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1/fα noise in the Robin Hood model
(Institute of Physics, 2024) Abha Singh; Rahul Chhimpa; Avinash Chand Yadav
We consider the Robin Hood dynamics, a one-dimensional extremal self-organized critical model that describes the low-temperature creep phenomenon. One of the key quantities is the time evolution of the state variable (force noise). To understand the temporal correlations, we compute the power spectra of the local force fluctuations and apply finite-size scaling to get scaling functions and critical exponents. We find a signature of the 1 / f α noise for the local force with a nontrivial value of the spectral exponent 0 < α < 2 . We also examine temporal fluctuations in the position of the extremal site and a local activity signal. We present results for different local interaction rules of the model. © 2024 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA Medialab srl. All rights, including for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies, are reserved.
2-Boronobenzoic acid functionalized silver nanocubes for label free detection of l-arginine and l-cysteine with real sample applications
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024) Saumya Singh; K.K. Upadhyay
We report hereby a sensitive and rapid label free colorimetric assay of two amino acids, viz.l-arginine (l-Arg) and l-cysteine (l-Cys), through silver sol synthesized via a wet chemical method using 2-boronobenzoic acid (2- BBA) as a reducing and capping reagent in an aqueous alkaline medium. 2-BBA was synthesized in situ by the reaction of 2-formylphenylboronic acid (2-FBPA) and silver nitrate through Tollen's method. The as-synthesized silver sol exhibited the formation of nanocubes having their most predominant size in the range of 20-25 nm upon their TEM scanning and exhibiting an SPR band at 401 nm in their UV-vis spectrum. The same were further characterized by SEM, EDX, AFM, FTIR, XPS, DLS, and zeta potential measurements also. Separate interaction of the two amino acids, viz., l-Arg and l-Cys, with diluted AgNCs (1 : 2; AgNCs and Millipore water V/V) exhibited two different colors, pinkish grey and blue, respectively accompanied by distinctive shifts in their surface plasmon resonance (SPR) band also. The detection limits were found to be 6 μM and 3 μM for l-Arg and l-Cys respectively. Furthermore, l-Arg and l-Cys were quantified in a pharmaceutical sample each with their respective recovery rates of 99.2% and 90.1%. These AgNCs exhibited rich SERS characteristics also by intensifying the Raman peaks of l-Arg and l-Cys. Only a few one-pot aqueous chemical syntheses of silver nanocubes have been reported previously. Most probably, this is the third report of its kind. To the best of our knowledge, no silver nanoprobe exhibiting simultaneous detection of l-Arg and l-Cys has been reported to date. © 2024 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
2-Dimensional Magnesium Oxide/Polyaniline Nanocomposite Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode for Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine and 4-Nitrophenol
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2024) Ashish Kumar; Surbhi Sharma; Chandra Shekhar Pati Tripathi; Debanjan Guin
In this study, we have developed an electrochemical sensor based on a polyaniline (PANI) integrated magnesium oxide nanosheet (MgO-NSs) modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) for the rapid electrochemical detection of dopamine (DA) and 4-nitrophenol (4-NP). 2-D MgO-NSs were synthesized using a straightforward one-step sugar-blowing method, and PANI was synthesized by the oxidative polymerization of aniline. The nanocomposite (PANI-MgO) was prepared by simple mechanical blending of MgO-NSs with PANI. The as-synthesized nanocomposites were characterized using several analytical techniques to determine their morphological and microstructural properties. The as-synthesized PANI, MgO, and PANI-MgO were further electrochemically characterized using Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. The fabricated PANI-MgO/GCE showed a considerable increase in the redox peak currents of DA and 4-NP, suggesting that PANI-MgO/GCE substantially enhances the electrocatalytic oxidation of DA and the reduction of 4-NP. The analytical performance of PANI-MgO/GCE for the detection of DA and 4-NP was investigated using Differential Pulse Voltammetry (DPV). The developed sensor was successfully applied for the detection of DA and 4-NP in real samples with good recovery results. © 2024 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
