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Recharacterization and new distribution of a rare genus Yerongponga Lucas


Harkanwal Singh
Abstract

External male genitalia of Yerongponga exequialis Lucas has been studied in detail for the first time to update the diagnosis of this species. This genus has been reported for the first time from India.

Key words: Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Yerongponga exequialis, Male genitalia, New record.


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References

T.P. Lucas, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 1901, 16, 73- 95

R. W. Poole, Lepidopterorum catalogus (N. Ser.), Fasc. 118 Noctuidae. E. J. Brill, Leiden. 1989, pp1-1314

G. F. Hampson, The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Moths 2, Taylor and Francis Ltd., London, 1894, pp1-609

G.S. Robinson, Entomol. Gaz., 1976, 27, 2, 127-132

A.B. Klots, Taxonomists Glossary of Genitalia in Insects, 2nd ed. Munksgaard, Copenhagen, 1970, pp115-130


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