Ahmad, J., Shah, S. K., Mishra, P., Joshi, R. & N. Singh. 2023. New record of moths (Lepidoptera) from India. Records zoological Survey of India: Vol. 123(1)/13-20.
Ahmad, J., Joshi, R. and Singh, N., 2023. An updated Catalogue of Cossoidea (Lepidoptera) from India. Zootaxa, 5330(3), pp.301-348. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.3.1.
Here are links to web resources on Indian moth biology, taxonomy, conservation and education (please contact us if you know any websites, databases or other web resources that you think are appropriate for this page):
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...Publications are arranged in the decreasing order of the Indian Foundation for Butterflies Publication Numbers.
Given below is a brief history of the Moths of India web versions. We follow strict guidelines in maintaining web version numbers so that the website users can cite the proper version in their scientific papers and other writings.
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The Moths of India is a large consortium of amateur and professional naturalists and research scientists. The data on this website are contributed by hundreds of contributors, whose moth images and other contributions to this national mothdatabase should be acknowledged, if not celebrated.
...The Biodiversity Atlas – India Project gives out the following awards to its contributors:
History of Moth Species Pages: A reverse-chronological record of the moth species/genera pages.
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WHY A NATIONAL BUTTERFLY?
The Big Butterfly Month is a celebration of butterflies aimed at conducting a nationwide citizen science survey to help us assess the health of our environment. A first of its kind event to be launched on 5th September 2020 to and will run through the whole month. More than 25 organisations from across the nation covering 22 states and 2 Union Territories.
Biodiversity Marathons are outreach programmes and bioblitz events conducted by the National Centre for Biological Sciences (a centre of Tata Instiute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai), and Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru.
...Biodiversity Marathons: Biodiversity Marathons are outreach programmes conducted by the National Centre for Biological Science, Bengaluru, which is a centre of Tata Instiute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, in collaboration with other research institutions and nature-related NGOs.
...We frequently receive queries as to what you—as a citizen and a non-specialist—can do to help this Moths of India citizen science project or moth conservation in general. Below are some thoughts about what you can do.
Creating detailed species pages is a critical aspect of the development of the Moths of India website. If you would like to volunteer to create a species page, please email us before you start writing the text to see if anyone else is working on it, and to get specific guidance for that species.
...Each page on the Moths of India website has an author or a set of authors. As a policy, we give authorship only if: (a) one contributes lifecycles, which is substantial information that is not commonly found elsewhere, (b) one contributes significant range extensions, new records of larval host plants or similar new natural history information, or (c) one writes text about the species.
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