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A preliminary checklist of moths from Akrani tahsil, dist.-Nandurbar, M. S., India
Authors
Shital Narsing Pawara, S S Patole, Aparna Kalawate
Abstract
Nandurbar district located at the northwest side (Khandeshi Region) of Maharashtra state in India. Nandurbar is a tribal district. Akrani (Dhadgaon) is village and tahsil place in Nandurbar dist. Maharashtra, India. Moths are an integral part of most of the ecosystem.They are also monitored to indicate climatic changes and environmental degradation. They were collected and studied from Nandurbar district of Maharashtra from June 2019 to January 2022. This taxonomic study results in the collection and identification of 89 species of 77 genus, 14 families. Of these, Bombycid (01 genus, species 01), Crambidae (17 genus, species 17), Erebidae (genus 21, species 23), Eupterotidae (genus 01,species 02),Euteliidae (genus 02, species 02), Geometridae (genus 08, species 11), Hyblaeidae (genus 01, species 01), Limacodidae (genus 02, species 02), Noctuid (genus 10, species 12), Notodonidae (genus 03, species 04), Nolidae (genus 01, species 01), Saturniidae (genus 02, species 02), Sphingidae (genus 07, species 10), Uraniidae (01 genus, 01 species). Hence, all the presence preliminary study is a small step towards a complete taxonomic study of moths from Akrani tahsil (Nandurbar district) Maharashtra (India).
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Pages:96-102
How to cite this article:
Shital Narsing Pawara, S S Patole, Aparna Kalawate "A preliminary checklist of moths from Akrani tahsil, dist.-Nandurbar, M. S., India". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 8, Issue 2, 2023, Pages 96-102
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