New distributional records of Eudocima Billberg, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Calpinae) from Gangetic Plains (India) Author Singh, Navneet Lepidoptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India; nsgill 007 @ gmail. com, jalilahmad 23046 @ gmail. com Author Ahmad, Jalil Lepidoptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India; nsgill 007 @ gmail. com, jalilahmad 23046 @ gmail. com Author Kaustubh, Kumar Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Patna - 800026, Bihar, India; kkarctiidae 2015 @ gmail. com, joshiarctiidae @ gmail. com Author Joshi, Rahul Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Patna - 800026, Bihar, India; kkarctiidae 2015 @ gmail. com, joshiarctiidae @ gmail. com text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2019 119 3 journal volume 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i3/2019/141015 2581-8686 13186811 1. Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767) Phalaena materna Linnaeus, 1767 ; Syst. Nat. (Edn 12), 1 (2): 840 Material examined: India : Bihar , Patna , ZSI Campus ( 25°35’10.42” N ; 85°10’05.19” E ; Alt.- 169 ft. ) , 02.viii.2017 –01 ex (Coll.-K. Kaustubh), 30.ix.2018 -01 ex ( Coll. - R . Joshi ); Patna , Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park ( 25°35’57.11” N ; 85°05’56.59” E ; Alt. - 200 ft. ) , 27.ix.2015 - 01 ex (coll.- J. Ahmad ); Gaya , Gautam Budha WLS ( 24°31’29.32” N ; 85°01’09.62” E ; Alt. - 520 ft. ) , 22.viii.2017 – 01 exp. (Coll.- N. Singh and Party) Diagnostic feature: Forewing greenish grey with three rufous spots at end of cell; with a zig-zag line in the middle. Hindwing orange with a prominent black spot and crenulated marginal black band. Male genitalia with juxta lobes flat, flap-like; Aedeagus vesica with 4-5 rows of compactly packed spines. Distribution: Throughout India ( Hampson, 1894 ), Uttarakhand ( Smetacek, 2008 ), Assam , Maharashtra (Subhalaxmi et al., 2011), Andhra Pradesh ( Ramachandrachari and Padmanabham, 1960 ), Punjab , Tamil Nadu , Rajasthan ( Zhang, 1994 ), Widespread in African, S. Palaearctic and Indo-Australian regions up to the Central Pacific ( Zilli et al., 2017 ). Elsewhere: Sierra Leone , Zimbabwe , Sri Lanka , Australia , Fiji , New Zealand , Venezuela , Widespread in old world tropics ( Zhang, 1994 ). Host Plant: Mangifera indica (Mango) , Punica granatum (Pomegranate) , Rhigiocarya racemifera , Tinospora cordifolia (Giloy) , Musa paradisiaca (Banana) , Malus pumila (Apple) , Citrus, Solanum lycopersicum (Tomatoes) , Rhigiocarya racemos, Lycopersicon. ( Zhang, 1994 ; Robinson et al ., 2001 ). Remarks: The species is recorded for the first time from Bihar and confirms first record from the state.