@article {22914, title = {Diversity and distribution of moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera), Department of Life Sciences, M K Bhavanagar University, Bhavanagar, Gujarat, India}, journal = {International Journal of Entomology Research}, volume = {8}, year = {2023}, month = {01/2023}, pages = {79-87}, chapter = {79}, abstract = {

\"The present study was conducted at the campus of Department of Life Sciences, M.K. Bhavanagar University, Bhavanagar, Gujarat. Study compiled as baseline contribution to diversity and distribution of moths in the campus, Population status of moth, a species richness, abundance, evenness, diversity indices. Selected site was surveyed from July 2022 - December 2022.130 species of Moths were yield as a result of present study. Noctuoidea was found to be the most species rich super-family with 59 species and 2 super-families represent least diversity with single species illustrative. A pellucid change was seen in a number of species during peak of monsoon, September. Maximum species were recorded in the month of September (88) whereas least number of species were recorded in the month of December (11), which marks the beginning of winter. The survey enhanced understanding of the bio-diversity of Moths in Gujarat region and will be helpful in conducting further research and conservation operations. The diversity indices for moth fauna of this area have been calculated for the first time from the department of life sciences. Across the survey, Simpson\’s Diversity Index (D), Shannon Diversity Index (H), Pielou\’s evenness index (J) were respectively as 0.28,1.54 and 0.67.\"

}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, BOMBYCIDAE, HIPPOTION, INDIA, LEPIDOPTERA, NEPHELE, OCINARA, POLYPTYCHUS, SHANNON-WEINER INDEX, SIMPSON{\textquoteright}S INDEX, SPHINGIDAE, THERETRA, TRILOCHA}, author = {Vaghela, S. and Shah, K. and Gohil, B.} } @article {22374, title = {Moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Delhi, India: an illustrated checklist based on museum specimens and surveys}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {9}, year = {2021}, month = {10/2021}, pages = {e73997}, chapter = {e73997}, abstract = {

\"Background
There have been several recent checklists, books and publications about Indian moths; however, much of this work has focused on biodiversity hotspots such as North-east India, Western Ghats and Western Himalayas. There is a lack of published literature on urban centres in India, despite the increased need to monitor insects at sites with high levels of human disturbance. In this study, we examine the moths of Delhi, the national capital region of India, one of the fastest growing mega-metropolitan cities. We present a comprehensive checklist of 338 moths species using 8 years of light trapping data (2012-2020) and examining about 2000 specimens from historical collections at the National Pusa Collection of ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (NPCIARI) spanning over 100 years (1907-2020). The checklist comprises moths from 32 families spanning 14 superfamilies with Noctuoidea (48.5\%) and Pyraloidea (20.4\%) being the the two most dominant superfamilies. We provide links to images of live individuals and pinned specimens for all moths and provide detailed distribution records and an updated
taxonomic treatment.

New information
This is the first comprehensive annotated checklist of the moths of Delhi. The present study adds 234 species to the biodiversity of moths from Delhi that were not reported previously, along with illustrations for 195 species.\"

}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, BOMBYCIDAE, BOMBYX, CEPHONODES, CHECKLIST, CLANIS, DAPHNIS, EUPTEROTE, EUPTEROTIDAE, HIPPOTION, HYLES, INDIA, LEPIDOPTERA, LEUCOPHLEBIA, MACROGLOSSUM, NEPHELE, PSILOGRAMMA, SPHINGIDAE, THERETRA, TRILOCHA, WORLDMAP1}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.9.e73997}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e73997}, author = {Komal, J. and Shashank, P.R. and Sondhi, S. and Madan, S. and Sondhi, Y. and Meshram, N.M. and Anooj, S.S.} } @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.} } @article {22092, title = {Lista anotada de Bombicoideos (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) del Parque Nacional Natural Utr{\'\i}a, Choc{\'o}, Colombia}, journal = {Biota Colombiana}, volume = {20}, year = {2019}, pages = {134-149}, chapter = {134}, abstract = {

\"Se presenta una lista anotada de especies de las familias Bombycidae, Saturniidae y Sphingidae recolectadas en el Parque Nacional Natural Utr\ía, Choc\ó, Colombia. El muestreo se realiz\ó en cuatro h\ábitats del parque durante 31 d\ías, utilizando una trampa de luz con un bombillo de vapor de mercurio. Se registraron 35 especies: 19 Saturniidae, 15 Sphingidae y 1 Bombycidae. Por primera vez se registran 18 especies para el departamento del Choc\ó. Se resaltan los registros de las especies Syssphinx chocoensis, end\émica del Choc\ó colombiano, Manduca dalica dalica depositada por primera vez en una colecci\ón colombiana y el quinto instar de Isognathus scyron. El n\úmero de individuos recolectados concuerda con la hip\ótesis de la fobia lunar. El presente trabajo es la primera aproximaci\ón a la diversidad de estas familias para el Parque Nacional Natural Utr\ía.\"

