@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 {22753, title = {Diversity and abundance of a pollinator group: hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in forests and surrounding farmlands, East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania}, journal = {International Journal of Environmental Sciences \& Natural Resources}, volume = {31}, year = {2022}, month = {10/2022}, pages = {556307}, chapter = {556307}, abstract = {

\"Pollinators are now facing a drastic biodiversity fall in various parts of our world. In Africa data to measure and monitor their biodiversity trend is still inadequate and concentrated more on some insect pollinator groups, especially bees and butterflies. In this study, hawkmoth diversity and abundance in East Usambara Mountains were assessed. Data collection was conducted from three different habitat types that included thick vegetation assemblage with canopy cover, edges of the forest, and farmlands between 2017 and 2019. Hawkmoths were captured using a UV-light trap 250W mercury bulb in 12 sampling sites. A total of 35 hawkmoth species and 991 individuals belonging to the family Sphingidae were identified. The highest hawkmoth abundance was recorded from forest edges (p \< 0.05). Canopy cover and farmlands showed lower hawkmoth abundance. Accordingly, higher Shannon Weiner diversity indices were recorded from canopy cover and forest edges (p \< 0.05). Farmlands had the lowest Shannon Weiner diversity index. Differences in diversity and abundance of hawkmoths among three habitat types suggest that accelerating anthropogenic factors has led to the destruction of natural habitats. Meanwhile, natural habitat destruction has often been found to exert adverse effects on biodiversity. Moreover, the decline in biodiversity of pollinator insects like hawkmoths hinders the vital pollination service to both crops and wild flora. East Usambara Mountains are still an important refuge for many species that become restricted to different environments due to climate change and anthropogenic pressure, hence calling for regular pollinator conservation and monitoring. This study will provide the baseline data on hawkmoth species richness, abundances and diversity for potential conservation and monitoring programs.\"

}, keywords = {ABUNDANCE, ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, ANDRIASA, BASIOTHIA, CENTROCTENA, CEPHONODES, CHLOROCLANIS, COELONIA, CONSERVATION, DAPHNIS, DIVERSITY, EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS, EUCHLORON, FALCATULA, HABITAT DISTURBANCE, HIPPOTION, MACROGLOSSUM, MACROPOLIANA, NEOCLANIS, NEPHELE, PANTOPHAEA, POLLINATION, POLYPTYCHUS, PSEUDOCLANIS, SHANNON-WEINER INDEX, SPHINGIDAE, TANZANIA, TEMNORA, THERETRA, USAMBARA, WORLDMAP1, XANTHOPAN}, doi = {10.19080/IJESNR.2022.31.556307}, author = {Sallema, A.E. and Selemani, S.S.} } @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 {22617, title = {Zur Schw{\"a}rmerfauna der Kapverden (Cabo Verde) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)}, journal = {Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.)}, volume = {43}, year = {2022}, month = {08/2022}, pages = {44-49}, chapter = {44}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, BASIOTHIA, CAPE VERDE ISLANDS, DAPHNIS, DRINO, FLIGHT PERIOD, FOODPLANT, HIPPOTION, HYLES, NEPHELE, PARASITOIDS, SPHINGIDAE, TACHINIDAE}, author = {Aistleitner, E.} } @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 {21585, title = {A preliminary list of the Sphingidae of Miandam, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, North Pakistan (Lepidoptera Sphingidae)}, journal = {The European Entomologist}, volume = {9}, year = {2017}, month = {08/2017}, pages = {25-41}, chapter = {25}, abstract = {

\"Fifteen species of Sphingidae are reported from the village of Miandam, north Pakistan, all collected by the second author. Two of these, Dolbina inexacta (Walker, 1856) and Rhagastis olivacea (Moore, 1872), represent further confirmation of their occurrence in the country following first records from Pakistan by Rafi et al. (2014).\"

