Thyatiridae from Nepal Chiefly Based on the Collection of the Lepidopterological Research Expedition to Nepal Himalaya 1963 by the Lepidopterological Society of Japan

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  • 1963年日本鱗翅学会ネパール蝶蛾調査隊によって採集されたトガリバガ科
  • 1963年日本鱗翅学会ネパール蝶蛾調査隊によって採取されたトガリバガ科〔英文〕
  • 1963ネン ニホン リンシ ガッカイ ネパール チョウガ チョウサタイ ニ

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Abstract

A well-ordered list of the Nepalese Thyatiridae was for the first time compiled by WERNY (1968) on the basis of the collection of Zoologischen Staatssammlung in Munchen brought by G.EBERT'S (1962) and W.DIERL'S (1964) surveys; he listed 20 species under 9 genera, including the descriptions of one new genus, 4 new species* and 9 new subspecies*. Several species were fragmentarily mentioned from Nepal in my recent papers (1982; 1983); they are 8 (including 3 new) species of Epipsestis and 1 species of Nothoploca based upon the collection of the Japanese expedition to Nepal-Himalaya 1979 and 1981 from post-monsoon to late autumn. In the following list, I will enumerate 16 species under 9 genera, including one new genus and one new combination. The material used in this paper is composed of about a hundred specimens, which were mainly collected by the members of the Lepidopterological Research Expedition to Nepal-Himalaya in 1963 from June to August, organized by the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. The itinerary of this expedition was repeatedly presented in Special Bulletin of Lepidopterological Society of Japan, (2):iii-v (1966) and (4):ix-xi (1970). Almost all the specimens here recorded were taken by Mr. T. HARUTA and other members in Tamur Valley of Eastern Nepal; consequently I present only the collecting places in Tamur Valley and dates in 1963 in the enumeration of the specimens. Several specimens from other sources are shown with full data according to their labels. All the specimens from the Lepidopterological Research Expedition are now in Mr. T.HARUTA'S collection, but they will eventually be transferred to National Science Museum (Nat. Hist.), Tokyo.

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  • Lepidoptera Science

    Lepidoptera Science 34 (1), 21-33, 1983

    THE LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

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