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Indian Journal of Entomology
Year : 2020, Volume : 82, Issue : 2
First page : ( 213) Last page : ( 216)
Print ISSN : 0367-8288. Online ISSN : 0974-8172.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0974-8172.2020.00047.4

Cannibalistic behaviour of bark eating caterpillar Indarbela quadrinotata and review of cannibalism in lepidoptera

Tripathy Ashirwad*

Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, Faculty of Forestry, Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi, 834006, Jharkhand

*Email: ashirwadaspire351@gmail.com

Online published on 21 July, 2020.

Abstract

Cannibalism recorded in Indarbela quadrinotata (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) at Ranchi, Jharkhand is described as so far unknown behaviour of the species. List of cannibalistic behaviour in Lepidoptera compiled with available literature reveal 45 species under 11 families. Noctuidae and Pyralidae and genus Zygaena sp. (Zygaenidae) were seen to be the mostly studied for cannibalism. Herein, one more family Cossidae gets added to the list making it 46 species under 12 families.

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Keywords

Indarbela quadrinotata, Cossidae, Lepidoptera, cannibalism, new record, list of species, families.

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