A Report on Moth Fauna (Insecta:Lepidoptera) in Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India

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Authors

  • Suresh Kr. Shah
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053 ,IN
  • Bulganin Mitra
     Academy of Biodiversity Conservation (ABC), Kolkata-700055 ,IN
  • Apurva Das
     Vidyasagar College, Block CL, Sector 2, Salt Lake, Kolkata-91 ,IN
  • Purnendu Mishra
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053 ,IN

Keywords:

Moth, Neora Valley, West Bengal.

Abstract

The present communication reports occurrence of 52 species of moths in Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal. Of them, 12 species were reported by Mandal (1992). The rest of 40 species have been collected using light trap at Lava, the entrance of Neora Valley National Park on its western boundary during the faunistic surveys carried out in the year 2014. Among these, fifteen species have been found as new record to the moth fauna of West Bengal.

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2017-12-01

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