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OPEN ACCESS The Journaf of Threatened Taxa fs dedfcated to buffdfng evfdence for conservafon gfobaffy by pubffshfng peer-revfewed arfcfes onffne every month at a reasonabfy rapfd rate at www.threatenedtaxa.org . Aff arfcfes pubffshed fn JoTT are regfstered under Creafve Commons Atrfbufon 4.0 Internafonaf Lfcense unfess otherwfse menfoned. JoTT affows unrestrfcted use of arfcfes fn any medfum, reproducfon, and dfstrfbufon by provfdfng adequate credft to the authors and the source of pubffcafon. Journaf of Threatened Taxa Buffdfng evfdence for conservafon gfobaffy www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Onffne) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Prfnt) Communfcatfon Moths of the famffy Lfmacodfdae Duponchef, 1845 (Lepfdoptera: Zygaenofdea) from Bhutan wfth sfx new generfc and 12 new specfes records Jafshwor Sfngh Irungbam, Meenakshf Sfngh Chfb & Afexey V. Sofovyev 26 February 2017 | Vof. 9| No. 2 | Pp. 9795–9813 10.11609/jot. 2443 .9.2. 9795-9813 For Focus, Scope, Afms, Poffcfes and Gufdeffnes vfsft htp://threatenedtaxa.org/About_JoTT.asp For Arfcfe Submfssfon Gufdeffnes vfsft htp://threatenedtaxa.org/Submfssfon_Gufdeffnes.asp For Poffcfes agafnst Scfenffc Mfsconduct vfsft htp://threatenedtaxa.org/JoTT_Poffcy_agafnst_Scfenffc_Mfsconduct.asp For reprfnts contact <[email protected]> Pubffsher/Host Partner Threatened Taxa Journaf of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 February 2017 | 9(2): 9795–9813 Moths of the famffy Lfmacodfdae Duponchef, 1845 (Lepfdoptera: Zygaenofdea) from Bhutan wfth sfx new generfc Communfcatfon and 12 new specfes records ISSN 0974-7907 (Onffne) ISSN 0974-7893 (Prfnt) Jafshwor Sfngh Irungbam 1 , Meenakshf Sfngh Chfb 2 & Afexey V. Sofovyev 3 OPEN ACCESS 1,2 Facufty of Scfence, Unfversfty of South Bohemfa, Ceske Budejovfce 37005, Czech Repubffc 1,2 Insftute of Entomofogy, Bfofogy Centre, Czech Academy of Scfence, Ceske Budejovfce 37005, Czech Repubffc 3 Department of Bfofogy and Chemfstry, Ufyanovsk State Pedagogfcaf Unfversfty, Ufyanovsk 432071, Russfa 1 [email protected] (correspondfng author), 2 [email protected], 3 [email protected] Abstract: The present paper provfdes a checkffst of 51 specfes fn 37 genera of moths befongfng to the famffy Lfmacodfdae from Bhutan, of whfch, sfx genera, Setora Wafker, 1855, Tennya Sofovyev & Wft, 2009 , Iraga Matsumura, 1927 , Vanfangfa Sofovyev & Wft 2009, Sansarea Sofovyev & Wft, 2009, and Beffppa Wafker, 1865 are reported for the frst fme from Bhutan, and 12 specfes, Setora postornata (Hampson, 1900), Setora fetcherf Hoffoway, 1987, Scopefodes testacea Butfer, 1886, Thosea magna Herfng, 1931, Mfresa fufgfda Wffeman, 1910, Susfca hfmafayana Hoffoway, 1982 , Tennya propoffa (Hampson, 1900), Iraga rugosa (Wffeman, 1911), Cheromefa ferrugfnea (Moore, 1877), Vanfangfa unfformfs (Herfng, 1931), Sansarea cfrcufffera (Herfng, 1933) and Beffppa horrfda Wafker, 1865 are new records for Bhutan. The study was conducted at Tsfrang, Dagana and Sarpang dfstrfcts of Bhutan from 2013 to 2015. Keywords: Bhutan, checkffst, Lfmacodfdae, new record. DOI : htp://dof.org/10.11609/jot.2443.9.2. 9795 -9813 | ZooBank: urn:fsfd:zoobank.org:pub:67914E4A-F82A-489F-82F6-2A696407FF48 Edftor: Sanjay Sondhf, Tftff Trust, Dehradun, Indfa . Date of pubffcafon: 26 February 2017 (onffne & prfnt) Manuscrfpt detaffs: Ms # 2443 | Recefved 13 June 2016 | Ffnaf recefved 03 January 2017 | Ffnaffy accepted 10 January 2017 Cftafon: Irungbam, J.S., M.S. Chfb & A.V. Sofovyev (2017). Moths of the famffy Lfmacodfdae Duponchef, 1845 (Lepfdoptera: Zygaenofdea) from Bhutan wfth sfx new generfc and 12 new specfes records . Journaf of Threatened Taxa 9(2): 9795 –9813 ; htp://dof.org/10.11609/jot.2443.9.2. 9795 -9813 Copyrfght: © Irungbam et af. 2017 . Creafve Commons Atrfbufon 4.0 Internafonaf Lfcense. JoTT affows unrestrfcted use of thfs arfcfe fn any medfum, reproduc - fon and dfstrfbufon by provfdfng adequate credft to the authors and the source of pubffcafon. Fundfng: BTFEC & NBC, Thfmphu (MB0149Y15); Czech Scfence Foundafon (GA CR:14-36098G) and Grant Agency, Unfversfty of South Bohemfa (GA JU 152/2016/P). Compefng fnterests: The authors decfare no compefng fnterests. Author Detaffs: Jatfshwor Sfngh Irungbam (JSI) fs a PhD student at Facufty of Scfence, Unfversfty of South Bohemfa, Czech Repubffc and afso workfng as Research Assfstant at Insftute of Entomofogy, Bfofogy Centre, Czech Academy of Scfence, Czech Repubffc. He has been fnterested on Lepfdoptera studfes and fs now focusfng on taxonomy, ecofogy and conservafon of Lepfdoptera. Currentfy he fs workfng on the moths of Shfruf hfffs, Manfpur, northeastern Indfa for hfs PhD research. He fs afso a member of Bhutan Ecofogfcaf Socfety. Meenakshf Sfngh Chfb (MSC) fs a PhD student at Facufty of