3D and 2D topographic correction to estimated geothermal gradient from the base of gas hydrate stability zone in the Andaman Forearc Basin
(KeAi Communications Co., 2024) Uma Shankar
Methane gas hydrate related bottom-simulating reflectors (BSRs) are imaged based on the in-line and cross-line multi-channel seismic (MCS) data from the Andaman Forearc Basin. The depth of the BSR depends on pressure and temperature and pore water salinity. With these assumptions, the BSR depth can be used to estimate the geothermal gradient (GTG) based on the availability of in-situ temperature measurements. This calculation is done assuming a 1D conductive model based on available in-situ temperature measurement at site NGHP-01-17 in the study area. However, in the presence of seafloor topography, the conductive temperature field in the subsurface is affected by lateral refraction of heat, which focuses heat in topographic lows and away from topographic highs. The 1D estimate of GTG in the Andaman Forearc Basin has been validated by drilling results from the NGHP-01 expedition. 2D analytic modeling to estimate the effects of topography is performed earlier along selected seismic profiles in the study area. The study extended to estimate the effect of topography in 3D using a numerical model. The corrected GTG data allow us to determine GTG values free of topographic effect. The difference between the estimated GTG and values corrected for the 3D topographic effect varies up to ∼5 °C/km. These conclude that the topographic correction is relatively small compared to other uncertainties in the 1D model and that apparent GTG determined with the 1D model captures the major features, although the correction is needed prior to interpreting subtle features of the derived GTG maps. © 2023 Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute
3D attenuation tomography of the Uttarakhand, NW Himalaya: Linkage to fluid or partial melt zones - Seismic hazard
(Elsevier Ltd, 2024) Monika; Parveen Kumar; Sandeep; A. Joshi; S.K. Pal
This work proposes the shear-wave attenuation tomography of the Garhwal and Kumaun regions, Uttarakhand Himalaya, to investigate the crustal state. Based on attenuation characteristics, the high attenuated layer identified starts at ∼10 km in the Garhwal region and ∼5 km in the Kumaun region. The obtained model revealed that quality factor (Q) values vary from 16 to 664 and 49 to 866 at 1 Hz frequency for the Kumaun and Garhwal regions, respectively. The high attenuation rate (1/Q) in the Kumaun region compared to the Garhwal region may be due to the high attenuated layer at a shallower depth in the Kumaun region. The comparatively low attenuation rate of the Garhwal characterizes it as a region with high seismic hazard potential. Pioneeringly, layered frequency-dependent attenuation models are proposed up to a depth of 30 km for six different layers with 5 km thickness each, which will provide new insight into seismic hazard evaluation. © 2024 Elsevier Ltd
5-Amino uracil activated silver nano resonators for highly selective visual detection of dopamine and as an agonist towards BAP: Promoting shoot growth in Bacopa monnieri L.
(Elsevier B.V., 2024) Saumya Singh; Raksha Singh; Anurag Kumar Singh; Minu Yadav; S.K. Mishra; Jyoti Dixit; Pooja Verma; K.N. Tiwari; K.K. Upadhyay
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) with an average size of about 17.5 nm have been synthesized using 5-amino uracil as a reducing and capping agent. The concentration of these AgNPs was worked out to be 48 nM. These AgNPs served as a highly selective optical sensor against an important neurotransmitter like dopamine (DA) at its nano molar level (94 nM) with the linearity range of 1–5 µM. The quantification of DA in one of its injection sample was also achieved with a recovery of 91 %. Studies like FTIR, UV–Vis, XPS, SEM, TEM, EDX, DLS and Zeta potential measurements have supported our findings. Significant amplification in the Raman signal of DA was also observed upon its addition into as prepared AgNPs solution. Moreover, these AgNPs seemed to augment the activity of cytokinin (BAP) in synergistic fashion and enhanced in vitro high frequency shoots regeneration in B. monnieri L. and also led to increment in its antioxidant metabolite contents like phenol and flavonoid. © 2023 Elsevier B.V.
