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Moth Diversity in the Mahamaya Reserve Forest, Kokrajhar, Assam

Published:2024-02-01 Issue: Volume: Page:1-5
ISSN:0974-8172
Container-title:Indian Journal of Entomology
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Short-container-title:IJE

Author:

Ahmed Golphina,Das Arup Nama,Borah Lupamudra,Ahmed Rezina

Abstract

The present study was conducted in the Mahamaya Reserve Forest area of Kokrajhar, Assam for one year from 2021 to 2022 to record the moths found in the area. A total of 129 species were identified, belonging to 20 families and 114 genera. The most predominant are the Erebidae and Crambidae, with 13 species being identified as new records from this region of Assam. The diversity indices revealed moderate dominance (D 0.19) of moths in the study sites. Simpson diversity with 0.8, Shannon diversity presented 2.1 moderate diversity. Margalef index value with 4.012 at par and Berger-Parker index 0.3 indicated a good diversity of moths in the region.

Publisher

The Entomological Society of India

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