TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON INDIAN GELECHIIDAE I. A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES FROM NORTH INDIA, WITH INTRA-SPECIFIC VARIATION IN MALE GENITALIA (LEPIDOPTERA : GELECHOIDEA)
V.K. WALIA *
DEPARTMERNT OF ZOOLOGY, PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH-160 014, INDIA.
D. , WADHAWAN *
DEPARTMERNT OF ZOOLOGY, PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH-160 014, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A new genus Ganpati is proposed for a new species valvasymmetria collected from Chandigarh, Sairighat and Kalesar. In addition to the detailed decriptions of the new genus and species, illustrations and comments on intra-specific variations in the valvae of male genitalia of the new species are also given.