6-Benzylaminopurine mediated indirect organogenesis in Sapindus trifoliatus L. through internodal segments
(Springer, 2024) Pooja Asthana; Manoj K. Rai; Uma Jaiswal
The effect of plant growth regulators (PGRs), explant orientation and subculturing of callus for different passages on the callus induction and shoot differentiation in a medicinal tree Sapindus trifoliatus L. were investigated. The callus was induced from internodal explants obtained from a mature tree on MS medium containing different PGRs, i.e., 2,4-D, BAP, Kin, and zeatin. However, shoot differentiation from callus was obtained only on a medium containing BAP (0.1–3.0 mg l−1) or higher concentrations of zeatin (3.0 or 5.0 mg l−1). The highest number of shoots was obtained when the callus induced on the medium fortified with 3.0 mg l−1 BAP was transferred to a medium containing a comparatively lower concentration (1.0 mg l−1) of BAP. The orientation of the explant (i.e., horizontal or vertical) did not affect callus initiation and further shoot differentiation significantly. The subculturing of callus for different passages had a pronounced effect on shoot differentiation from the callus. The internodal callus showed 100% response for shoot differentiation and an increase in shoot numbers up to the fourth subculture; but, after that significant decline in response and shoot number. The maximum number of shoots (11.43 ± 0.79) was produced after the subculture up to the fourth passage. Thus, by adopting the approach of harvesting shoots and subculture of the remaining callus for seven passages, an average of 45 shoots per 500 mg callus culture was obtained. Maximum percent rooting in micro shoots was obtained when they were pulse-treated with 0.5 mg l−1 IBA for 24 h and transferred to a full-strength MS medium without auxins. Histological analysis revealed the well-developed apical meristem-like structure with leaf primordia during adventitious shoot bud development. The plants developed through internodal callus were established successfully in soil with a 90% survival rate. © The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Society for Plant Research 2024.
A 3D field-theoretic example for Hodge theory
(Institute of Physics, 2024) A.K. Rao; R.P. Malik
We focus on the continuous symmetry transformations for the three (2 + 1)-dimensional (3D) system of a combination of the free Abelian 1-form and 2-form gauge theories within the framework of Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) formalism. We establish that this combined system is a tractable field-theoretic model of Hodge theory. The symmetry operators of our present system provide the physical realizations of the de Rham cohomological operators of differential geometry at the algebraic level. Our present investigation is important in the sense that, for the first time, we are able to establish an odd dimensional (i.e., D = 3) field-theoretic system to be an example for Hodge theory (besides earlier works on a few interesting (0 + 1)-dimensional (1D) toy models as well as a set of well-known SUSY quantum mechanical systems of physical interest). For the sake of brevity, we have purposely not taken into account the 3D Chern-Simon term for the Abelian 1-form gauge field in our theory which allows the mass as well as the gauge invariance to co-exist together. Copyright © 2024 EPLA.
A and B site engineered doping of the Bi2O3 to tune the structural and optical properties of lead-free BCZT ceramic
(Elsevier Ltd, 2024) Biplab Mondal; Sushmita Seth; Satyendra Prakash Pal
This work reports the different solid-state synthesis routes to tune between the A-site and B-site incorporation of the Bi2O3 additive element in the lead-free Ba0.85Ca0.15Zr0.1Ti0.9O3 (BCZT) ceramic. The structural and optical properties of the synthesized samples were systematically investigated by utilizing XRD, FT-IR spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, UV–visible, and Photoluminescence spectroscopy. The shifting of the XRD peaks towards higher angles and the decrement of the O–Ba–O bond length in the FT-IR spectra of the doped sample confirmed the A-site incorporation of the Bi3+ ion. Whereas, B-site substituted samples have shown the lower angle shifting of the XRD peaks and increased value of the O–Ti–O bond length in FT-IR spectra. The presence of co-existing multi-phases in all prepared ceramics structures were verified by the splitting of XRD peaks and Raman Spectroscopy data analysis. A significant decrement in the value of the energy band gap and higher emission intensity for the A-site doped sample was observed from the UV–visible and PL spectra respectively. These observations made from the optical properties indicate that the A-site substituted ceramics can greatly enhance the electrical and optical properties of the pure material concerning the B-site substituted ceramics. © 2023 Elsevier B.V.
