COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE INTERNAL GENITALIC ORGANS OF THREE INDIAN SPECIES OF GENUS CALLIMORPHA LATERILLE (ARCTIIDAE : LEPIDOPTERA)

*Jagbir Singh Kirti¹, V.K. Walia² and Jagpreet Singh Sodhi¹
1. Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala - 147 002
2. Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160 014
*Corresponding author : jskirti@pbi.ac.in

Abstract
Studies have been conducted on the internal genitalic organs of three Indian species i.e., nyctemerata Moore, equitalis Kollar and principalis Kollar under genus Callimorpha Laterille of family Arctiidae for the first time. A key to the presently studied species has also been formulated by incorporating their internal genitalic attributes.

Key words: Internal genitalic organs, male, female, genus, Callimorpha species..