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The study further revealed the new records of two Geometridae moths, Pelagodes bellula and Hypomecis costaria from India. The BA cladogram successfully separated the studied specimens under three different tribes Macariini, Eutoeini, and Boarmiini (subfamily Ennominae). The genus Problepsis (subfamily Sterrhinae), Pelagodes and Lophophelma (subfamily Geometrinae) showed distinct clades with their respective species in the BA tree.
All the studied species were revealed sufficient Kimura 2 Parameter (K2P) genetic divergence and distinguished by Bayesian (BA) tree. Among them, the DNA barcode data of 13 Geometridae species are the novel contribution in the global database. The present study generated DNA barcode sequence of 44 Geometridae moths from Namdapha National Park in Eastern Himalaya and identified them through wing pattern and genitalia structure. In India, the taxonomic studies on Lepidoptera have been started long ago, but the molecular studies have been performed rarely, especially in the Himalayan region. The order Lepidoptera is a highly diverse and well-established indicator taxon that helps to monitor anthropogenic threats in the environment and climate change.
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