A Bayes analysis of autoregressive model having functional-coefficients and its application on exchange rate data
(Springer-Verlag Italia s.r.l., 2024) Praveen Kumar Tripathi; Manika Agarwal; Satyanshu K. Upadhyay
The paper provides a Bayes analysis, based on free-knot spline technique, of the popular autoregressive model having functional-coefficients. The model was initially proposed by Chen and Tsay (1993). The technique of polynomial splines of different orders is used to approximate the functional-coefficients. A sample based approach using the Gibbs sampler algorithm with intermediate Metropolis steps is adopted to draw the posterior estimates for the parameters involved. Additionally, the technique of reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo is incorporated to update the location and number of knots in the polynomial spline. The paper then proceeds with the motive of obtaining both retrospective and prospective predictions based on the selected model. The complete procedure is illustrated by both simulated and a real dataset representing the exchange rate of Indian rupees relative to the US dollars. © Sapienza Università di Roma 2024.
A Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Sustainable Development Goals by the G20 Countries
(National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research, 2024) Aakash Singh; Anurag Kanaujia; Vivek Kumar Singh
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets are highly interconnected and require international collaboration. In this context, the G20 organization of 20 countries/units, founded in 1999 holds an important position being an important political and economic platform for addressing various developmental concerns. With 75% of global population, the Group Nations accounts for 85% of the global GDP and about 75% of the global trade. Considering the strength, resources and representation of these countries, they hold the major part of the responsibility towards achieving the SDGs. Scientific and technological research is a major requirement for achieving the SDGs. Given that the G20 has about 88.8% of the world’s researchers, 93.2% of research spending and produce about 90.6% of scientific publications, it would be interesting to analyse what quantum of this research is focused on achieving the SDGs. However, there are no existing studies on this aspect. This study, therefore, attempts to bridge this research gap by presenting a quantitative analysis of research on SDGs by the G20 member countries. Important patterns are identified, which can be useful for different policy perspectives. © 2024 National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research. All rights reserved.
A Bibliometric Review of Organic Menus at Restaurants: Research Streams and Future Research Path
(Routledge, 2024) Vijay Amrit Raj; Sahil Singh Jasrotia; Siddharth Shankar Rai; Irfan Ahmed Ansari
This study aims to do a bibliometric analysis of the literature available on the organic menu at a restaurant to extract insights into the study area and provide direction for future research. Fifty-nine documents were extracted using the Scopus scientific database published in the restaurant’s organic menu area. VOSviewer and R-based Bibliometric software have been used for conducting bibliometric analysis. The trending themes are food aesthetics, alternative food networks, food quality, sustainability and acceptability. The four clusters identified in the organic menu literature identified the behavioral intention of consumers, sustainable development, marketing management and procurement of organic food for the restaurant. The study will first conduct a bibliometric analysis to discover the trending themes and clusters in the organic menu literature. Based on the review, the customer organic menu adoption framework has been developed to understand the study topic better. The study’s findings will help managers and practitioners easily understand the trend in the literature on organic menus at the restaurant, which will help formulate marketing strategies and policies. © 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
A bio-nano-engineered platform fabricated from cerium oxide-carbon nanoparticles stabilized with chitosan for label-free sensing of a lung cancer biomarker
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024) Upendra Kumar Mishra; Saurabh Srivastava; Kshitij RB Singh; Atul Kumar; Vivekanand Singh; Devendra P. Mishra; Vishal Singh Chandel; Jay Singh; Shyam S. Pandey
