@article {23029, title = {Findings of Zaranga tukuringra Streltzov et Yakovlev, 2007, Calliteara axutha (Collenette, 1934) and other species of Macrolepidoptera in the northern part of the Bureinsky Range (Russia, Khabarovsk Krai)}, journal = {Amurian Zoological Journal}, volume = {15}, year = {2023}, month = {12/2023}, pages = {858-869}, chapter = {858}, abstract = {

\"The paper provides a list of 64 Macrolepidoptera species collected
in June\–July 2023 during an expedition to the out-of-the-way northern part
of the Bureinsky Range and in 2022\–2023 in Chegdomyn town. The species
Zaranga tukuringra Streltzov \& Yakovlev, 2007 (Notodontidae) was found in
the Khabarovsk Kray for the first time. One male of this species was collected
near the mouth of the Seregekta River in the upper reaches of the Bureya
River. Previously, the species was not known outside the western part of
the Amur Oblast (Zeya Nature Reserve and Urusha town). Calliteara axutha
(Collenette, 1934) (Lymantriidae) was found in coniferous forests of the middle
mountains of the Bureinsky Range. Previously, this species was recorded for
the territory of Russia by a single male from Tyrma (the southern part of
the Bureinsky Range). Seven species, Gastropacha orientalis Sheljuzhko, 1943
(Lasiocampidae), Peridea oberthueri (Staudinger, 1892), Gonoclostera
timoniorum (Bremer, 1861) (Notodontidae), Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus,
1758), Telochurus recens (H\übner, 1819) (Lymantriidae), Collita griseola
(H\übner, [1803]), and Rhyparia purpurata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Arctiidae) were
first recorded for the upper Bureya river basin. It was established that the area
near the mouth of the Seregekta River is the northern limit of the distribution
in the Bureya river basin for Gastropacha orientalis (Lasiocampidae), Actias
artemis (Bremer et Gray, 1852) (Saturniidae), Mimas christophi (Staudinger,
1887), Notodonta stigmatica Matsumura, 1920, Peridea oberthueri, Gonoclostera
timoniorum (Notodontidae), Calliteara axutha (Lymantriidae), and Pericallia
matronula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Arctiidae). New finds of Cilix filipjevi Kardakoff,
1928 (Drepanidae) and Stauropus fagi (Linnaeus, 1758) (Notodontidae)
indicate the ongoing naturalization of these subboreal species in the upper
reaches of the Bureya River.\"

}, keywords = {ACTIAS, HYLES, HYLOICUS, LAOTHOE, MIMAS, RUSSIA, SATURNIIDAE, SMERINTHUS, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINX, WORLDMAP1}, url = {https://www.doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-4-858-869}, author = {Koshkin, E.S.} } @article {22967, title = {Macromoths (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Macroheterocera) in the Tumninsky Nature Reserve, North-Eastern Sikhote-Alin Mts., Khabarovsk Krai}, journal = {Amurian Zoological Journal}, volume = {15}, year = {2023}, month = {08/2023}, pages = {481-491}, chapter = {481}, abstract = {

\"The paper presents a list of Macroheterocera (Hepialidae, Limacodidae, Thyatiridae, Drepanidae, Lasiocampidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Erebidae, Noctuidae, excluding Geometridae) from Tumninsky Nature Reserve (308 species). Of them, as many as 33 species (11\%) were hitherto recorded neither from the Botchinsky Nature Reserve nor from the Amur River mouth. They penetrate the Tumnin River valley from the Amur River as a kind of an appendix. The 33 species include Agnidra scabiosa, Gastropacha clathrata, Kentrochrysalis streckeri, Euhampsonia splendida, Fentonia ocypete, Peridea graeseri, Pheosiopsis cinerea, Gonoclostera timoniorum, Micromelalopha sieversi, Calliteara pseudabietis, Kidokuga piperita, Arctornis alba, Macrobrochis staudingeri, Manulea ussurica, Pelosia obtuse [sic], Meganola bryophilalis, Evonima mandschuriana, Parhylophila buddhae, P. celsiana, Macrochtonia fervens, Earias pudicana, Mimachrostia fasciata, Araeopteron amoena, Lophomilia flaviplaga, Hadennia incongruens, Bryophilina mollicula, Gerbathodes paupera, Pyrrhia bifasciata, Callopistria albolineola, Balsa leodura, Cosmia moderata, C. trapezinula, Telorta divergens.\"

}, keywords = {ACTIAS, AGLIA, DEILEPHILA, DOLBINA, HYLOICUS, KENTROCHRYSALIS, LAOTHOE, MIMAS, RINACA, RUSSIA, SATURNIIDAE, SMERINTHUS, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINX, WORLDMAP1}, doi = {10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-2-481-491}, url = {https://www.doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-2-481-491}, author = {Dubatolov, V.V.} } @article {22913, title = {Checklist of moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) from Panvel, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, west coast of India}, journal = {Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology}, volume = {42}, year = {2021}, month = {06/2021}, pages = {11-21}, chapter = {11}, abstract = {

