Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access

First Record of Xenortholitha falcata Yazaki, 1993 (Geometridae: Larentiinae) from India


Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India
2 Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun - 248001, Uttarakhand, India
 

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


The genus Xenortholitha Inoue, 1944 is mainly distributed in the Sino-Japanese and Indian Himalayan Region (IHR). The current communication reports the first distributional record of Xenortholitha falcata Yazaki, 1993 from western Himalaya, India extending its range far westwards from its previously known range in Eastern Nepal. We provide a brief differential diagnosis of the species along with its habitus and male genitalia illustrations.

Keywords

Cidariini, Larentiinae, Lepidoptera Fauna, Range Extension, Xenortholitha.
User
Subscription Login to verify subscription
Notifications
Font Size

  • Choi, S.W. 2004. Taxonomy of the Cidariini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in Korea (II). Entomological Research, 34(1):21-35. https:// doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5967.2004.tb00087.x.

  • Christoph, H. 1881. Neue Lepidopteren des Amurgebietes. Bulletin de la Société, Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 5:33-121.

  • Dickson, R.A. 1976. Lepidopterist’s Handbook. Published by The Amateur Entomologists, Orpington, p. 1-228.

  • Inoue, H. 1944. Notes on some Japanese Geometridae. Trans. Kansai Ent. Soc., 14(1):60-71.

  • Kollar, V. 1844. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freiherr C.V. Hügel auf seiner Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleygebirge gesammelten Insekten. In: Hügel, Kashmir und das Reich der Siek. 4(2):395-496.

  • Prout, L.B. 1939. The Indoaustralian Geometridae, In: the Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the World, 12:243-279.

  • Robinson, G.S. 1976. The preparation of the slides of Lepidoptera Genitalia with special reference to the microlepidoptera. Entomologist’s Gazette, 27:127-132.

  • Walker, F. 1862. Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous Insects Collected at Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 6:82-145, 171-198. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1862.tb00945.x.

  • Yazaki, K. 1993. Geometridae: In: Haruta T (Ed.), Moths of Nepal. Tinea, 13(3):103-121.


Abstract Views: 307

PDF Views: 147




  • First Record of Xenortholitha falcata Yazaki, 1993 (Geometridae: Larentiinae) from India

Abstract Views: 307  |  PDF Views: 147

Authors

Kaushik Mallick
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India
Uttaran Bandyopadhyay
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India
Arna Mazumder
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India
Rushati Dey
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India
Angshuman Raha
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India
Abesh Kumar Sanyal
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India
Sandeep Kumar Gupta
Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun - 248001, Uttarakhand, India
Virendra Prasad Uniyal
Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun - 248001, Uttarakhand, India
Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India

Abstract


The genus Xenortholitha Inoue, 1944 is mainly distributed in the Sino-Japanese and Indian Himalayan Region (IHR). The current communication reports the first distributional record of Xenortholitha falcata Yazaki, 1993 from western Himalaya, India extending its range far westwards from its previously known range in Eastern Nepal. We provide a brief differential diagnosis of the species along with its habitus and male genitalia illustrations.

Keywords


Cidariini, Larentiinae, Lepidoptera Fauna, Range Extension, Xenortholitha.

References





DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv121%2Fi4%2F2021%2F164239