Herein, we report a label-free cancer biosensor designed for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) detection using a nanohybrid comprising CeO2 nanoparticles, carbon nanoparticles (CNPs), and chitosan (Ch). CeO2 nanoparticles were prepared using a simple green synthesis process. A thin film of the CeO2-CNPs-Ch nanohybrid was formed on indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass plates that endowed a high surface area, excellent stability, and good adsorption for the efficient loading of CEA antibodies. Quantitative and selective determination of CEA antigen was achieved by immobilizing monoclonal CEA antibodies (anti-CEA) on the CeO2-CNPs-Ch/ITO platform. The electrochemical response of the anti-CEA/CeO2-CNPs-Ch/ITO immunoelectrode was evaluated in a label-free immunoassay format using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The response studies of immunoelectrodes indicated wider linearity with respect to the CEA concentration in the range of 0.05-100 ng mL−1. The electrochemical cancer biosensor exhibited a higher sensitivity of 22.40 μA cm−2 per decade change in concentration along with storage stability for up to 35 days. The limit of detection (LOD) was 0.037 ng mL−1. Furthermore, this cancer biosensor exhibited good specificity and reproducibility. Thus, the proposed CeO2-CNPs-Ch nanocomposite-based platform provides an efficient method for the analysis of other antigen-antibody interactions and biomolecule detection. The efficacy of the anti-CEA/CeO2-CNPs-Ch/ITO immunoelectrode was further examined by measuring CEA levels in human serum. © 2025 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
A Bivariate Teissier Distribution: Properties, Bayes Estimation and Application
(Springer, 2024) Vikas Kumar Sharma; Sudhanshu Vikram Singh; Ashok Kumar Pathak
This article presents a bivariate extension of the Teissier distribution, whose univariate marginal distributions belong to the exponentiated Teissier family. Analytic expressions for the different statistical quantities such as conditional distribution, joint moments, and quantile function are explicitly derived. For the proposed distribution, the concepts of reliability and dependence measures are also explored in details. Both the maximum likelihood technique and the Bayesian approach are utilised in the process of parameter estimation for the proposed distribution with unknown parameters. Several numerical experiments are reported to study the performance of the classical and Bayes estimators for varying sample size. Finally, a bivariate data is fitted using the proposed distribution to show its applicability over the bivariate exponential, Rayleigh, and linear exponential distributions in real-life situations. © Indian Statistical Institute 2023.
A Blockchain Framework for Efficient Resource Allocation in Edge Computing
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2024) Gaurav Baranwal; Dinesh Kumar; Amit Biswas; Ravi Yadav
Edge computing provides low-latency computing services. Since Edge computing Service Providers (ESPs) are competitors, mutual distrust and distrust towards the platform may exist if a centralized resource allocation platform is used. To address trust issues, we propose a blockchain framework for resource allocation in edge computing that ensures decentralization and transparency in resource allocation. We also offer a novel consensus mechanism for the framework, Proof of Efficient Resource Allocation (PoERA), where ESPs compete to give the best solution to the resource allocation problem to become the leader and earn rewards. The framework addresses the trust issue, single-point failure, and the biased nature of the centralized platform. PoERA includes a novel self-stabilizing leader election algorithm, ensuring no forking, final consensus and consistency, which is lacking in most existing works. The work encourages the participation of both leader and non-leader ESPs by rewarding them based on the quality of their solutions. We perform CAP theorem analysis, demonstrating that Consistency (C) and Availability (A) are more important for the proposed framework than Partition tolerance (P). We conduct experiments to show that the work ensures decentralization, fair competition, and fair reward distribution to miners, eventually improving resource allocation in edge computing. © 2004-2012 IEEE.
A Blockchain-Based Framework to Resolve the Oligopoly Issue in Cloud Computing
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2024) Amit Biswas; Gaurav Baranwal; Abhinav Kumar
Cloud computing is one of the foundation technologies of Industry 4.0. Cloud 2.0 is the upcoming cloud technology that addresses several bottlenecks of Cloud 1.0. For instance, the presence of small service providers is threatened by the dominance of a few giant service providers in today's cloud market in Cloud 1.0. Under this circumstance, the small service providers must work together to compete with the giant competitors to survive in the market. For that, small service providers require a transparent, fair, cost-effective, fault-tolerant, and easily scalable platform that can provide reliable and quality services to customers. This work introduces a blockchain-based framework to provide such a platform for cloud service providers and their customers. Here, a new consensus mechanism is proposed to maintain the system's fairness, decentralization, and consistency. A consensus-based service monitoring concept is also introduced to assess the service quality. If a service provider does not deliver the committed quality of service (QoS), a penalty is imposed on the service provider. This framework is designed so that the service providers are always bound to provide committed QoS to the customers. Finally, we performed several experiments, and the experimental results corroborate our claims regarding the proposed framework. © 2013 IEEE.
