Two Moth Species of Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea) Recorded for the First Time in Bhutan
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Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservaton globally www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Note Two moth species of Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea) recorded for the first time in Bhutan Jatshwor Singh Irungbam & Meenakshi Jatshwor Irungbam 26 October 2018 | Vol. 10 | No. 11 | Pages: 12598-12601 10.11609/jot.3297.10.11.12598-12601 For Focus, Scope, Aims, Policies and Guidelines visit htp://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0 For Artcle Submission Guidelines visit htp://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct visit htp://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-2 For reprints contact <[email protected]> Publisher & Host Partners Member Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 October 2018 | 10(11): 12598–12601 Note Bhutan is one of the most Two moth species of Lasiocampidae isolated countries in the world (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea) recorded situated at the eastern end of the for the first time in Bhutan ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) Himalayan mountains. The country ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) is surrounded by India to the south, Jatshwor Singh Irungbam 1 & east and west and to the north Meenakshi Jatshwor Irungbam2 OPEN ACCESS by Tibet (Autonomous region of 1,2 Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, China). The country covers an area Ceske Budejovice 37005, Czech Republic of 38,394km2. The landscape ranges 1,2 Insttute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science, from subtropical plains in the south Ceske Budejovice 37005, Czech Republic 1 [email protected] (corresponding author), to the Himalayan heights in the north. The northern 2 [email protected] region of Bhutan consists of eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows reaching up to glaciated mountain peaks. In central Bhutan, the forest type consists of moths which are poorly studied in Bhutan. The family eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests in higher Lasiocampidae consists of 1,952 species (224 genera) elevatons and eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests in worldwide (van Nieukerken et al. 2011). The members of lower elevatons. In the south, the Shiwalik Hills are the family are generally large species with deep forewings covered with dense Himalayan subtropical broadleaf and rounded hind wings; abdomen protruding well forests, alluvial lowland river valleys, and mountains beyond the wings (Holloway 1987). The Lasiocampidae up to around 1,500m. The foothills descend into the fauna of the country have been poorly studied. Earlier subtropical Duars Plain of Bhutan neighbouring the works on the fauna were conducted by Hampson (1892), Indian Duars. Thus, the forest of Bhutan harbours a Dudgeon (1901), Dierl (1975), and recently by Hauenstein rich diversity of fora and fauna, especially in terms et al. (2011). So far, a total of 42 species of Lasiocampidae of invertebrate fauna. The least studied group of have been recorded from Bhutan. invertebrates in Bhutan is the moths whose data is stll Material and Methods: The study was conducted lagging behind. at diferent locatons of four districts (Tsirang, Dagana, The Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841 which are commonly Sarpang, Gelephu) in southern Bhutan. The collecton known as the Lappet moths are among the families of of moths was undertaken opportunistcally, as well as by DOI: htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.3297.10.11.12598-12601 | ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C686C214-87AC-4745-913E-1B7C5CE388B1 Editor: James Young, Hong Kong Lepidoptera Society, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong S.A.R., China. Date of publicaton: 26 October 2018 (online & print) Manuscript details: Ms # 3297 | Received 02 January 2017 | Final received 30 August 2018 | Finally accepted 20 September 2018 Citaton: Irungbam, J.S. & M.J. Irungbam (2018). Two moth species of Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea) recorded for the frst tme in Bhutan. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(11): 12598–12601; htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.3297.10.11.12598-12601 Copyright: © Irungbam & Irungbam 2018. Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License. JoTT allows unrestricted use of this artcle in any medium, reproducton and distributon by providing adequate credit to the authors and the source of publicaton. Funding: Bhutan Trust fund for Environment Conservaton (BTFEC), Bhutan; Czech Science Foundaton (GA CR: 14-36098G) and Grant Agency, University of South Bohemia (GA JU 152/2016/P) Competng interests: The authors declare no competng interests. Acknowledgements: We thank the Bhutan Trust fund for Environment Conservaton (BTFEC), Bhutan for providing funds for equipment and feld works, and Natonal Biodiversity Centre, Bhutan for coordinatng the implementaton of the project. We also thanks, Czech Science Foundaton (GA CR: 14-36098G) and Grant Agency, University of South Bohemia (GA JU 152/2016/P) for supportng during the preparaton of the manuscript. Finally, We thanks the anonymous reviewers and the Subject Editor for their critcal comments. 12598 Two Lasiocampidae recorded in Bhutan Irungbam & Irungbam setng up light traps at night using fuorescent lamps and species of Lasiocampidae, which belong to seven genera Mercury vapour lamp. Moths were observed overnight from Tsirang, Sarpang, Dagana and Gelephu districts of in all the locatons from July 2010 to August 2015. The southern Bhutan. Two species namely Kunugia siamka moths were photographed using a DSLR camera and Zolotuhin, 2002 and Alompra roepki Tams, 1953 are specimens were collected and killed using ethyl acetate new records for Bhutan. Some earlier work done by fumes. Later the specimens were sorted, pinned, labelled G.S. Dudgeon (1901) in the early 19th century reported and identfed to species level in the laboratory. These 14 species from Bhutan. Later, W. Dierl (1975) recorded voucher specimens are deposited in the Invertebrate an additonal fve species of Lasiocampidae based on the Referral Collecton Centre (IRCC), Natonal Biodiversity collectons of Bhutan Expediton 1972 by the Natural Centre, Thimphu (Bhutan). History Museum in Basel, Switzerland. Recently, A. Identfcatons are based on the keys and descriptons Hauenstein and his colleagues have reported 42 species provided by Hampson (1892), Holloway (1987), Zolotuhin of Lasiocampidae from Bhutan based on the collectons & Wit (2000), and Zolotuhin & Pinratana (2005). made by A. Hauenstein and V.V. Sinjaev from 2003 to 2009 Results and Discussion: In total, we identfed 10 from diferent places of Bhutan (Hauenstein et al. 2011). A B C D E F G H I Image 1. A & B - Trabala vishnou (Lefèbvre, 1827); C - Euthrix laeta (Walker, 1855); D - Euthrix isocyma (Hampson, 1892); E - Estgena pardale (Walker, 1855); F - Kunugia siamka Zolotuhin, 2002#; G - Kunugia burmensis (Gaede, 1932); H - Paralebeda plagifera (Walker, J 1855); I - Lebeda nobilis Walker, 1855; J - Alompra roepkei Tams, 1953#. Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 October 2018 | 10(11): 12598–12601 12599 Two Lasiocampidae recorded in Bhutan Irungbam & Irungbam Thus, an updated checklist consistng of 44 species of the as A. ferruginea was already found in Bhutan (Hauenstein Lasiocampidae of Bhutan is provided in Appendix I. et al. 2011). Holloway (1987) recorded the species in Borneo from 1700m at forested localites and it is rare. Notes on the new records Kunugia siamka Zolotuhin, 2002 References (Image 1F) Kunugia siamka Zolotuhin, 2002, Ent. Z. 112: 138, Dierl, W. (1975). Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expediton 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel, Einige Familien der fgs 8, 12. Type locality: Thailand, Chiang Mai, Doi bombycomorphen Lepidoptera, Basel. Entomologica Basilliensia 1: Phahompok, 25km NW of Fang, 2,100m. 119–134. Material examined. IRCC/472, IRCC/473, 20.xi.2014, Dudgeon, G.S. (1901). A Catalogue of the Heterocera of Sikkim and Bhutan. Part 9. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13: 23.xi.2014, 3 males, Tashipang, Mendrelgang, Tsirang 406–425. (Bhutan) (26.9500N & 90.1140E, 1,247m); IRCC/474, Hampson, G.F. (1892). The Fauna of Britsh India, including Ceylon and 19.vii.2014, 1 male, Dagapela, Dagana (26.9390N & Burma. Moths 1. Taylor and Francis, London, 402–430pp. Hauenstein, A., S. Ihle, V.V. Sinjaev & V.V. Zolotuhin (2011). The 0 89.920 E, 1,599m). coll. J.S. Irungbam. Lasiocampidae of Bhutan (Lepidoptera Lasiocampidae). Neue Note: This species is recorded for the frst tme from Entomologische Nachrichten, Marktleuthen 67: 27–35. Holloway, J.D. (1987). Moths of Borneo. Part 3 - Lasiocampidae. Kuala Bhutan. The species is earlier recorded from northern Lumpur, 11–61pp. Thailand, Laos, Malaysia (Zolotuhin 2002; Zolotuhin & van Nieukerken E.J., L. Kaila, I.J. Kitching, N.P. Kristensen, D.C. Lees, Ihle 2008). The present record from Bhutan is a new J. Minet, C. Miter, M. Mutanen, J.C. Regier, T.J. Simonsen, N. Wahlberg, S.-H. Yen, R. Zahiri, D. Adamski, J. Baixeras, D. Bartsch, range locaton and extension from its earlier known B.A. Bengtsson, J.W. Brown, S.R. Bucheli, D.R. Davis, J.D. Prins, W.D. distributon. Prins, M.E. Epstein, P. Gentli-Poole, C. Gielis, P. Hätenschwiler, A. Hausmann, J.D. Holloway, A. Kallies, O. Karsholt, A.Y. Kawahara, S. Koster, M.V. Kozlov, J.D Lafontaine, G. Lamas, J.F. Landry, S. Lee, M. Alompra roepkei Tams, 1953 Nuss, K.-T. Park, C. Penz, J. Rota, A. Schintlmeister, B.C. Schmidt, (Image 1J) J.-C. Sohn, M.A. Solis, G.M. Tarmann, A.D. Warren, S. Weller, R.V. 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