Abstract

During our survey of the moth fauna at Tsirang, Sarpang, Dagana and Gelephu districts of Bhutan we recorded nine species of Lasiocampid moths. In the present paper, we report the records of two species, Kunugia siamka Zolotuhin, 2002 and Alompra roepkei Tams, 1953 which are new to Bhutan.

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  • Bhutan is one of the most isolated countries in the world situated at the eastern end of the ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) Himalayan mountains

  • The landscape ranges from subtropical plains in the south to the Himalayan heights in the north

  • The northern region of Bhutan consists of eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows reaching up to glaciated mountain peaks

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Bhutan is one of the most isolated countries in the world situated at the eastern end of the ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) Himalayan mountains. The least studied group of invertebrates in Bhutan is the moths whose data is still lagging behind. Two moth species of Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea) recorded for the first time in Bhutan 1,2 Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice 37005, Czech Republic

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