@article {22961, title = {New record of the sphingid moth Acherontia styx Westwood, its parasitoid Trichogramma achaeae in Jasmine Jasminum sambac L., and its bioecology}, journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa}, volume = {15}, year = {2023}, month = {06/2023}, pages = {23373-23381}, chapter = {23373}, abstract = {

\"The sphingid moth larvae are voracious defoliators of several crops. The present study was conducted to investigate damage of Acherontia styx on Jasmine, their seasonal incidence, and bioecology. Larval instars fed on jasmine leaves and flowers, with the highest defoliation being 35\% and highest flower damage 47\% during September. The lifecycle consisted of egg, five larval instars, pupal, and adult stages. The eggs were pearly white in colour and emerged larvae were cylindrical with a prominent anal horn. In subsequent moults the larvae continued to feed and become larger until they turned a reddish colour and ceased feeding prior to pupating in the soil. Adult moths were robust and swift fliers. The total life cycle from egg to adult was 56 days for males and 59 days for females. Trichogramma achaeae Nagaraja \& Nagarkatti was noticed and documented as a potential egg parasitoid of the sphingid moth, a new record. A natural parasitization of eggs was noticed under field conditions, with changed colour of eggs to deep black from which a tiny parasitic wasp emerged, identified as T. achaea. \"

}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, IMMATURE STAGES, INDIA, LIFE HISTORY, PARASITOIDS, PHENOLOGY, SPHINGIDAE, TRICHOGRAMMA, TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, doi = {10.11609/jott.8377.15.6.23373-23381}, url = {https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8377.15.6.23373-23381}, author = {Davidson, I.M.K.} } @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 {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 {22448, title = {Diversity of moths from the urban set-up of Valmiki Nagar, Chennai, India}, journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa}, volume = {13}, year = {2021}, month = {12/2021}, pages = {20174-20189}, chapter = {20174}, abstract = {

\"A study was conducted at Valmiki Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to explore its moth diversity from December 2018 to May 2021. This manuscript presents a partial checklist of moths from Valmiki Nagar. Four locations around the colony were studied to record the moth fauna. The study sites were surveyed twice a month using a mercury vapour lamp along with a white sheet, along with over 100 visits at night. Diurnal surveys were conducted bimonthly to observe larval host plants and day flying moths. A total of 135 species were recorded from the study area, belonging to nine superfamilies. The most diverse family of moths recorded was family Erebidae, with 39\% of moths recorded in the study belonging to this family, followed by Crambidae (30\%), Geometridae (8\%), and other families constituting the rest. The moth diversity in the month of July was seen to be the highest. Along with this study, future studies on similar lines will help in documenting the moth diversity of Chennai.\"

}, keywords = {ABUNDANCE, DIVERSITY, FOODPLANT, INDIA, LEPIDOPTERA, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, url = {https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7515.13.14.20174-20189}, author = {Nagarajan, V.M. and Srinivasan, R. and Narayanaswamy, M.} } @article {22379, title = {First record of the genus Tibetanja (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae: Janinae) from India}, journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa}, volume = {13}, year = {2021}, month = {09/2021}, pages = {19657-19659}, chapter = {19657}, keywords = {EUPTEROTIDAE, INDIA, TIBETANJA}, issn = {0974-7893}, doi = {10.11609/jott.7062.13.11.19657-19659}, url = {https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7062.13.11.19657-19659}, author = {Vaidya, A. and Sankararaman, H.} } @article {22313, title = {First record of the Afghan Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe witti Eitschberger et al., 1998 (Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from India: a notable range extension for the genus}, journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa}, volume = {13}, year = {2021}, month = {06/2021}, pages = {18943-18946}, chapter = {18943}, keywords = {INDIA, LAOTHOE, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, issn = {0974-7893}, url = {https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/6400/7717}, author = {Riyaz, M. and Mathew, P. and Shiekh, T. and Ignacimuthu, S. and Sivasankaran, K.} } @article {21994, title = {Contributions to the knowledge of moths of Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Bhutan with new records}, journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa}, volume = {11}, year = {2019}, month = {06/2019}, pages = {14022-14050}, chapter = {14022}, abstract = {

