2008-'09 - Kerala Forest Research Institute
2008-'09 - Kerala Forest Research Institute
2008-'09 - Kerala Forest Research Institute
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Annual Report <strong>2008</strong>-09<br />
Strobilanthes kunthianus<br />
Strobilanthes pulneyensis<br />
Strobilanthes lawsoni<br />
Strobilanthes micranthus<br />
Taxonomy of Microlepidoptera<br />
A survey of Microheterocera belonging to the families Psychidae, Pyralidae,<br />
Tortricidae, Tineidae (Tineoidae), Oecophoridae, Ethmiidae, Lecithoceridae,<br />
Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Cosmopterigidae (Gelechioidea), Plutellidae,<br />
Yponomeutidae, Lyonetiidae, Glyphipterigidae and Heliodinidae was conducted<br />
in the <strong>Kerala</strong> part of Western Ghats. Of the 79 species recorded, six species were<br />
new records for <strong>Kerala</strong> and two species were new records for India.<br />
In order to identify the species, external morphology of various species with special<br />
reference to head appendages, wings and external genitalia was also investigated. These<br />
studies have shown that characteristics of the labial palpi, wing venation and parts of<br />
external genitalia such as uncus, saccus, gnathos, juxta, tegumen of the male as well as<br />
corpus bursae, ductus bursae and signum of the female have diagnostic value in species<br />
identification.<br />
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<strong>Kerala</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Institute</strong>
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