First records of the ghost moth genus Palpifer Hampson, [1893] (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from the Indian subcontinent south of the Himalaya

Authors

  • Siyad A. Karim Simi Manzil, Vettipuram Road, Pathanamthitta, Kerala 689645, India.
  • John R. Grehan Research Associate, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4955.11.13.14777-14779

Keywords:

Palpifer, ghost moth, Himalaya, Hepialidae

Abstract

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Author Biographies

  • Siyad A. Karim, Simi Manzil, Vettipuram Road, Pathanamthitta, Kerala 689645, India.

    not applicable

  • John R. Grehan, Research Associate, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.

    John Grehan: Retired researcher. Specialist on the biology and taxonomy of Hepialidae (see http://www.johngrehan.net/index.php/hepialidae/)

    http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3119-1140

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Grehan, J.R. (2011). Notes on the biogeography and phylogeny of eastern Asian ghost moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). Bulletin of the Buffalo Museum of Science 40: 59–74.

Grehan, J.R. & V.A. Ismavel (2017). Forest ghost moth fauna of northeastern India (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae: Endoclita, Palpifer, and Hepialiscus). Journal of Threatened Taxa 9(3): 9940–9955. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3030.9.3.9940-9955

Grehan, J.R. & C.G.C. Mielke (2017). Morphology and taxonomy of Endoclita nr. malabaricus (Moore, 1879) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Kodaikanal, India. The European Entomologist 9: 11–24.

Grehan, J.R. & C.G.C. Mielke (2019). Two new species of Palpifer Hampson, 1893 from South East Asia (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 125: 1–23.

Hampson, G.F. (1893). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor and Francis, London, 527pp.

Hampson, G.F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 4. Taylor and Francis, London, 549pp.

Moore, F. (1887). The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. Vol. 3. Reeve & Co., London. 578pp.

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Published

26-10-2019

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Vol. 11 No. 13 (2019)

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