\"The purpose of this study was to examine the species diversity of moths from Panvel and to contribute to the development of ideas for future research into the impact of anthropogenic stress on moth diversity. The study was carried out from May 2020 to April 2021 for a period of one year. Study sites were selected on the basis of strategic locations and their habitat closeness to ongoing construction of Navi Mumbai International Airport and anthropogenic activities. Moths were surveyed by systematic and opportunistic field visits during day time and with use of light traps during night. Instead of collection of representative species, moths were photographed and primary identification was done using colour photographs. A total of 45 moth species representing 41 genera, 25 subfamilies, 11 families and 6 superfamilies were recorded. Family Erebidae includes most of the species (19) followed by the families Noctuidae and Sphingidae (6 species of each) and Geometridae (4). Families Saturniidae, Uraniidae and Crambidae each includes 2 species where as remaining four families were represented by one species each. Species diversity of moths from Panvel is dominated by species of Erebidae, Noctuidae, Sphingidae and Geometridae. Long term monitoring and more comprehensive study is recommended to record the entire moth fauna from Panvel, Navi Mumbai. Sustainable use and conservation of the natural resources of the region will help to increase the overall biodiversity of the Navi Mumbai. This checklist will act as a baseline for more comprehensive work in future on diversity of moths from this region.\"

}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, ACTIAS, ANTHERAEA, DAPHNIS, EUPTEROTE, EUPTEROTIDAE, INDIA, LEPIDOPTERA, MARUMBA, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1}, author = {Pawar, P.R. and Supnekar, S.P. and Meshram, L.N. and Pawar, N.B. and Rokade, A.G.} } @article {22410, title = {The Filippi{\textquoteright}s glands of giant silk moths: to be or not to be?}, journal = {Insects}, volume = {12}, year = {2021}, month = {11/2021}, pages = {1040}, chapter = {1040}, abstract = {

\"The Filippi\’s glands (FGs), formerly \“Lyonet\’s glands\”, are paired accessory organs associated with the silk glands. They are unique to Lepidoptera caterpillars and their exact role is not clear. The FGs are thought to be involved in the construction of a silk cocoon in bombycoid moths. FGs can differ in size and shape, therefore, in this study we attempt to find a correlation between FG morphology and phylogenetic position within the Bombycoidea. We use light and electron microscopy to examine the presence and morphology of FGs in a range of wild (giant) silk moths and several related species. Our results confirm that the majority of studied silk moth species have complex type of FGs that continuously increase in size during larval development. We identified several species of giant silk moths and two hawk moth species that completely lack FGs throughout their larval development. Finally, in several hawk moth species in which FGs are well developed during the first larval stage, these glands do not grow and remain small during later larval growth. Our results suggest that FGs are not critical for spinning and that loss of FGs occurred several times during the evolution of saturniids and sphingids. Comparison of FGs in different moths is an important first step in the elucidation of their physiological significance.\"

}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, ACTIAS, AGLIA, ANTHERAEA, ANTHERINA, ATTACUS, BOMBYX, CALLOSAMIA, DAPHNIS, FILIPPI{\textquoteright}S GLANDS, FOODPLANT, HYALOPHORA, HYLES, IMMATURE MORPHOLOGY, MIMAS, NUDAURELIA, PYRALIDAE, SAMIA, SATURNIIDAE, SILK, SMERINTHUS, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINX, TELEA}, doi = {10.3390/insects12111040}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12111040}, author = {Sehadova, H. and Zavodska, R. and Zurovec, M. and Sauman, I.} } @article {22056, title = {DNA barcoding of some Indian species of hawk moths based on COI gene (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)}, journal = {Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies}, volume = {5}, year = {2017}, pages = {35-40}, chapter = {35}, abstract = {

\"In the current study, we analysed a partial sequence of 580 bp (approx) of COI gene for seven species belonging to family sphingidae. The study was conducted in the northern India mainly in the districts of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand during the period of April, 2015 to December, 2016 the studied sequences have been added to the current database at GenBank NCBI. The database analysis showed mean K2P divergence of 0.59\% at intraspecific level, 6.3\% at interspecific and 12.2\% at intergeneric level. A range of 0.0\% to 2.7\% was observed during the intraspecific study alongwith the range of 3.6\% to 8.2\% in the interspecific study, thereby indicating a hierarchal increase in K2P mean divergence across different taxonomic levels.\"