}, keywords = {ADELONEIVAIA, ADELOWALKERIA, ADHEMARIUS, AELLOPOS, AUTOMERIS, BOMBYCIDAE, CALLIONIMA, CERODIRPHIA, CHECKLIST, COLOMBIA, DIRPHIA, EACLES, EPIA, ERINNYIS, FLIGHT PERIOD, FOODPLANT, HYLESIA, IMMATURE STAGES, ISOGNATHUS, MANDUCA, MOLIPPA, NEOCOCYTIUS, OTHORENE, PACHYLIA, PHRYXUS, PROTAMBULYX, RHESCYNTIS, SATURNIIDAE, SCHAUSIELLA, SPHINGIDAE, SYSSPHINX, TITAEA, WORLDMAP1, XYLOPHANES}, doi = {10.21068/c2019.v20n02a11}, author = {Prada-Lara, L. and Correa-Carmona, Y. and Clavijo-Giraldo, A. and Vargas, S.A. and Dumar-Parrales. A.} } @article {21855, title = {The genomic basis of arthropod diversity}, year = {2018}, month = {08/2018}, pages = {1-22}, type = {bioRxiv preprint}, keywords = {ADAPTATION, ARTHROPODA, BODY PLAN, BOMBYCIDAE, BOMBYX, DIVERGENCE TIMES, DNA, DNA METHYLATION, EVOLUTION, EVOLUTIONARY RATES, GENE DUPLICATION, GENE FAMILY DYNAMICS, INSECTA, MANDUCA, MORPHOLOGY, PHYLOGENOMICS, PROTEIN DOMAIN EVOLUTION, SPHINGIDAE, TRANSCRIPTOMICS}, doi = {10.1101/382945}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/382945}, author = {Thomas, G.W.C. and Dohmen, E. and Hughes, D.S.T. and Murali, S.C. and Poelchau, M. and Glastad, K. and Anstead, C.A. and Ayoub, N.A. and Batterham, P. and Bellair, M. and Binford, G.J. and Chao, H. and Chen, Y.H. and Childers, C. and Dinh, H. and Doddapaneni, HV. and Duan, J.J. and Dugan, S. and Esposito, L.A. and Friedrich, M. and Garb, J. and Gasser, R.B. and Gundersen-Rindal, D.E. and Han, Y. and Handler, A.M. and Hatakeyama, M. and Hering, L. and Hunter, W.B. and Ioannidis, P. and Jayaseelan, J.C. and Kalra, D. and Khila, A. and Korhonen, P.K. and Lee, C.E. and Li, Y. and Lindsey, A.R.I. and Mayer, G. and McGregor, A.P. and McKenna, D.D. and Misof, B. and Munidasa, M. and Munoz-Torres, M. and Muzny, D.M. and Niehuis, O. and Osuji-Lacy, N. and Palli, S.R. and Panfilio, K.A. and Pechmann, M. and Perry, T. and Peters, R.S. and Poynton, H.C. and Prpic, N.-M. and Qu, J. and Rotenberg, D. and Schal, C. and Schoville, S.D. and Scully, E.D. and Skinner, E. and Sloan, D.B. and Stouthamer, R. and Strand, M.R. and Szucsich, N.U. and Wijeratne, A. and Young, N.D. and Zattara, E.E. and Benoit, J.B. and Zdobnov, E.M. and Pfrender, M.E. and Hackett, K.J. and Werren, J.H. and Worley, K.C. and Gibbs, R.A. and Chipman, A.D. and Waterhouse, R.M. and Bornberg-Bauer, E. and Hahn, M.W. and Richards, S.} } @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.} } @article {21298, title = {Conservation, duplication, and divergence of five opsin genes in insect evolution}, journal = {Genome Biology and Evolution}, volume = {8}, year = {2016}, month = {02/2016}, pages = {579-587}, chapter = {579}, abstract = {

