Abstract
A preliminary checklist has been compiled to study the moth diversity of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, an eastern state of India. The present study has recorded a total of 154 species belonging to 129 genera and 19 families. The highest diversity of moths was recorded in the family Crambidae (48 species, 38 genera), followed by the families Erebidae (42 species, 37 genera), Geometridae (15 species, 12 genera), Noctuidae (13 species, 11 genera) and others. The study was conducted over a period of 18 months from May 2019 to October 2020. Here we present an illustrated checklist of 154 moth species from Bhubaneswar which improves our insight into the lesser-known lepidopterans from the state of Odisha. This shall further help us strengthen our knowledge about the importance of moths in our environment and contribute towards its conservation at large.
Highlights
Moths are biologically, economically (Sharma and Bisen, 2013) and aesthetically a very important group of insects (Devoto et al, 2011; Le Croy et al, 2013; Dey et al, 2015)
It can be said that the presence of various moth species in any particular landscape is related to the different types of vegetation of a region, cropping seasons, the flowering of plants and various other factors controlling their diversity and abundance
This suggests that the moth diversity of the state is quite rich as evident from a preliminary survey in a single district and needs to be extensively studied, to gather more information about their present status for further conservation
Summary
Economically (Sharma and Bisen, 2013) and aesthetically a very important group of insects (Devoto et al, 2011; Le Croy et al, 2013; Dey et al, 2015) They are one of the most heterogeneous groups of insects (Soggard, 2009) consisting of around 1,27,000 species identified around the world as estimated by Hamlyn in 1969 (Alfred et al, 1998) and around 12,000 species reported from India alone (Chandra and Nema, 2007). India lies in the Indo-Malayan biogeographic realm of the world and is listed amongst the 17 mega biodiverse countries. It consists of four biodiversity hotspots which indicates the uniqueness of its flora and fauna.
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