New Record of the Rare and Little Known Moth Achelura bifasciata (Hope, [1841]) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Chalcosiinae) From Dehradun District in Garhwal Himalaya and Its Larval Hosts.

New Record of the Rare and Little Known Moth Achelura bifasciata (Hope, [1841]) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Chalcosiinae) From Dehradun District in Garhwal Himalaya and Its Larval Hosts.

Authors

  •   ARUN PRATAP SINGH   Forest Entomology Branch, Forest Protection Division,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand).
  •   GAURAV CHAND RAMOLA   Forest Entomology Branch, Forest Protection Division,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand).
  •   LEKHENDRA   Forest Entomology Branch, Forest Protection Division,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2023/v149i1/169377

Keywords:

Western most record of the little known moth Achelura bifasciata (Hope, [1841]) ( Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae) from Garhwal Himalaya and its larval hosts

Abstract

Western most record of the little known moth Achelura bifasciata (Hope, [1841]) ( Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae : Chalcosiinae) from Garhwal Himalaya and its larval hosts

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ARUN PRATAP SINGH, Forest Entomology Branch, Forest Protection Division,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand).

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Published

2023-01-01

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SINGH, A. P., RAMOLA, G. C., & LEKHENDRA. (2023). New Record of the Rare and Little Known Moth Achelura bifasciata (Hope, [1841]) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Chalcosiinae) From Dehradun District in Garhwal Himalaya and Its Larval Hosts. Indian Forester, 149(1), 98–100. https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2023/v149i1/169377

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Volume 149, issue 1, January 2023

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