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Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea

Family

Lasiocampidae

Subfamily

Lasiocampinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Lasiocampinii

Genus

Paradoxopla de Lajonquière, 1976

Type Species

Gastropacha sinuata Moore, 1879

Species/Subspecies

Paradoxopla sinuata sinuata Moore, 1879 (Gastropacha)

Type Locality

[West Bengal], Darjeeling.

= Paradoxopla sinuata orientalis de Lajonquière, 1976
= Gastropacha khasiana Swinhoe, 1905

Remarks

Distribution of other two subspecies i.e, <i>P. s. fabulosa</i> Zolotuhin, 2005 is Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand and of <i>P. s. taiwana</i> Wileman, 1915 is Taiwan. Zolotuhin and Pinratana (2005) mentioned a subspecies undulata Moore, without description/year of the species, thus it couldnot be traced and needs further investigations

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Distribution

Specific Records

Khasi Hills, Darjeeling

States/Union Territories

Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya, North East

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