Publications by authors named "Jagbir Singh Kirti"

In the present manuscript, we review the genus Lemyra Walker, 1856 from India by examining the specimens collected freshly from different parts of India from 2016 to 2019 and from the National Zoological Collection of the Zoological Survey of India (NZCZSI). The revised status of Lemyra in India is presented by describing seven new species: Lemyra (Thyrgorina) rubripecta sp. nov.

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A new species of genus Miltochrista Hübner, [1819] is described: Miltochrista coonoorensis S. Singh, N. Singh & Kirti sp.

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In the present paper, we discuss the taxonomy of 11 species of Plutodes Guene, [1858], collected from different regions of India, including description of one new species, P. quadratus sp. nov.

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The Miltochrista hollowai (Kirti & Gill, 2009) and M. curvifascia (Hampson, 1891) species-groups are reviewed, and two new species belonging to the M. hollowai species-group i.

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In the present manuscript, we describe a new species Barsaurea apatani sp. nov. from Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, and report Barsaurea diehli (Dubatolov & Bucsek, 2014) from Arunachal Pradesh and B.

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Herein, we deal with the taxonomy of 12 species of Endotricha including three new species: Endotricha sikkima Ranjan, N. Singh & Kirti, sp. nov.

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In the present manuscript, one new species, Coenodomus wangi Ranjan, Singh & Kirti, sp. nov., is described and diagnosed with its closely similar species, C.

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We catalogue 1,695 Indian Pyraloidea species in 509 genera. Of these, Pyralidae comprises 518 species in 182 genera, which represents 8.35% of the global Pyralidae diversity of 6,197 species.

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In the present article, the species Locastra mizo Ranjan, Singh Kirti, sp. nov. is described, Locastra viridis Rong Li, 2017 is reported for the first time from India, and based on the scape extension in the male antennae, Locastra is divided into two species groups.

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We present a catalogue of 673 species and nine subspecies of Indian Arctiinae in 175 genera which represents 6.11% of the global Arctiinae. Out of 673 species, a monogeneric tribe Amerilini is represented by four species (0.

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Miltochrista Hübner, [1819] is one of the most species-rich genera of lichen-moths belonging to the Asura/Miltochrista complex and is distributed widely in the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions. A checklist of Miltochrista (sensu lato) was recently published by Volynkin et al. (2019) and included 206 species and 10 subspecies.

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A new species, Volynkin & N. Singh, , similar to , is described from India and Nepal. The existence of two colour forms in some species of the genus Walker, 1854 is revealed.

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The Asura/Miltochrista generic complex belongs to Lithosiini (Erebidae, Arctiinae). It is one of the most diverse and taxonomically unresolved groups of this tribe. At present, this generic complex includes about 25 valid genera, as well as several generic/specific taxa of unclear taxonomic status (Holloway 2001, Kirti Singh 2016, Volynkin 2017, Volynkin Ivanova 2017, Volynkin et al.

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The genus Toccolosida Walker, 1863 is a member of the Pyralini tribe of the subfamily Pyralinae in the family Pyralidae. It was described as a monotypic genus for Toccolosida rubriceps Walker, 1863 from Sikkim. Snellen (1890, 1892) described two additional species of Toccolosida, T.

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In the present paper, the genus Neadeloides is re-diagnosed and subdivided into two species groups: the N. cinerealis species-group and the N. nubilus species-group.

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