@article {22760, title = {A preliminary checklist of moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) from Gangajalghati, Bankura, West Bengal, India}, journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa}, volume = {13}, year = {2021}, month = {08/2021}, pages = {19310-19323}, chapter = {19310}, abstract = {

\"The present study was conducted at Gangajalghati, a village near the forest of Bankura district from West Bengal that has a tropical wet and dry climate where moth diversity has not been explored before. The village was surveyed between January 2016 and December 2018. The present study has recorded a total of 1,328 individual moths belonging to 13 families, 31 subfamilies, 80 genera, and 90 species. Of which four species viz. Condylorrhiza diniasalis (Walker, 1859), Argyrocosma inductaria (Guen\ée, 1858), Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794) and Eublemma roseonivea (Walker, 1863) have been reported for the first time from West Bengal, India.\"

}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, CHECKLIST, DAPHNIS, HIPPOTION, INDIA, LEPIDOPTERA, NEPHELE, PERGESA, SPHINGIDAE, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1}, issn = {0974-7893}, doi = {10.11609/jott.6037.13.9.19310-19323}, url = {https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6037.13.9.19310-19323}, author = {Nayak, A.} } @article {22746, title = {Lepidoptera of Egypt Part III: Revision of Family Sphingidae (Bombycoidea)}, journal = {American Journal of Entomology}, volume = {6}, year = {2022}, month = {02/2022}, pages = {7-13}, chapter = {7}, abstract = {

\"Sphingidae, Hawk moths, sphinx moths, bee moths or hummingbird moths; are belonging to the Superfamily Bombycoidea, with about 1400 species recorded around worldwide. It is best represented in the tropics, but species are found in every region. They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their agile and sustained flying ability, similar enough to that of hummingbirds as to be reliably mistaken for them. Their narrow wings and streamlined abdomens are adaptations for rapid flight. In Egypt, there is no revision since 2005, the 1st study done in 1985 and during last this study the family Sphingidae classified under superfamily Sphingoidea, during this study seven species under seven genera were recorded. Then, in 2005 Sphingidae was revised again and nine species under seven genera were recorded. Meanwhile during this study after the complete revision for this family was done and Sphingidae was transferred from superfamily Sphingoidea into superfamily Bombysoidea. Up to date in Egypt Sphingidae is not rich family of Lepidoptera, it is only present with 12 species belonging to 7 Genera under 2 subfamilies. 1st Subfamily (Sphinginae) represented by 3 species under 2 genera only; while the 2nd subfamily (Macroglossinae) represented by 9 species under 5 genera. The rich genus is Hyles and represented by 4 species. Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1848) is recorded as new record to the Egyptian fauna.\"

}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, DAPHNIS, EGYPT, HIPPOTION, HYLES, MACROGLOSSUM, SPHINGIDAE, THERETRA}, doi = {10.11648/j.aje.20220601.12}, author = {Abdelfattah Mabrouk_Amer_Salem} } @article {22739, title = {Diversity patterns and seasonality of hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India}, journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa}, volume = {14}, year = {2022}, month = {11/2022}, pages = {22105-22117}, chapter = {22105}, abstract = {

\"As most of the biodiversity studies report the abundance and enlist the species, there is severe data deficiency in understanding the diversity patterns. The present study was designed to carry out periodic diversity assessments to understand the trends in diversity patterns of hawk moths. The study was carried out in the northern Western Ghats in Nashik district. Seven sampling stations were identified and periodic visits to these places were carried out over the span of five years (2011\–2015). A total of 463 moths were recorded belonging to 18 species, represented by 10 genera. A new record from Western Ghat, Theretra sumatrensis (Joicey \& Kaye 1917) is reported for the first time along with its DNA barcode. Six diversity indices (four alpha diversity indices and two beta diversity indices) were employed to understand the diversity dynamics. Whittaker\’s plot was generated using the rank abundance suggesting high species evenness for all sampling stations. Maximum diversity was observed during Monsoon. Wani was the most diverse sampling station throughout the study period (Shannon\’s Index = 2.7132\±0.060; Simpson\’s Index = 0.9273\±0.006; Brillouin\’s Index = 2.252\±0.089; Fisher\’s alpha = 10.9472\±1.685). Beta diversity was assessed with the help of Dice\’s coefficient and Jaccard\’s similarity index. Hence, we recommend rigorous periodic diversity assessments to generate adequate information about diversity that expedites conservational strategies\’ pace.\"

