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First Record of Orange Yellow Moth, Aegocera venulia (Cramer) (Noctuoidea: Noctuidae) from Maharashtra, India


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Based on the unidentified collections present in Western Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Pune, this paper presents a new distributional record of Aegocera venulia (Cramer, [1777]) from Maharashtra, India.

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Aegocera, Noctuidae, Maharashtra.
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  • First Record of Orange Yellow Moth, Aegocera venulia (Cramer) (Noctuoidea: Noctuidae) from Maharashtra, India

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Authors

Aparna Kalawate
Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidhya Nagar, Sector-29, P.C.N.T. (PO), Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune - 411044, Maharashtra, India

Abstract


Based on the unidentified collections present in Western Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Pune, this paper presents a new distributional record of Aegocera venulia (Cramer, [1777]) from Maharashtra, India.

Keywords


Aegocera, Noctuidae, Maharashtra.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv118%2Fi3%2F2018%2F121858