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Monthly Multidisciplinary Research Journal Vol 6 Issue 3 Dec 2016 ISSN No : 2249-894X ORIGINAL ARTICLE Monthly Multidisciplinary Research Journal Review Of Research Journal Chief Editors Ashok Yakkaldevi Ecaterina Patrascu A R Burla College, India Spiru Haret University, Bucharest Kamani Perera Regional Centre For Strategic Studies, Sri Lanka Welcome to Review Of Research RNI MAHMUL/2011/38595 ISSN No.2249-894X Review Of Research Journal is a multidisciplinary research journal, published monthly in English, Hindi & Marathi Language. All research papers submitted to the journal will be double - blind peer reviewed referred by members of the editorial Board readers will include investigator in universities, research institutes government and industry with research interest in the general subjects. Regional Editor Dr. T. Manichander Advisory Board Kamani Perera Delia Serbescu Mabel Miao Regional Centre For Strategic Studies, Sri Spiru Haret University, Bucharest, Romania Center for China and Globalization, China Lanka Xiaohua Yang Ruth Wolf Ecaterina Patrascu University of San Francisco, San Francisco University Walla, Israel Spiru Haret University, Bucharest Karina Xavier Jie Hao Fabricio Moraes de AlmeidaFederal Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Sydney, Australia University of Rondonia, Brazil USA Pei-Shan Kao Andrea Anna Maria Constantinovici May Hongmei Gao University of Essex, United Kingdom AL. I. Cuza University, Romania Kennesaw State University, USA Romona Mihaila Marc Fetscherin Loredana Bosca Spiru Haret University, Romania Rollins College, USA Spiru Haret University, Romania Liu Chen Beijing Foreign Studies University, China Ilie Pintea Spiru Haret University, Romania Mahdi Moharrampour Nimita Khanna Govind P. Shinde Islamic Azad University buinzahra Director, Isara Institute of Management, New Bharati Vidyapeeth School of Distance Branch, Qazvin, Iran Delhi Education Center, Navi Mumbai Titus Pop Salve R. N. Sonal Singh PhD, Partium Christian University, Department of Sociology, Shivaji University, Vikram University, Ujjain Oradea, Kolhapur Romania Jayashree Patil-Dake P. Malyadri MBA Department of Badruka College J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR Government Degree College, Tandur, A.P. Commerce and Arts Post Graduate Centre King Abdullah University of Science & (BCCAPGC),Kachiguda, Hyderabad Technology,Saudi Arabia. S. D. Sindkhedkar PSGVP Mandal's Arts, Science and Maj. Dr. S. Bakhtiar Choudhary George - Calin SERITAN Commerce College, Shahada [ M.S. ] Director,Hyderabad AP India. Postdoctoral Researcher Faculty of Philosophy and Socio-Political Anurag Misra AR. SARAVANAKUMARALAGAPPA Sciences DBS College, Kanpur UNIVERSITY, KARAIKUDI,TN Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi C. D. Balaji V.MAHALAKSHMI REZA KAFIPOUR Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai Dean, Panimalar Engineering College Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz, Iran Bhavana vivek patole S.KANNAN PhD, Elphinstone college mumbai-32 Ph.D , Annamalai University Rajendra Shendge Director, B.C.U.D. Solapur University, Awadhesh Kumar Shirotriya Kanwar Dinesh Singh Solapur Secretary, Play India Play (Trust),Meerut Dept.English, Government Postgraduate (U.P.) College , solan More......... Address:-Ashok Yakkaldevi 258/34, Raviwar Peth, Solapur - 413 005 Maharashtra, India Cell : 9595 359 435, Ph No: 02172372010 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ror.isrj.org Review Of Research ISSN: 2249-894X Impact Factor : 3.8014(UIF) Volume - 6 | Issue - 3 | December - 2016 BIODIVERSITY OF MOTH IN WASHIM REGION OF MAHARASHTRA, INDIA. Jadhav P., Patil P. S. and B. R. Biyani Post Graduate and Research Department of zoology, R.A. Arts, M.K. Commerce and Shri S.R. Rathi Science Mahavidhyalay, Washim . ABSTRACT : to 7,000 moth species in epidoptera is the _ _ the Eastern Himalaya. second largest And other species of Lorder in the class _ _ moth spread all over in Insecta which includes India. Like butterflies _ _ moths. It is estimated moths too are cold- that there are over _ _ blooded insects. Most 10,000 species of moths moths fly at night, in India, with many _ _ nocturnal innature, as species still to be adults not all moths fly at _ _ described. Present study indication of environ- "moth"). They are night. (Sivasankaran et _ was an attempt to _ ment influence. w o r l d w i d e i n _ al., 2011). There are explore moth diversity _ distribution and have many day-flying moths _ _ from different sites of KEY WORDS: moth _ imperative position in as well, many of which t h e w a s h i m c i t y . m i m i c d i s t a s t e f u l _ _ ,biodiversity, Washim. _ global ecosystem. Most diversity of the moths of the lepidopterans are butterflies. which makes _ were investigated from _ INTRODUCTION: moths with approxi- _ them difficult to study