Open AccessReport on the genus Herdonia Walker (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae) in Karnataka Western Ghats, India
Author(s) -
P. R. Shashank
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.1965.8.2.8531-8532
Subject(s) - lepidoptera genitalia , genus , west bengal , geography , biology , botany , socioeconomics , sociology
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.