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A Report on Moth Fauna (Insecta:Lepidoptera) in Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India


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1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India
2 Academy of Biodiversity Conservation (ABC), Kolkata-700055, India
3 Vidyasagar College, Block CL, Sector 2, Salt Lake, Kolkata-91, India
     

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The present communication reports occurrence of 52 species of moths in Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal. Of them, 12 species were reported by Mandal (1992). The rest of 40 species have been collected using light trap at Lava, the entrance of Neora Valley National Park on its western boundary during the faunistic surveys carried out in the year 2014. Among these, fifteen species have been found as new record to the moth fauna of West Bengal.

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Moth, Neora Valley, West Bengal.
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Authors

Suresh Kr. Shah
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India
Bulganin Mitra
Academy of Biodiversity Conservation (ABC), Kolkata-700055, India
Apurva Das
Vidyasagar College, Block CL, Sector 2, Salt Lake, Kolkata-91, India
Purnendu Mishra
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India

Abstract


The present communication reports occurrence of 52 species of moths in Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal. Of them, 12 species were reported by Mandal (1992). The rest of 40 species have been collected using light trap at Lava, the entrance of Neora Valley National Park on its western boundary during the faunistic surveys carried out in the year 2014. Among these, fifteen species have been found as new record to the moth fauna of West Bengal.

Keywords


Moth, Neora Valley, West Bengal.

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