A blockchain-enabled private parking space allocation with improved parking space utilization
(Elsevier Ltd, 2024) Keshab Kumar Gaurav; Gaurav Baranwal
With the rapid development of the world's infrastructure, we are moving towards making cities smart, known as smart cities. To make smart cities sustainable, designing efficient solutions is needed to reduce traffic congestion due to the lack of parking spaces within the constrained land areas of many metropolitan city centres. Parking problems in urban areas can be reduced by sharing vacant private parking spaces with others. In this work, we propose a decentralized and shared private parking management system using blockchain, which helps private parking owners and users fulfil their demands without the involvement of central authority. The proposed parking allocation method assigns parking to a single user from multiple parking providers, but the requester does not need to relocate between different parking spaces. The proposed method significantly improves private parking space utilization compared to a state-of-the-art parking allocation system. Hence, the system satisfies more user requests and generates more profit for parking owners than the state-of-the-art parking allocation system. The proposed system is a winning strategy because it maximizes the utilization of private parking spaces for the entire community's benefit and helps to reduce traffic congestion. Experiments conducted in the simulated environment validate the benefits of the proposed model and show that it outperforms the state-of-the-art parking allocation system. A prototype of the proposed system is also developed in the Ethereum blockchain to validate the work, and the gas cost used to deploy the proposed model is analyzed. © 2024 Elsevier Ltd
A calibration-based approach on estimation of mean of a stratified population in the presence of non response
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2024) Manoj K. Chaudhary; Basant K. Ray; Gautam K. Vishwakarma; Cem Kadilar
In this article, we have derived a new calibration estimator of the population mean in the stratified random sampling under the presence of non response. The proposed calibration estimator has been obtained by making some improvements in the Hansen and Hurwitz (1946) estimator. For this purpose, we have gainfully utilized the information on a single auxiliary variable to obtain a set of new calibrated weights that increase the precision of the estimates. The proposed calibration estimator has been derived using the chi-square type distance function subject to some calibration constraints based on the auxiliary information. The Taylor linearization technique has been used to derive the expression for the variance of the proposed calibration estimator. We have also performed an empirical study based on the hypothetically generated data and real data to study the performance of the proposed calibration estimator. The proposed calibration estimator has been found more efficient than the usual Hansen and Hurwitz (1946) estimator and the recent calibration estimator proposed by Dykes et al. (2015). © 2023 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
A case report of donovanosis in HIV-positive female
(Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024) Niharika Kumari; Aanchal Agarwal; Atul Mohan; Satyendra Kumar Singh
Donovanosis is a chronic granulomatous ulcerative sexually transmitted infection caused by Klebsiella (Calymmatobacterium) granulomatis. A 39-year-old female patient with underlying HIV infection presented to the department of dermatology outpatient department with a painless ulcer over the left labia majora for 3 months. Histopathological examination revealed histiocyte which contains granular material resembling coccobacilli and Giemsa staining was positive for Donovan bodies. She was treated with doxycycline 100 mg twice daily and azithromycin 1 g once weekly for 3 weeks and further azithromycin 1 g weekly for the next 9 weeks till complete healing of the lesion. Due to the rarity of this condition in our region, we present this case of donovanosis in an HIV-positive female patient. © 2024 Copyright:
A checklist of moths in Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh, in the western Himalayan foothills, India
(Association for Advancement of Entomology, 2024) Paul Pop; Nivedita Pattanaik; Kuldeep Singh Barwal; Harminder Pal Singh; Puneet Pandey; Sanjay Sondhi; Randeep Singh
In the first ever enumeration of moth diversity of Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh, India, located mostly in the Shivalik range, 82 species/morphospecies were reported, at least 22 of which are new records for Himachal Pradesh, and five are new records for Western Himalayas. In addition to a list of moths for the district supplemented with photographs, identification keys for similar species, larval host plants for species, and a near exhaustive dataset of distribution of the species/genera within and outside India are also provided. © 2024 Association for Advancement of Entomology. © 2024 Association for Advancement of Entomology.