First record of Ourapteryx dierli Inoue, 1994 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from India

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Sanjay Sondhi
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3970-6858
Dipendra Nath Basu
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1529-0931
Krushnamegh Kunte
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3860-6118

Abstract

Ourapteryx dierli Inoue, 1994, a geometrid moth known only from Nepal, is recorded from Uttarakhand, India. 


 

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