}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, ACOSMERYX, AGRIUS, CECHENENA, CLANIDOPSIS, CLANIS, DAPHNIS, DEILEPHILA, DOLBINA, HIPPOTION, MACROGLOSSUM, NEPHELE, PAKISTAN, PSILOGRAMMA, RHAGASTIS, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1}, issn = {1803-1366}, author = {Haxaire, J. and Gujjar, F. and Saeed, M.} } @article {21580, title = {{\'E}tat de nos connaissances des L{\'e}pidopt{\`e}res H{\'e}t{\'e}roc{\`e}res de S{\~a}o Tom{\'e} et Principe}, journal = {Saturnafrica}, volume = {25}, year = {2017}, month = {04/2017}, pages = {11-27}, chapter = {11}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, BUNAEA, CEPHONODES, COELONIA, COSSIDAE, DAPHNIS, EREBIDAE, EUCHLORON, GEOMETRIDAE, HIPPOTION, LASIOCAMPIDAE, NEPHELE, NOTODONTIDAE, NUDAURELIA, PRINCIPE, PSEUDOCLANIS, SAO TOME, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE, TEMNORA, THERETRA, THYRIDIDAE, URANIIDAE, XANTHOPAN, ZYGAENIDAE}, isbn = {979-10-95105-04-6}, author = {Basquin, P.} } @article {19950, title = {Zur Kenntnis der ersten St{\"a}nde von einigen west-und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren}, journal = {Archiv f{\"u}r Naturgeschichte A}, volume = {80}, year = {1914}, note = {Second part of ref. $\#$2600.; ; ;, \%1 IV-VI}, month = {1914}, pages = {144-163}, chapter = {144}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, ATEMNORA, AURIVILLIUS, BRAHMAEIDAE, BUNAEA, BUNAEOPSIS, CARNEGIA, DACTYLOCERAS, DAPHNIS, EPIPHORA, EUCHLORON, FOODPLANT, GONIMBRASIA, GOODIA, HENIOCHA, HIPPOTION, IMMATURE STAGES, JANIOMIMA, LOBOBUNAEA, LUDIA, NEPHELE, NUDAURELIA, PHYLLOXIPHIA, POLYPTYCHUS, PSEUDOBUNAEA, PSEUDOCLANIS, RHADINOPASA, SATURNIIDAE, THERETRA}, url = {https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/173344$\#$page/158/mode/1up}, author = {Schultze, A.} } @article {20983, title = {Notes on some hawk-moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from the Cape Verde Islands}, journal = {Zoologia Caboverdiana}, volume = {5}, year = {2015}, pages = {105-110}, chapter = {105}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, BASIOTHIA, CAPE VERDE ISLANDS, DAPHNIS, FOODPLANT, HIPPOTION, HYLES, NEPHELE, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, url = {www.scvz.org}, author = {Tennent, W.J. and Russell, P.J.C.} } @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 {19590, title = {{\'E}levages de quelques L{\'e}pidopt{\`e}res sphingides {\`a} Makokou, Gabon}, journal = {Bulletin de la Soci{\'e}t{\'e} Sciences Nat.}, volume = {46}, year = {1985}, month = {1985}, pages = {9-11}, chapter = {9}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, CENTROCTENA, CEPHONODES, COELONIA, DAPHNIS, EUCHLORON, FOODPLANT, GABON, HIPPOTION, HYPAEDALIA, IMMATURE MORPHOLOGY, NEPHELE, PSEUDENYO, PSEUDOCLANIS, RHADINOPASA, SPHINGIDAE, TEMNORA, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1, XANTHOPAN}, author = {Pierre, J. and Michaloud, S. and Pierre-Baltus, C.} } @article {19491, title = {Les Sphinx de S{\~a}o Tom{\'e} (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)}, journal = {Bulletin de la Soci{\'e}t{\'e} Entomologique de France}, volume = {107}, year = {2002}, month = {2002}, pages = {294-296}, chapter = {294}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, CEPHONODES, CHECKLIST, COELONIA, DAPHNIS, EUCHLORON, HIPPOTION, NEPHELE, PSEUDOCLANIS, SAO TOME, SPHINGIDAE, TEMNORA, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1, XANTHOPAN}, url = {https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_2002_num_107_3_16862}, author = {Oremans, P. and Pierre, J.} } @article {19224, title = {Orchid pollination: from Darwin to the present day}, journal = {Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society of London}, volume = {161}, year = {2009}, month = {09/2009}, pages = {1-19}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

