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Dyrzela plagiata Walker Rediscovered After >162 Years as a New Record from Western Ghats, India with Checklist oOf Dyrzela (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera


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

Dyrzela Walker (1857) 1858, an Oriental noctuid genus comprises of eleven species. It is a rare noctuid from India, and the present study documents a new record of this almost after 162 years. Detailed redescription with illustrations of adults and male genitalia are provided. A checklist of known species of the genus Dyrzela is also provided.

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Dyrzela, Noctuidae, Western Ghats, chocolate-brown spotted noctuid, genitalia, redescription, illustration, new record, India, checklist
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Aparna Sureshchandra 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


Dyrzela Walker (1857) 1858, an Oriental noctuid genus comprises of eleven species. It is a rare noctuid from India, and the present study documents a new record of this almost after 162 years. Detailed redescription with illustrations of adults and male genitalia are provided. A checklist of known species of the genus Dyrzela is also provided.

Keywords


Dyrzela, Noctuidae, Western Ghats, chocolate-brown spotted noctuid, genitalia, redescription, illustration, new record, India, checklist

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2021.69