\"Opsin proteins covalently bind to small molecular chromophores and each protein-chromophore complex is sensitive to particular wavelengths of light. Multiple opsins with different wavelength absorbance peaks are required for color vision. Comparing opsin responses is challenging at low light levels, explaining why color vision is often lost in nocturnal species. Here, we investigated opsin evolution in 27 phylogenetically diverse insect species including several transitions between photic niches (nocturnal, diurnal, and crepuscular).We find widespread conservation of five distinct opsin genes, more than commonly considered.\  These comprise one c-opsin plus four r-opsins (long wavelength sensitive or LWS, blue sensitive, ultra violet [UV] sensitive and the often overlooked Rh7 gene). Several recent opsin gene duplications are also detected. The diversity of opsin genes is consistent with color vision in diurnal, crepuscular, and nocturnal insects. Tests for positive selection in relation to photic niche reveal evidence for adaptive evolution in UVsensitive opsins in day-flying insects in general, and in LWS opsins of day-flying Lepidoptera specifically.\"

}, keywords = {BOMBYCIDAE, BOMBYX, C-OPSINS, COLOUR VISION, DAY/NIGHT TRANSITIONS, EREBIDAE, EVOLUTION, GENE DUPLICATION, INSECTA, LWS-OPSIN, MANDUCA, OPSIN, PHYLOGENY, R-OPSINS, SPHINGIDAE, VISION}, doi = {10.1093/gbe/evw015}, author = {Feuda, R. and Marl{\'e}taz, F. and Bentley, M.A. and Holland, P.W.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.} } @book {19027, title = {Systema naturae per regna tri naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differintiis, synonymis, locis}, volume = {1. Animalia}, year = {1758}, month = {1758}, pages = {864}, publisher = {Laurentii Salvii}, organization = {Laurentii Salvii}, edition = {10}, address = {Holmiae}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AELLOPOS, AGRIUS, BOMBYCIDAE, CATALOGUE, DEILEPHILA, EUMORPHA, FOODPLANT, HIPPOTION, HYLES, HYLOICUS, ISOGNATHUS, LAOTHOE, LASIOCAMPIDAE, MACROGLOSSUM, SATURNIIDAE, SMERINTHUS, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINX, THERETRA, XYLOPHANES}, url = {https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277$\#$page/511/mode/1up}, author = {Linnaeus, C.} } @article {17052, title = {Entomological results from the Swedish expedition 1934 to Burma and British India. Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Bombycidae, Eupterotidae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae and Sphingidae}, journal = {Arkiv f{\"o}r Zoologi}, volume = {35 A}, year = {1944}, note = {A}, month = {1944}, pages = {1-55}, chapter = {1}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, ACOSMERYX, BOMBYCIDAE, CATALOGUE, CATE DIAGNOSIS, DAHIRA, EPIPLEMIDAE, EUPANACRA, EUPTEROTIDAE, MACROGLOSSUM, RHAGASTIS, SATURNIIDAE, SINOBIRMA, SPHINGIDAE, URANIIDAE, WORLDMAP}, author = {Bryk, F.} } @article {17015, title = {Phylotranscriptomics: saturated third codon positions radically influence the estimation of trees based on next-gen data}, journal = {Genome Biology and Evolution}, volume = {5}, year = {2013}, month = {10/2013}, pages = {2082-2092}, chapter = {2082}, abstract = {

\"Recent advancements in molecular sequencing techniques have led to a surge in the number of phylogenetic studies that incorporate large amounts of genetic data. We test the assumption that analyzing large number of genes will lead to improvements in tree resolution and branch support using moths in the superfamily Bombycoidea, a group with some interfamilial relationships that have been difficult to resolve. Specifically, we use a next-gen data set that included 19 taxa and 938 genes (\∼1.2M bp) to examine how codon position and saturation might influence resolution and node support among three key families. Maximum likelihood, parsimony, and species tree analysis using gene tree parsimony, on different nucleotide and amino acid data sets, resulted in largely congruent topologies with high bootstrap support compared with prior studies that included fewer loci. However, for a few shallow nodes, nucleotide and amino acid data provided high support for conflicting relationships. The third codon position was saturated and phylogenetic analysis of this position alone supported a completely different, potentially misleading sister group relationship. We used the program RADICAL to assess the number of genes needed to fix some of these difficult nodes. One such node originally needed a total of 850 genes but only required 250 when synonymous signal was removed. Our study shows that, in order to effectively use next-gen data to correctly resolve difficult phylogenetic relationships, it is necessary to assess the effects of synonymous substitutions and third codon positions.\"

}, keywords = {ACTIAS, ANTHERAEA, BOMBYCIDAE, BOMBYX, CERATOMIA, DARAPSA, DNA, ENYO, HEMARIS, INCOMPLETE, MANDUCA, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, PARSIMONY, PHYLOGENY, RADICAL, RAXML, SAMIA, SATURATION, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE, SYNONYMOUS SUBSTITUTIONS, TRANSCRIPTOMICS}, doi = {10.1093/gbe/evt157}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evt157}, author = {Breinholt, J.W. and Kawahara, A.Y.} }