Research Article

New record of Chiasmia emersaria (Walker, 1861) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Jamshedpur, Jaharkhand (India), with distribution and host plants

Akhlaq Husain ¹ *,Hishmi Jamil Husain², Jahir Rayhan³ and Wajid Hasan⁴

¹(Zoological Survey of India, Former Scientist-E), 41, Hari Vihar, Vijay Park, Chakrata Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

²Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity Management, Corporate Sustainability, Tata Steel Ltd., Commercial Centre, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.

³Zoology of Department, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh

⁴Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jehanabad, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bihar, India

Corresponding author e-mail: drakhlaqhusain@gmail.com

(Received: 01/07/2021; Revised: 27/04/2022; Accepted: 05/06/2022)

ABSTRACT

The present communication deals with the new record of Chiasmia emersaria (Walker, 1861), a geometrid moth, from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand (India), with its systematic account, distribution, host plants and natural control measure.

Keywords: New record, Chiasmia emersaria, Jamshedpur.