Abstract
The current record of Ourapterya dierli Inoue,1994 (Lepidoptera: Geometriidae: Ennominae) from Garhwal Himalaya, India further extends the western most limit in the distribution range of this species in the Himalaya, up to Chakrata hills which is 250km from the nearest known earlier record from Munsiyari in Kumaon,India and is the first record from Garhwal and second of this species from India.
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Ourapteryx dierli Inoue, 1994 was described from central Nepal (Inoue 1994) with specimens collected during June between 2,500–2,600 m from central Nepal (Inoue 1994, 1995)
O. dierli was recorded from western Nepal at 1,000 m on 25.vii.1996 (Stüning 2000)
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