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Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservaton globally www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Short Communication Moths of the superfamily Tineoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from the Western Ghats, India Amit Katewa & Prakash Chand Pathania 26 May 2019 | Vol. 11 | No. 7 | Pages: 13931–13936 DOI: 10.11609/jot.4436.11.7.13931-13936 For Focus, Scope, Aims, Policies, and Guidelines visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0 For Artcle Submission Guidelines, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-2 For reprints, contact <[email protected]> The opinions expressed by the authors do not refect the views of the Journal of Threatened Taxa, Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development Society, Zoo Outreach Organizaton, or any of the partners. The journal, the publisher, the host, and the part- Publisher & Host ners are not responsible for the accuracy of the politcal boundaries shown in the maps by the authors. Partner Member Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 May 2019 | 11(7): 13931–13936 Moths of the superfamily Tineoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from the Western Ghats, India 1 2 ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) Amit Katewa & Prakash Chand Pathania Communication Short ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) 1 Department of Zoology and Environmantal Sciences, Punjabi University, Patala, Punjab 147002, India. PLATINUM 2 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India. 1 [email protected] (corresponding author), 2 [email protected] OPEN ACCESS Abstract: Ten species of the superfamily Tineoidea were collected Nilagirimalai in Tamil Nadu and Sahyaparvatam in from diferent localites of the Western Ghats in the states of Goa, Kerala. The Anaimudi Peak (2,695m) is the highest Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala; of the genera Edosa Walker, Cimitra Walker, Monopis Hübner, Compsoctena Zeller, peak of the Western Ghats which lies in the ranges of and Clania Walker are present. All the ten species are recorded for the the state of Kerala. The Anaimudi Peak also acts as a frst tme from the Western Ghats. nodal point from where three ranges radiate to diferent Keywords: Light trap, Microlepidoptera, new records. directons, i.e., the Anaimalai Hills in the north, the Palni Hills in the north-east, and the Cardamom Hills in the south. According to Scoble (1995) the order Lepidoptera The topography and climatc conditons of the is divided into primitve Lepidoptera, early Heteroneura, Western Ghats are quite diverse and unique. The lower Ditrysia, and higher Ditrysia. Further, the lower Western Ghats cover an area of about 160,000km2 and Ditrysia, the larvae of which are ofen concealed rather stretches for 1,600km from the mouth of river Tapt in than external feeders, includes the superfamilies the north to Cape Camorin in the south and are one of Tineoidea, Gracillarioidea, Yponomeutoidea, the hot biodiversity spots of India with great diversity Gelechioidea, Cossoidea, Tortricoidea, Castnioidea, in fora and fauna. The average mountain ranges are Sesioidea, Zygaenoidea, Immoidea, Copromorphoidea, with an average height of about 1,200m running parallel Schreckensteinoidea, Urodoidea, Epermenioidea, to the western coast of southern India in the states of Alucitoidea, Pterophoroidea, Hyblaeioidea, Thyridoidea, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and and Pyraloidea. Moths from three families—Tineidae, Kerala. Except for a single major gap of about 24km Eriocotdae, and Psychidae—were collected. called Palghat Gap and some small passes like Goa Gap, Bhor Ghat, and Thal Ghat, these ranges of the Western Material and Methods Ghats are almost contnuous. The Western Ghats are Survey-cum-collecton tours were conducted from known by various names in diferent areas, i.e., as the diferent localites of states Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Sahyadri mountains in Maharashtra and Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala falling in the jurisdicton of DOI: htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4436.11.7.13931-13936 | ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:62F0A4E3-FE72-4F94-9DAF-5125754F706B Editor: George Mathew, (Ex) Emeritus Scientst, KFRI, Peechi, India. Date of publicaton: 26 May 2019 (online & print) Manuscript details: #4436 | Received 26 July 2018 | Final received 07 May 2019 | Finally accepted 15 May 2019 Citaton: Katewa, A. & P.C. Pathania (2019). Moths of the superfamily Tineoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(7): 13931–13936. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4436.11.7.13931-13936 Copyright: © Katewa & Pathania 2019. Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of this artcle in any medium by adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton. Funding: MoEF &CC, New Delhi (AICOPTAX). Competng interests: The authors declare no competng interests. Acknowledgements: The authors are thankful to Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi for providing funds to carry out the research work. Thanks are also due to the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata & Head, Department of Zoology & Env. Sciences, Punjabi Univ., Patala for providing lab facilites. 13931 Tineoidea moths of the Western Ghats Katewa & Pathania Western Ghats during March 2003 to October 2006 (Fig. Observaton 1). The details are provided in Table 1. Due to nocturnal In the present research work, 43 specimens behaviour, adult moth diversity referable to diferent belonging fve genera of 10 species of moths of the families, i.e., Tineidae, Eriocotdae, and Psychidae, the superfamily Tineoidea was collected and identfed from adults were collected with the help of a portable light available literature (Hampson 1892; Robinson 1976; trap (Image 1). The portable trap comprises a funnel Robinson & Tuck 1993; Robinson et al. 1994; Rose & (diameter top 30cm, botom 6cm, height 30cm) fted Pathania 2003; Pathania & Rose 2004; Pathania et al. with bafe plates so that the moths once visitng the 2006), and with the reference collectons housed in the light get trapped around the lamp. The source of light Natonal Pusa Collecton, Division of Entomology, IARI, to atract the moths was a 125w mercury vapour lamp New Delhi and from the Museum of Department of fxed in the funnel. The funnel is fxed on the top of a Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, collectng chamber (30cm x 30cm x 12cm) fted with Patala. All the colectons are deposited in the Museum a sliding collectng tray (29cm x 29cm). For fumigaton of Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, of chamber with 1,1,2,2- tetrachloroethane as a killing Punjabi University, Patala (No TIN.1-43). The details are agent for the adult moth, a petri dish containing coton provided below: soaked with the aforesaid chemical was placed in a corner of the tray. Some of the moths were captured Phylum: Arthropoda individually in glass killing tubes of various sizes (2cm x Subphylum: Hexapoda 7cm to 5cm x 15cm) charged with ethyl acetate poured Class: Insecta over the a layer of plaster of Paris at the botom of the Order: Lepidoptera tube from various locatons. Besides the portable light Superfamily: Tineoidea trap, some collecton was also made by hanging the source of light (125w mercury vapour lamp) on a white sheet or a white-washed wall. As per techniques being used in lepidopterology (Lindquist 1956; Hodges 1958; Tagestad 1974; Robinson, 1976a; Zimmerman 1978; Nielson 1980; Sokolof 1980; Mikkola 1986; Landry & Landry 1994), the entre collected specimens were processed for further biosystematcs studies. © P.C. Pathania Figure 1. Area surveyed. Image 1. Portable light trap. 13932 Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 May 2019 | 11(7): 13931–13936 Tineoidea moths of the Western Ghats Katewa & Pathania I. Family: Tineidae Agli, 11.1010N, 76.6470E, 520m, 07.x.2003, 01 male; Tineidae Latreille, 1810, Consideratons generals Karnataka: Utar Kannada District, Ganeshgudi, Animaux Crustaces Arachnides Insectes: 347, 363 (as 14.7930N, 74.6860E, 480m, 21.vii.2004, 01 male; Gujarat: Tineites). District The Dangs, Waghai, 20.7730N, 73.4970E, 180m, Type-genus: Tinea Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (Edn. 28.ix.2005, 01 male; Maharashtra: Mumbai District, 10) 1: 534. Malshej Ghat, 19.3400N, 73.7740E, 690m, 02.x.2005, 01 males, (Reg. no TIN/2–6), coll. A. Katewa. Subfamily: Perissomastcinae Distributon: Nilgiri Hills, northern Coorg, Sri Lanka Perissomastcinae Gozmany, 1965, Fauna Hungariae (Meyrick 1911), Utrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and 16(2): 117. Punjab (Rose & Pathania 2003). Type-genus: Perissomasix Warren & Rothschild, Remarks: Edosa opsigona (Meyrick) has earlier 1905, Novit. Zool. 12: 33, included in Fletcher 1929 and been reported from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and it is in G.N.M.W.