}, keywords = {ABUNDANCE, ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, ALPHA DIVERSITY, BARCODING, BETA DIVERSITY, DAPHNIS, DIVERSITY, DNA, HIPPOTION, HYLES, INDIA, MARUMBA, NEIGHBOR-JOINING, NEPHELE, POLYPTYCHUS, PSILOGRAMMA, SHANNON-WEINER INDEX, SIMPSON{\textquoteright}S INDEX, SPHINGIDAE, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1}, issn = {0974-7893}, doi = {10.11609/jott.7511.14.11.22105-22117}, url = {https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7511.14.11.22105-22117}, author = {Shere-Kharwar, A.S. and Magdum, S.M. and Khedkar, G.D. and Gupta, S.S.} } @article {22638, title = {Sighting and documentation of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera: Insecta) from urban region of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India}, journal = {Biological Forum - An International Journal}, volume = {13}, year = {2021}, pages = {33-38}, chapter = {33}, abstract = {

\"In the present study a short communication carried out with sighting of butterflies and moths from urban region of Jodhpur. Study area included three sites; Near Kaylana Lake, Mandore Garden and Botanical Garden JNVU New Campus.
This exploration show the presence of Lepidopterans, represented by common families; Nymphalidae, Pieridae, Papilionidae, Lycaenidae of sub-order Rhopalocera and Erebidae, Sphingidae, Crambidae, Pyralidae, Saturniidae, Pterophoridae, Geometridae, Noctuidae of sub-order Heterocera. The exploration and identification yielded a total of 47 species of Lepidoptera including 28 species of Butterflies under 17 genera and 19 species of Moths under 18 genera.\"

}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, DAPHNIS, HIPPOTION, INDIA, LEPIDOPTERA, NEPHELE, SPHINGIDAE}, issn = {0975-1130}, author = {Gehlot, L. and Singh, M. and Tanwar, B. and Soni, M. and Bhadala, S.} } @article {22636, title = {Moth (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) diversity of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India: a preliminary study}, journal = {Notulae Scientia Biologicae}, volume = {13}, year = {2021}, pages = {10934}, chapter = {10934}, abstract = {

\"A preliminary checklist has been compiled to study the moth diversity of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, an eastern state of India. The present study has recorded a total of 154 species belonging to 129 genera and 19 families. The highest diversity of moths was recorded in the family Crambidae (48 species, 38 genera), followed by the families Erebidae (42 species, 37 genera), Geometridae (15 species, 12 genera), Noctuidae (13 species, 11 genera) and others. The study was conducted over a period of 18 months from May 2019 to October 2020. Here we present an illustrated checklist of 154 moth species from Bhubaneswar which improves our insight into the lesser-known lepidopterans from the state of Odisha. This shall further help us strengthen our knowledge about the importance of moths in our environment and contribute towards its conservation at large.\"

}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, DAPHNIS, HIPPOTION, INDIA, NEOGURELCA, SPHINGIDAE, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1}, doi = {10.15835/nsb13310934}, author = {Pattanaik, N. and Satapathy, A. and Priyadarshini, D.} } @article {22345, title = {A preliminary checklist of moths (Lepidoptera) from southern Rajasthan, India}, journal = {Records of the Zoological Survey of India}, volume = {121}, year = {2021}, month = {08/2021}, pages = {241-256}, chapter = {241}, abstract = {

\"Moths are non-papilionoid Lepidoptera and least studied than butterflies, likely due to mostly being nocturnal habit and cryptic colouration. A preliminary checklist of moth fauna from various southern Rajasthan is presented in the present study based on records from 1 January 2018 to 31 March 2020. We identified 154 moth species representing 10 superfamilies, 18 families and 58 subfamilies. The most species rich families were Crambidae (n=46; 29.87\%) Noctuidae (n=30; 19.48\%) and Erebidae (n=29; 18.83\%), and Geometridae (n=19; 12.34\%). The significant outcome of this work is the report of 126 species for the first time from the state of Rajasthan.\"

