), 1-84. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4505.1.1
De Prins, J., & De Prins, W. (2011). Global taxonomic database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). http://www.gracillariidae.net
Ganeshaiah, K. N., Sanjappa, M., Rao, R., Murugan, C., & Shivaprakash, K. N. (2019). Spatial distribution pattern of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of woody flora in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Forest Ecosystems, 6(38), 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-019-0196-9
Holloway, J. D. (1989). The moths of Borneo: Family Noctuidae, trifine subfamilies: Noctuinae, Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae. Malayan Nature Journal, 42(2-3), 57-228, 171 pls.
Holloway, J. D. (1994). The moths of Borneo: Family Geometridae, subfamily Ennominae [The Moths of Borneo, Part 11]. Malayan Nature Journal, 47, 1-19.
Holloway, J. D. (1982). Taxonomic Appendix. In H. S. Barlow (ed.). An Introduction to the Moths of South East Asia. Malayan Nature Society.
Holloway, J. D. (1985). Moths of Borneo: Family Noctuidae: Subfamilies Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, part 14. Malayan Nature Journal, 38, 157-317.
Holloway, J. D. (1993). The moths of Borneo: Family Geometridae, subfamily Ennominae; Part 11. Malayan Nature Journal, 47, 1-309, 19 plates.
Jiang, N., Sato, R., & Han, H. (2012). One new and one newly recorded species of the genus Amraica Moore, 1888 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from China, with diagnoses of the Chinese species. Entomological Science, 15(2), 219-231. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-8298.2011.00507.x
Kirti, J. S., Chandra, K., Saxena, A., & Singh, N. (2019). Geometrid Moths of India. Nature Books India.
Krupnick, G. A., & Kress, W. J. (2003). Hotspots and ecoregions: A test of conservation priorities using taxonomic data. Biodiversity & Conservation, 12(11), 2237-2253. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024582529645
Mohanraj, P., & Veenakumari, K. (2011). Butterflies of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: history of collection and checklist. Zootaxa, 3050, 1-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3050.1.1
Nayar, M. P. (1996). Hot Spot of Endemic Plants of India, Nepal and Bhutan. Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute.
Parsons, M. S., Scoble, M. J., Honey, H. R., Pitkin, L. M., & Pitkin, R. B. (1999). The catalogue. In M. J. Scoble (ed.). Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). CSIRO Publishing.
Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Noctuidae (Vol. 118). E. J. Brill/Flora Fauna Publications.
Prasad, P. R., Sringeswara, A. N., Reddy, C. S., Nagabhatla, N., Rajan, K. S., Giriraj, A., Murthy, M. S. R., Raza, S. H., & Dutt, C. B. H. (2009). Assessment of forest fragmentation and species diversity in North Andaman Islands (India): A geospatial approach. International Journal of Ecology and Development, 14(F09), 33-46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10120-009-0006-0
Robinson, G. S., Tuck, K. R., & Shaffer, M. (1994). Field guide to the smaller moths of South-East Asia. The Natural History Museum.
Shashank, P., & Benedek, B. (2020). New records of Noctuid moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from India, Bhutan, and China. Journal of Insect Biodiversity, 20(1), 26-34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2020.20.1.4
Stojanoviæ, D., Æurèiæ, S., Stanisavljeviæ, L., & Orloviæ, S. (2014). New and rare moth species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Serbia. North-Western Journal of Zoology, 10(2), 318-324.
Wikramanayake, E. D., Dinerstein, E., & Loucks, C. J. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: A Conservation Assessment (Vol. 3). Island Press.
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 B. Sumit Kumar Rao, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The author retains his trademark and patent rights to any process or procedure within the article.
The author retains the right to share, distribute, perform and publicly communicate the article published in SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, with initial acknowledgement of its publication in SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
The author retains the right to make a subsequent publication of his work, from using the article to publishing it in a book, provided that he indicates its initial publication in SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
Each submission to SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología must be accompanied by an acceptance of copyright and acknowledgement of authorship. By accepting them, authors retain copyright of their work and agree that the article, if accepted for publication by SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, will be licensed for use and distribution under a "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International" (CC BY 4.0) licence that allows third parties to share and adapt the content for any purpose giving appropriate credit to the original work.
You may read here the basic information and the legal text of the license. The indication of the CC BY 4.0 License must be expressly stated in this way when necessary.
As of 2022, the content of the print and digital version is licensed under a "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License" (CC BY 4.0), licence that allows third parties to share and adapt the content for any purpose giving appropriate credit to the original work.
Previous content in the journal was published under a traditional copyright licence; however, the archive is available for free access.
When using previously published content, including figures, tables or any other material in print or electronic format, authors must obtain permission from the copyright holder. Legal, financial and criminal liabilities in this respect belong to the author(s).
In application of the Principle of Priority of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, no other version than the one published by the publisher may be deposited in repositories, personal websites or similar.
