Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 86
  • Issue: 2

Description of the Life Stages of Sphenarches anysodactylus (Walker) (Pterophoridae: Lepidoptera)

  • Author:
  • R Divya1, N Chitra1,*, V Balasubramani1, R Arulprakash1
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Published Online: Aug 31, 2024
  • Page Number: 491 to 497

1Department of Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore641003, Tamil Nadu, India

*Email: chitra.bookworm@gmail.com (corresponding author): ORCID ID 0000-0002-6434-6831

Online Published on 31 August, 2024.

Abstract

Morphological description of egg, larval chaetotaxy, pupa, adult genitalia of plume moth Sphenarches anysodactylus (Walker, 1864) (Pterophoridae: Lepidoptera) is presented. The mtCO1 of the Indian population done in this study is provided, revealing maximum similarity with six populations from Africa (97.55 to 98.37 %) and two populations from Australia (97.52 to 97.70) with differences in 10-15 nucleotide sequences.

Keywords

Sphenarches anysodactylus, Lablab purpureus, Egg larva, Larval chaetotaxy, Pupa, Genitalia, mtCo1, Phylogenetic analysis