Open AccessChecklist of moths (Heterocera) of Tadong, Sikkim, India
Author(s) -
Prayash Chettri,
Yuki Matsui,
Hideshi Naka,
Archana Tiwari
Publication year - 2021
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.7104.13.12.19837-19848
Subject(s) - erebidae , checklist , crambidae , geography , biology , lepidoptera genitalia , zoology , botany , paleontology
This study attempts to create a checklist of moths recorded from two different parts of Tadong in Sikkim, located in the northeastern Himalaya of India. Out of 160 photographed specimens of moths, 133 species were identified and classified. Sixteen families of moths were recorded out of which Erebidae (30.83%) had the highest number of species followed by Geometridae (24.81%), and Crambidae (18.05%) while the other families comprised of 26.30% of the total species.