Checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India

By

Sivasankaran, Kuppusamy
Anand, Sekar
Mathew, Pratheesh
Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-12-22

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1101--1120

Subjects

Fauna , Lepidoptera , light trapping , Noctuoidea , Western Ghats

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.1101

 

Abstract

A checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Erebidae, Noctuidae, Euteliidae, and Nolidae) from Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve and Kodaikanal Hills in Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu is presented. We collected noctuoid moths monthly from June 2010 to December 2014. We collected 9095 individuals (5242 males and 3853 females) belonging to 188 species, 106 genera, 5 subtribes, 25 tribes, 26 subfamilies and 4 families. The most species-rich families were Erebidae (106 species) and Noctuidae (51 species). The Erebinae was found to be the richest subfamily with 64 species. Additional sampling might reveal 2–3 times more species.