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Additions to the Moth Fauna of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand (India)


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The present communication deals with the addition of 23 species under 19 genera of three families: Erebidae, Noctuidae&Nolidae of moths from Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. Two new species, Ophiusa pseudotirhaca Singh & Ranjan, sp. nov. and Rusicada pindraberensis Singh & Ranjan, sp. nov. are described and one species, Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) is reported for the first time from India. This is an addition of about 17% of moths to the already recorded 138 species from Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Authors

Navneet Singh
Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Sector-8, Bahadurpur Housing Colony, Patna-800 026, Bihar, India
Rahul Ranjan
Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Sector-8, Bahadurpur Housing Colony, Patna-800 026, Bihar, India

Abstract


The present communication deals with the addition of 23 species under 19 genera of three families: Erebidae, Noctuidae&Nolidae of moths from Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. Two new species, Ophiusa pseudotirhaca Singh & Ranjan, sp. nov. and Rusicada pindraberensis Singh & Ranjan, sp. nov. are described and one species, Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886) is reported for the first time from India. This is an addition of about 17% of moths to the already recorded 138 species from Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v116i4.142109