\"An annotated checklist of the superfamily Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera) of Bhutan is given, including three taxa of the family Bombycidae, two of Brahmaeidae, four of Endromidae, 12 of Eupterotidae, 37 of Saturniidae, and 93 of Sphingidae. Among these, 14 taxa are new records for the country: two Bombycidae (Penicillifera apicalis (Walker, 1862) and Trilocha varians (Moore, 1855)), two Endromidae (Mustilizans hepatica (Moore, 1879) and Comparmustilia sphingiformis (Moore, 1879)), three Saturniidae (Saturnia cidosa Moore, 1865, Loepa sikkima (Moore, [1866]), and Salassa thespis (Leech, 1890)), and seven Sphingidae (Rhodoprasina floralis (Butler, 1876), Amplypterus mansoni mansoni (Clark, 1924), Acosmerycoides harterti (Rothschild, 1895), Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758), Theretra tibetiana Vaglia \& Haxaire, 2010, T. silhetensis silhetensis (Walker, 1856), and Cechenena helops helops (Walker, 1856)).\"

}, keywords = {AMPLYPTERUS, BHUTAN, BOMBYCIDAE, BRAHMAEIDAE, CECHENENA, CHECKLIST, ENDROMIDAE, EUPTEROTIDAE, HIPPOTION, RHODOPRASINA, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1}, doi = {10.11609/jott.4358.11.8.14022-14050}, url = {https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4358}, author = {Irungbam, J.S. and Irungbam, M.S.} } @article {21955, title = {A preliminary study of the hawkmoth diversity (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India}, journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa}, volume = {11}, year = {2019}, month = {03/2019}, pages = {13592-13604}, type = {Platinum Open Access}, chapter = {13592}, abstract = {

\"Kanyakumari District is situated at the southernmost tip of peninsular India in Tamil Nadu State and is bounded by the Western Ghats and the coasts of three seas. There are no detailed historical records of the moths of this region, which, before India\’s independence, was part of Travancore State. This paper presents a brief account of the 27 species of hawkmoths of Kanyakumari District, recorded during surveys conducted from 2011-2015, and is the first formal record of the hawkmoths of this region. A list of the species from the collection of the Natural History Museum, UK, collected in the erstwhile Travancore State that are likely to be found in the Kanyakumari region is also included.\"

}, keywords = {ACHERONTIA, ACOSMERYX, AGRIUS, AMBULYX, AMPLYPTERUS, ANGONYX, CHECKLIST, DAPHNIS, DOLBINA, ENPINANGA, HIPPOTION, INDIA, MACROGLOSSUM, MARUMBA, MEGACORMA, NEOGURELCA, PSILOGRAMMA, SPHINGIDAE, THERETRA, WORLDMAP1}, issn = {0974-7893}, doi = {10.11609/jott.4694.11.5.13592-13604}, url = {https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4694.11.5.13592-13604}, author = {Iyer, G. and Kitching, I.J.} } @article {20977, title = {A first record of Clanis hyperion Cadiou \& Kitching, 1990 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in Bhutan, and a preliminary checklist of the hawkmoths of Mendrelgang, Bhutan}, journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa}, volume = {6}, year = {2014}, month = {01/2014}, pages = {5386-5388}, chapter = {5386}, keywords = {BHUTAN, CHECKLIST, CLANIS, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, url = {https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1558/2857}, author = {Irungbam, J.S. and Kitching, I.J.} } @article {20976, title = {An addition to the known range of Marumba irata Joicey \& Kaye, 1917 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in northeastern India}, journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa}, volume = {7}, year = {2015}, month = {09/2015}, pages = {7831-7832}, chapter = {7831}, keywords = {INDIA, MARUMBA, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o4200.7831-2}, url = {www.threatenedtaxa.org}, author = {Vaidya, A. and Huidrom, H. and Irungbam, J.S.} } @article {20085, title = {Additions to the known larval host plants of Indian Lepidoptera}, journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa}, volume = {3}, year = {2011}, month = {2011}, pages = {2272-2276}, keywords = {BOMBYCIDAE, FOODPLANT, INDIA, LASIOCAMPIDAE, LEPIDOPTERA, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE}, author = {Smetacek, P. and Smetacek, R.} }