Report on the genus Herdonia Walker (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae) in Karnataka Western Ghats, India

Authors

  • P. R. Shashank Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8177-6091

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.1965.8.2.8531-8532

Keywords:

Herdonia, H. thaiensis, Western Ghats, Thyrididae

Abstract

Genus Herdonia comprises more than 34 species worldwide. Only one species H. osacesalis have been recorded from northeastern states in Darjeeling, West Bengal and Meghalaya. In our recent surveys in Chettalli, Kodagu, Karnataka we have collected H. thaiensis. This is the first documentation of range extension of both the genus Herdonia and the species H. thaiensis to the Western Ghats (Kodagu, Karnataka) of peninsular India.

 

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26-02-2016

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2016)

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