Checklist of moths (Heterocera) of Tadong, Sikkim, India

Prayash Chettri, Yuki Matsui, Hideshi Naka, Archana Tiwari
2021 Journal of Threatened Taxa  
This study attempts to create a checklist of moths recorded from two different parts of Tadong in Sikkim, located in the northeastern Himalaya of India. Out of 160 photographed specimens of moths, 133 species were identified and classified. Sixteen families of moths were recorded out of which Erebidae (30.83%) had the highest number of species followed by Geometridae (24.81%), and Crambidae (18.05%) while the other families comprised of 26.30% of the total species.
doi:10.11609/jott.7104.13.12.19837-19848 fatcat:hgzlespflndidnr77jtpzwlqhq