A record after 92 years, and a first report of the moth Mecodina metagrapta Hampson, 1926 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Aganainae) from the Western Ghats’ part of Maharashtra, India

Authors

  • Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidhya Nagar, Sector-29, P.C.N.T. (PO), Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6749

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4600.10.13.12847-12849

Keywords:

India, Maharashtra, Mecodina metagrapta, moth, redescription

Abstract

The present study reports the moth species  Mecodina metagrapta Hampson 1926 after a gap of 92 years from India. Also, this is the first record of this genus and species from Maharashtra. 

Author Biography

Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate, Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidhya Nagar, Sector-29, P.C.N.T. (PO), Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India

Entomology

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26-11-2018

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Vol. 10 No. 13 (2018)

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