}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, BOMBYCIDAE, CHECKLIST, DAPHNIS, EUPTEROTIDAE, HIPPOTION, INDIA, LEPIDOPTERA, MACROGLOSSUM, NEPHELE, POLYPTYCHUS, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1}, doi = {10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/151926}, author = {Koli, V.K. and Prajapati, U.} } @inbook {21748, title = {Colour plates 143-324}, booktitle = {Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and superfamilies Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Sch{\"a}ffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula}, volume = {Esperiana}, number = {20 (2)}, year = {2016}, pages = {149-364}, publisher = {Wissenschaftlicher Verlag-Peks}, organization = {Wissenschaftlicher Verlag-Peks}, address = {Schwanfeld}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, BASIOTHIA, BOMBYCIDAE, CAMPIMOPTILUM, CEPHONODES, DAPHNIS, EUCHLORON, HIPPOTION, HYLES, MACROGLOSSUM, NEPHELE, POLYPTYCHUS, PSEUDOCLANIS, PSILOGRAMMA, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINGONAEPIOPSIS, TEMNORA, TRILOCHA, USTA, YEMEN}, isbn = {978-3-938249-07-9}, author = {Hacker, H.}, editor = {Hacker, H.} } @inbook {21748, title = {Family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802}, booktitle = {Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and superfamilies Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Sch{\"a}ffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula}, volume = {Esperiana}, number = {20 (1)}, year = {2016}, pages = {51-60}, publisher = {Wissenschaftlicher Verlag-Peks}, organization = {Wissenschaftlicher Verlag-Peks}, address = {Schwanfeld}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, BASIOTHIA, CEPHONODES, DAPHNIS, EUCHLORON, HIPPOTION, HYLES, MACROGLOSSUM, NEPHELE, POLYPTYCHUS, PSEUDOCLANIS, PSILOGRAMMA, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINGONAEPIOPSIS, TEMNORA, WORLDMAP1, YEMEN}, isbn = {978-3-938249-07-9}, author = {Hacker, H.}, editor = {Hacker, H.} } @article {20917, title = {Taxonomic studies of Lepidoptera (Insecta) of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand (India)}, journal = {Occasional Papers. Records of the Zoological Society of India}, volume = {359}, year = {2014}, month = {05/2014}, pages = {1-103}, chapter = {1}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, ACOSMERYX, AGRIUS, AMBULYX, BOMBYCIDAE, BRAHMAEIDAE, DAPHNIS, DOLBINA, HIPPOTION, INDIA, MACROGLOSSUM, MEGANOTON, PERGESA, POLYPTYCHUS, PSILOGRAMMA, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1}, isbn = {978-81-8171-366-7}, author = {Sambath, S.} } @article {20564, title = {Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5)}, journal = {Fauna of Saudi Arabia}, volume = {8}, year = {1986}, month = {1986}, pages = {262-323}, chapter = {262}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, DAPHNIS, FOODPLANT, HIPPOTION, HYLES, MACROGLOSSUM, NEPHELE, PSEUDOCLANIS, PSILOGRAMMA, SAUDI ARABIA, SPHINGIDAE}, author = {Wiltshire, E.P.} } @article {19911, title = {Neue interessante Aberrationen}, journal = {Entomologische Zeitschrift}, volume = {28}, year = {1914}, month = {1914}, pages = {16}, chapter = {16}, keywords = {ABERRATIONS, ACHERONTIA, CATALOGUE, DAPHNIS, PROSERPINUS, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINX}, author = {Schmidt, A.M.} } @article {18867, title = {Liste der von uns im Jahr 2009 in Khao Lak (Provinz Phang Nga, S-Thailand) beobachteten und/oder gez{\"u}chten Schw{\"a}rmerarten (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)}, journal = {Neue Entomologische Nachrichten}, volume = {65}, year = {2010}, month = {2010}, pages = {161-162, 173, 176-182}, chapter = {161}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, DAPHNIS, DAPHNUSA, FOODPLANT, IMMATURE STAGES, PERGESA, PUPA, SPHINGIDAE, THAILAND, THERETRA}, url = {https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Neue-Entomologische-Nachrichten_65_0161-0162.pdf}, author = {K{\"u}ppers, P.V. and Janikorn, L.} }