\"In this year celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of Darwin and the sesquicentennial of the publication of Darwin\&$\#$39;s On the Origin of Species, the present paper aims to assess the impact of Darwin\&$\#$39;s legacy on the history of orchid pollination biology. To illustrate the major contribution of Darwin to this fascinating biological field, we focus on the large angraecoid orchid group and propose an overview of the complex relationships that these orchids have developed with specific pollinators. We further discuss how Darwin\&$\#$39;s seminal work on the angraecoid orchid Angraecum sesquipedale triggered the beginning of a long debate about the evolution of long floral spurs and why his idea of reciprocal evolution or \‘coevolution\’ was one of the great contributions to evolutionary biology.\"

}, keywords = {AGRIUS, ANGRAECUM, BIRDS, COELONIA, DAPHNIS, DARWIN, HIPPOTION, MADAGASCAR, MASCARENE ISLANDS, NEPHELE, ORCHIDACEAE, PANOGENA, POLLINATION, POLLINATOR SHIFT, POLLINATOR SPECIFICITY, REVIEW, SPHINGIDAE, XANTHOPAN}, doi = {10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00995.x}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/article/161/1/1/2418453}, author = {Micheneau, C. and Johnson, S.D. and Fay, M.F.} } @article {18950, title = {L{\'e}pidopt{\`e}res des {\^\i}les Seychelles et d{\textquoteright}Aldabra}, journal = {M{\'e}moires du Mus{\'e}um National d{\textquoteright}Histoire Naturelle}, volume = {37}, year = {1966}, note = {S{\'e}rie A, Zoologie}, month = {1966}, pages = {1-210}, chapter = {1}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, ALDABRA, CEPHONODES, DAPHNIS, FOODPLANT, HIPPOTION, MACROGLOSSUM, NEPHELE, SEYCHELLES, SPHINGIDAE, TEMNORA, WORLDMAP1}, author = {Legrand, H.} } @article {18821, title = {Beobachtungen von Schw{\"a}rmern auf Reede vor Freetown/Sierra Leone (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)}, journal = {Neue Entomologische Nachrichten}, volume = {54}, year = {2003}, month = {2003}, pages = {47-55}, chapter = {47}, keywords = {ATEMNORA, DAPHNIS, HIPPOTION, NEPHELE, SIERRA LEONE, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, author = {K{\"o}hler, G.} } @article {18684, title = {Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss auf der Barombi-Station in Kamerun gesammelten Sphingiden}, journal = {Entomologische Nachrichten. Berlin}, volume = {17}, year = {1891}, month = {1891}, pages = {291-298}, chapter = {291}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, ANTINEPHELE, BASIOTHIA, CAMEROON, CATALOGUE, DAPHNIS, EUCHLORON, HIPPOTION, NEOPOLYPTYCHUS, NEPHELE, RHADINOPASA, SPHINGIDAE, TEMNORA, WORLDMAP1, XANTHOPAN}, author = {Karsch, F.} } @article {18074, title = {Schmetterlingsarten aus dem Gebiet von Moatize/Mo{\c c}ambique (Lepidoptera)}, journal = {Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.)}, volume = {14}, year = {1993}, note = {N.F.}, month = {05/1993}, pages = {71-80}, chapter = {71}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, AGRIUS, ARGEMA, CEPHONODES, DAPHNIS, EPIPHORA, EUCHLORON, HENIOCHA, HIPPOTION, LEUCOSTROPHUS, MOZAMBIQUE, NEPHELE, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, url = {https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/NEVA_14_0071-0080.pdf}, author = {Goldbach, G.} } @article {17681, title = {Afghanische Bombyces und Sphinges. 3. Sphingidae (Lepidoptera). Ergebnisse der 2. Deutschen Afghanistan-Expedition (1966) der L{\"a}ndessammlungen f{\"u}r Naturkunde in Karlsruhe}, journal = {Reichenbachia}, volume = {12}, year = {1969}, month = {09/1969}, pages = {37-53}, chapter = {37}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, ACOSMERYX, AFGHANISTAN, AGRIUS, AKBESIA, CATALOGUE, DAPHNIS, DEILEPHILA, DOLBINA, HEMARIS, HIPPOTION, HYLES, MACROGLOSSUM, MALE GENITALIA, NEPHELE, PROSERPINUS, PSILOGRAMMA, SMERINTHUS, SPHINGIDAE, SPHINGONAEPIOPSIS, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1}, author = {Ebert, G.} }