Diversity of Heterocera (Order-Lepidoptera) in selected area of district Jhalawar, Rajasthan, India

Nocturnal Entomofauna of suborder Heterocera of order Lepidoptera are active during night but less investigated. We conducted a field research to know about the diversity of Heterocera in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan (India). Light trap and light sheet method used for specimen’s collection. Total 111 species of Heterocera belonging to 18 families were collected from the study sites. In the present research species richness was maximum from family Erebidae was observed with maximum number of 31 species followed by Noctuidae 25 species, Crambidae 21 species, Geometridae 17 species, Sphingidae 3 species, Pyralidae 2 species and single species of Cossidae, Depressariidae, Eupterotidae, Gelechidae, Hyblaeidae, Nolidae, Saturniidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae, Uraniidae, Thyrididae, Utelidae.