Plume moths of family Pterophoridae (Microlepidoptera) from Shiwaliks of North-West India Author Pooni, H. S. Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala - 1470002, Punjab, India; harjitpooni @ yahoo. co. in Author Pathania, P. C. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700 053, West Bengal, India Author Katewa, Amit Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala - 1470002, Punjab, India; harjitpooni @ yahoo. co. in text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2019 119 3 journal volume 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i3/2019/143334 2581-8686 8. Megalorrhipida defectalis (Walker) Megalorrhipida defectalis (Walker), 1864 , List Specimens lipid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. , 30 : 943. Material examined : Punjab , Patiala district , Punjabi University , Patiala , 250mASL, 17.xi.1999 , 2exs, Hoshiarpur district , Forest Rest House , Chohal. 400mASL, 27.vi. 2001 1ex. , coll Harjit Singh and P. C. Pathania . Distribution : Cosmopolitan ( Gielis, 1993 ). Remarks : Earlier reported from Poona, Coimbatore, Pusa and Chapra (Bengal) and is the type-species (Fletcher, 1932). 9.