A checklist of moths in Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh, in the western Himalayan foothills, India

Abstract

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.