Scfence, Unfversfty of South Bohemfa, Czech Repubffc and afso workfng as Research Assfstant at Insftute of Entomofogy, Bfofogy Centre, Czech Academy of Scfence, Czech Repubffc. She has been fnterested on Lepfdoptera mafnfy focusfng on ecofogy and conservafon of Lepfdoptera. Currentfy, she fs workfng on the Phyfogeographfc paterns of Afro-orfentaf specfes of buterffes for her PhD research. Afexey V. Sofovyev (AVS) fs an assfstant professor of the Ufyanovsk State Pedagogfcaf Unfversfty (Russfa). He has been fnterested on Systemafc, morphofogy and phyfogeny of Lepfdoptera wfth specfaf fnterest on systemafc, morphofogy and phyfogeny of Lfmacodfdae (Lepfdoptera, Zygaenofdea). Author Contrfbufon: JSI conducted the fefd work fn the study area sfnce 2011 and 2015, fdenffed the moths, wrote the manuscrfpt and prepared the tabfes, pfates and fgures. MSC assfsted JSI fn the fefd works, took photographs of the materfafs durfng the fefd surveys, hefp fn ffterature revfew and revfewed the manuscrfpt. AVS provfded hfs assfstance on the fdenffcafon and confrmafon of the materfafs. He afso assfsted JSI durfng the preparafon of manuscrfpt and dfd the correcfons on the fnffaf stage of the manuscrfpt. Acknowfedgements: We wfsh to thank the unknown revfewers who provfded usefuf comments on prevfous versfons of thfs manuscrfpt. We afso thank the prfncfpaf and staf of Mendrefgang Centraf Schoof, Tsfrang (Bhutan) for thefr moraf support and encouragement durfng the conduct of the project. The frst author thank the Bhutan Trust Fund for Envfronment Conservafon, Thfmphu (MB0149Y15) for provfdfng fnancfaf assfstance for the fefd vfsfts and equfpment, and the Nafonaf Bfodfversfty Center, Thfmphu, for coordfnafng the project. The frst author afso thanks Czech Scfence Foundafon (GA CR:14-36098G) and Grant Agency, Unfversfty of South Bohemfa (GA JU 152/2016/P) for parfaffy supporfng the work durfng the preparafon of the manuscrfpt.. LOGOs 9795 Limacodidae moths of Bhutan Irungbam et al. INTRODUCTION were collected using fluorescent bulbs on a white cloth sheet hanging and mercury vapor (MV) light traps at The Limacodidae Duponchel, 1845 are mainly a night (Irungbam et al. 2016). tropical and subtropical family of moths and are very Identification follows Hampson (1892), Holloway diverse in all continents. There are 1,672 species in 301 (1986), Solovyev & Witt (2009), Solovyev (2009a,b,c), genera, currently known globally (Nieukerken et al. 2011). Solovyev (2014) and Internet references (www.jpmoths. The moths are nocturnal and are attracted to light. They org). Photographs of cryptic species were sent to the can be easily identified due to their characteristic silky third author for identification and confirmation of the shine on the forewing. They are of different sizes, wing species. Only a few individuals were collected as voucher patterns and coloration. The males have bipectinate specimens but genitalia were not studied. Thus, the to filiform antennae, but females always have filiform species identifications were based on photographs of antennae. While resting, the body is held at an angle individuals and specimens. to the substrate supported by the extended legs with wings draped laterally (Godfray et al. 1987). The family Limacodidae is placed in the superfamily Zygaenoidea RESULT AND OBSERVATIONS Latreille, 1809 and classified into two subfamilies— Limacodinae and Chrysopolominae (Epstein et al. 1999). After careful analysis and review of previous The family remains poorly studied in the Indian sub- records and present collections, the present systematic region including Bhutan. Sir George F. Hampson (1892, list includes 51 species of moths belong to family 1895) reports 96 species of this family in this region of Limacodidae recorded from Bhutan. The systematic which only one species was reported from Bhutan. The list consists of the original records of Hampson (1892, primary checklist on the Limacodidae of Bhutan can 1895), Dudgeon (1900) and Dierl (1975), as well as be found in the catalogue of Heterocera from Sikkim species recorded during our surveys. and Bhutan by G.C. Dudgeon (1900), with notes and During the survey, 28 species of Limacodidae additions from Sir H.J. Elwes and Sir George F. Hampson. moths were encountered, photographed and voucher In this catalogue, Dudgeon reported 32 species from specimens collected from the study area. Six genera Bhutan. The Swiss expedition to Bhutan during 1972 Setora Walker, 1855, Tennya Solovyev & Witt, 2009, recorded only nine species from the western region Iraga Matsumura, 1927, Vanlangia Solovyev & Witt of Bhutan (Dierl 1975). Yoshimoto (1993, 1994) also 2009, Sansarea Solovyev & Witt, 2009 and Belippa reported 43 species from different locations in Nepal Walker, 1865 are reported for the first time from published in different