S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 6 - _ mately 160,000 species but provides them Diversity is the initial _ _ January 2017. The total footstep to develop _ .many of which are yet to protection from visual number of 12 moth predators. Biodiversity _ _ conservation goals for all _ be described. Most of species were identified indices of noctuid moths arthropods (Gillespie _ the species of moths are up to the family level. _ 1999). Moths are one of nocturnal, but there are _ i n va r i o u s co n i fe r _ Families were recorded, the most diversified also crepuscular as well forests. Lepidoptera is _ _ those are Sphingidae, animals which are vital _ as diurnal species. probably one of the Saturiniidae, Erebidae , _ most suitable groups for _ form of animals univer- Moths comprise a group _ U r a n i i d a e , P t e r o - m o s t q u a n t i t a t i v e sally acknowledged and _ of insects belonging to phoridae , Geometridae _ related to the butterfly the order Lepidoptera _ comparisons especially _ and Pyralidae . The both belonging to the (Thakur 2013). Globally, their abundance and _ _ study of moth play order Lepidoptera. The _ there are between species richness. Moths important ecological _ were found to be a _ modern English word 150,000 and 180,000 _ role in forest ecosystem p o t e n t i a l l y u s e f u l "moth" comes from old _ species of moths, almost i n i n i t i a t i n g a n d _ _ indicator of biodiversity. English "moooe" (cf. _ 10 times as many as promoting the decay N o r t h u m b r i a n b u t t e r f l i e s . I t i s The main objective of _ _ _ p r o c e s s o f d e a d "moooe") from Common estimated that there are the study was to assess specimens. A large _ biodiversity health of _ Germanic (compare Old over 10,000 species of _ number of moth species Norse "motti", Dutch _ moths in India. A conifer forests by using are under the risk of _ _ moths as indicator "mot", and German _ reasonable guess could e x t i n c t i o n i s t h e "motte" all meaning be that there are 6,000 species. (Thakur et al., _ _ _ Available online at www.lsrj.in 1 BIODIVERSITY OF MOTH IN WASHIM REGION OF MAHARASHTRA, INDIA. Volume - 6 | Issue - 3 | December - 2016 2016). Moth also studied by, (Chandra et al., 2013) Diversity of Hawk Moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in Veerangana Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary, Damoh, Madhya Pradesh. (Gadhikar et al., 2015) A Preliminary checklist of Moths species from Amravati city, Maharashtra (India). moths feed on flowers that bloom at night, getting nectar from the flowers, and in turn, assisting in pollination. (Ramkumar et al., 2010). (Wilson 1992) Fluctuations in abundance of tropical insects, (Benton 1995) Biodiversity and biogeography of Henderson island insects. The study of moth play important ecological role in forest ecosystem in initiating. Many species of moths carry on unrecognized weed control, and flower-visiting adults accomplish much useful pollination. Moths also play a vital role in telling us about the health of our environment. Insect outbreaks may have significant effects on a avian biodiversity, either directly by altering food availability or indirectly by altering habitat suitability. There is need to study biodiversity of moth in Washim region, as there were no previous records their diversity from this region MATERIALS AND METHODS For present study variety of methods used for collection of moth. Five different collection sites were selected for the present work located in Washim city. These sites are R. A. college washim, PDKV, Swami Samarth nagar washim, Ansing taluka Washim and Ekburji dam area of Washim Different methods are used for traping of moth.those are Flight Intercept Traps,.Sweeping. And Light trapping. Most moths fly at night, because moths are nocturnal in nature. There four Light trapping method is very useful after tuning light and insects are collected by hand on the sheet. At night, arrangement of a light source suspended behind a white sheet hung over rope tied to period of two to four hours is recommended. There are other light trap designs such as free-standing models that can be used where there are no trees, or models that hang from trees. These latter two designs can be left unattended if they are funnelled into a collecting device such as an enclosed base, filled with refuges egg cartons or into a jar filled with preservative. Collected species were identified by using identification key www.insectidentification.org. also www.biodevercityexplorer.org and some species are identified by using photograph and available slandered literature. There are total 12 species belonging to 7 families RESULT AND DISCUSSION The study of Biodiversity of moth in Washim region was carried for the period of 6 months that is from September 2016 to January 2017.
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