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      Moth diversity, species composition, and distributional pattern in Aravalli Hill Range of Rajasthan, India

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          Moths are phytophagous, cosmopolitan, agricultural pests, night pollinators, chiefly nocturnal and potential bio-indicators. The current study will be the first report on species diversity, species composition, abundance, and distributional pattern of moth fauna in Aravalli Hill Range Rajasthan. During the survey period of 2018–2019, 758 specimens of moths were collected pertaining to 34 species, 26 genera belonging to 05 families, and 13 subfamilies from three different sites of Aravalli Hill Range. Based on the number of genera, family Sphingidae was most dominant with 9 genera, and family Crambidae was least dominant with 2 genera. Based on the number of species, the family Sphingidae was the most dominant, representing 13 species, followed by Erebidae representing 11 species, Saturniidae and Noctuidae with 4 species each, the least dominant was Crambidae with 2 species. The diversity indices for moths have been calculated for the first time from the Aravalli Range of Rajasthan. Across the survey, Simpson’s Diversity Index (D′), Shannon Diversity Index (H′), Dominance & Evenness was calculated as 0.95, 3.3, 0.04, and 0.8, respectively, which reflects that moth fauna is diverse in the surveyed areas.

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                Journal
                Saudi J Biol Sci
                Saudi J Biol Sci
                Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
                Elsevier
                1319-562X
                2213-7106
                15 June 2021
                September 2021
                15 June 2021
                : 28
                : 9
                : 4884-4890
                Affiliations
                [a ]Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P), India
                [b ]Medical Laboratory Technology Department, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
                [c ]SMIRES for Consultation in Specialized Medical Laboratories, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
                [d ]Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
                [e ]Department of Biology, Turabah University College, Taif University, B.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
                [f ]Department of Science and Technology, University College-Ranyah, Taif University, B.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
                Author notes
                [* ]Corresponding author. afaqamuzoo@ 123456gmail.com
                Article
                S1319-562X(21)00478-2
                10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.06.018
                8381046
                34466062
                0022a755-e395-4d7b-a451-f2f83cbcafda
                © 2021 The Authors

                This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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                : 12 April 2021
                : 6 June 2021
                : 7 June 2021
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                moths,species diversity,composition,abundance,diversity indices,aravalli hill range,rajasthan

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