Journal of Entomological Research
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue: 4

Taxonomic studies on four species of Amata Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) from India with special reference to their external genitalia

  • Author:
  • Jagbir Singh Kirti, Rahul Joshi, Navneet Singh1,
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 375 to 381

1Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Rajendra Nagar, Patna -800 016, Bihar, India

Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala -147 002, Punjab, India

*Corresponding author's present address: Department of Agriculture, Baba Farid College, Deon, Bathinda -151 001, Punjab, Indian. E-mail: joshiarctiidae@gmail.com

**E-mail: prjagbir2005@gmail.com

***E-mail: nsgill007@gmail.com

Online published on 29 January, 2014.

Abstract

External genitalia of four Amata species have been described. Three new combinations, A. lucina (Butler) comb. nov., A. divisa (Walker) comb. nov. and A. multigutta (Walker) comb. nov., have also been proposed on the basis of external genitalic features.

Keywords

Lepidoptera, Syntominae, Amata, taxonomy, new combinations