}, keywords = {ACOSMERYX, ACTIAS, ANAMBULYX, BARCODING, CEPHONODES, COI, HIPPOTION, INDIA, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, MINIMUM EVOLUTION, NEIGHBOR-JOINING, POLYPTYCHUS, PSILOGRAMMA, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1}, issn = {2349-6800}, author = {Singh, D. and Kaur, N.} } @article {21988, title = {Contribuci{\'o} al coneixement dels macroheter{\`o}cers de la comarca de l{\textquoteright}Alt Camp (Lepidoptera: Macroheterocera)}, journal = {Butllet{\'\i} de la Societat Catalana de Lepidopterologia}, volume = {109}, year = {2018}, month = {12/2018}, pages = {33-43}, chapter = {33}, keywords = {ACTIAS, AGRIUS, DEILEPHILA, GRAELLSIA, HEMARIS, HYLES, LAOTHOE, MARUMBA, MIMAS, SATURNIIDAE, SPAIN, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINX, WORLDMAP1}, issn = {1132-7669}, author = {G{\'o}mez, J.S.} } @article {21848, title = {List of moths collected at Asagiri-kogen, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture in 2017, on insects fauna investigation which is to be outsourced from Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan}, journal = {Japanese Heterocerists{\textquoteright} Journal}, volume = {285}, year = {2018}, month = {04/2018}, pages = {241-246}, chapter = {241}, keywords = {ACTIAS, BOMBYCIDAE, BOMBYX, CALLAMBULYX, CHECKLIST, CLANIS, DEILEPHILA, DOLBINA, ENDROMIDAE, JAPAN, MARUMBA, OBERTHUERIA, PHYLLOSPHINGIA, SATURNIIDAE, SMERINTHUS, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1}, author = {Kishida, Y. and Akiba, T. and Iimori, M. and Kitajima, Y. and Sakamoto, Y. and Yano, T. and Jinbo, U.} } @article {21369, title = {Macroheterocera, excluding Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of coniferous forests of the Nature Reserve Botchinskii and its environs (summer and autumn aspects)}, journal = {Amurian Zoological Journal}, volume = {8}, year = {2015}, month = {12/2015}, pages = {332-368}, chapter = {332}, abstract = {

\"322 species of Macroheterocera (excluding Geometridae) are recorded from the Nature Reserve Botchinskii (north-eastern part of the Sikhote-Alin Mts. in Khabarovskii Krai) after two-years studying. 7 species more (from families Lasiocampidae, Lymantriidae and Arctiidae) are reported from other regions of the north-eastern Sikhote-Alin. 50\% of the fauna consists of nemoral species. The most significant changing in species composition along the eastern slope of Sikhote-Alin Mts. is recorded north from the territory of Nature Reserve Botchinskii; the weakest \– along the Arsenyev\’s line. A new synonymy is established: Atolmis rubricollis rubricollis (Linnaeus, 1758) = Atolmis rubricollis alpischistosis Tshistajkov, 1994, syn. nov.\"

}, keywords = {ACTIAS, AGLIA, DEILEPHILA, DOLBINA, ENDROMIDAE, HEMARIS, HYLES, HYLOICUS, LAOTHOE, MIMAS, OBERTHUERIA, RUSSIA, SATURNIA, SATURNIIDAE, SMERINTHUS, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINX, WORLDMAP1}, author = {Dubatolov, V.V.} } @article {19289, title = {Moths in Nanling Mountains, Guangdong, S. China}, journal = {Yadoriga}, volume = {187}, year = {2000}, month = {2000}, pages = {10-17}, chapter = {10}, keywords = {ACOSMERYCOIDES, ACOSMERYX, ACTIAS, AMBULYX, ANTHERAEA, ANTHERAEOPSIS, ARCTIIDAE, BOMBYCIDAE, BOMBYX, CATALOGUE, CECHENENA, CHINA, CLANIS, DAHIRA, GEOMETRIDAE, HETEROGENEIDAE, LASIOCAMPIDAE, LOEPA, LYMANTRIIDAE, MACROGLOSSUM, MARUMBA, MEGANOTON, NOCTUIDAE, NOLIDAE, NOTODONTIDAE, PHYLLOSPHINGIA, PYRALIDAE, RHAGASTIS, SAMIA, SATURNIIDAE, SESQUILUNA, SPHINGIDAE, ZYGAENIDAE}, author = {Morishita, K. and Kishida, Y.} } @article {17641, title = {Macromoths (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Macroheterocera) of Zeiskii Nature Reserve}, journal = {Amurian Zoological Journal}, volume = {4}, year = {2013}, month = {2013}, pages = {429-445}, chapter = {429}, keywords = {ACTIAS, AGLIA, DEILEPHILA, ENDROMIDAE, ENDROMIS, EUDIA, HYLES, LAOTHOE, MIMAS, RINACA, RUSSIA, SATURNIA, SATURNIIDAE, SMERINTHUS, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINX}, author = {Dubatolov, V.V. and Barma, A.Yu. and Streltzov, A.N.} } @article {17157, title = {An overlooked 18th Century list of North American Lepidoptera}, journal = {News of the Lepidopterists{\textquoteright} Society}, volume = {52}, year = {2010}, month = {2010}, pages = {3-6, 16-20, 25}, chapter = {3}, keywords = {ACTIAS, AMORPHA, ANTHERAEA, CANADA, CHECKLIST, HEMARIS, HIPPOTION, HYALOPHORA, HYLES, LAOTHOE, LAPARA, LEPIDOPTERA, LINNAEUS, MANDUCA, ROTHSCHILDIA, SATURNIIDAE, SMERINTHUS, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINX, TYPES, USA}, author = {Calhoun, J.V.} }