New record of moths (Lepidoptera) from India
Author
Ahmad, Jalil
Author
Shah, Suresh Kr.
Author
Mishra, Purnendu
Author
Joshi, Rahul
Author
Singh, Navneet
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2023
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journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v123/i1/2023/172571
2581-8686
10913923
6.
Spilosoma howqua
Moore, 1877
(
Figure 6
)
1877.
Spilosoma howqua
Moore,
Ann. Mag.
nat. Hist.,
(4)
20
(116): 88
Material examined:
Bihar
: VTR:
Rest
house,
10.x.2017
, 01 ex. (
♀
) (
Coll. Singh
and
Ahmad
)
.
Diagnosis
: Female adults with pale buff colour, marking and spots on the forewing less distinct; hindwings with a small discoidal spot, sub-marginal series of prominent black spots,; Abdomen red dorsally, having one dorsal and two lateral rows of black spots.
Distribution:
India
,
Bihar
(present study);
China
,
Thailand
,
Myanmar
,
Vietnam
(
Černý & Pinratana, 2009
).