Volume 4, Issue 2 (6-2015)
Abstract
The cotton leaf roller moth, Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) was collected on two kinds of flowering shrubs, Hibiscus syriacus L. and Hibiscus mutabilis L., in Rasht, Guilan Province, during August 2013. This species represents a generic new record for the fauna of Iran. A brief description of the species is provided to facilitate the identification.
Volume 6, Issue 2 (6-2017)
Abstract
An examination of the entire Schoenobinae material preserved in the Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum (HMIM) of the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP) revealed the presence of 19 males and 18 females of Scirpophaga tongyaii Lewvanich collected in Kerman Province. This species is newly reported for the fauna of Iran. Brief description of the species as well as the figures of the adults and both male and female genitalia are presented.
B. Sumit Kumar Rao, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman,
Volume 11, Issue 1 (3-2025)
Abstract
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a biodiversity hotspot in India, hosts a diverse array of insect species, many of which are endemic to the region. The present work focuses on the pyraloid moth diversity in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and significantly expands the knowledge of the known pyraloid moth fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, reporting new distributional records for 19 species. The work provides differential diagnoses, distributional data, and microphotographs of adult genitalia, including the first descriptions of genitalia structures for five species, namely Tatobotys varanesalis (Walker, 1859); Ravanoa xiphialis (Walker, 1859); Nosophora albiguttalis Swinhoe, 1890; Nosophora conjunctalis Walker, 1866; and Macaretaera hesperis Meyrick, 1886. Additionally, the documentation of seven genera new to the archipelago, viz. Macaretaera Meyrick, 1886; Ravanoa Moore, 1885; Bocchoris Moore, 1885; Botyodes Guenée, 1854; Hemopsis Kirti & Rose, 1987; Zitha Walker, 1866 and Termioptycha Meyrick, 1889, highlights the biogeographic significance of this underexplored region and the need for continued faunistic surveys.