ZSI Scientist Profile

Dr. Navneet Singh

Scientist-E

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2008

Department/Division

Lepidoptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata

Email Address

nsgill007@gmail.com

Phone Number

+91 9504120703

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Lepidoptera (Moths)

Experience after Ph. D.

15 years

Significant Achievements

Taxonomy of Moths

• Discovered 20 new genera, 04 new subgenera and more than 160 new species/ subspecies of moths.
• Enriched the moth fauna of India by new country records of 15 genera and 201 species.
• Other taxonomic solutions for Indian moths include synonymization of 03 genera and 12 species, replacement name for 2 species, resurrection of 4 genera and 6 species and new combinations for 62 species.
• Designated Lectotype of 34 species.

Pollination Ecology of Moths

• Revealed the significance of moths in pollination of angiosperm families and established 111 species of moths as potential pollinators of 26 plant families in Indian Himalaya.
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Mentorship

Supervised 03 PhD students

Research Focus

• Taxonomy of Indian Moths (Lepidoptera) with species emphasis on Arctiinae (Erebidae) and Pyraloidea.
• Understanding the moth-plant interaction through pollen transport networks.
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Publications

Kirti, J.S. & Singh, N. (2015) Arctiid Moths of India, Volume-1. Nature Books India, New Delhi. Pp: 1-205.

Kirti, J.S. & Singh, N. (2016) Arctiid Moths of India, Volume-2. Nature Books India, New Delhi. Pp: 1-214.

Kirti, J.S., Chandra, K., Saxena, A. & Singh, N. (2019) Geometrid moths of India. Nature Books India, New Delhi. Pp: 1-296.

Singh, N., Volynkin, A.V., Kirti, J.S., Datta, H.S. and Ivanova, M.S. (2020). A review of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 from India, with descriptions of five new species and three new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 4738(1): 001–093.

Singh, N., Joshi, R., Kirti, J.S., Bisht, S.S. &Param, H.S. (2021) A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa, 5058 (1): 001–118.

Singh, N., Ranjan, R., Talukdar, A., Joshi, R., Kirti, J. S., Chandra, K. & Mally R. (2022) A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa, 5197 (1): 001–423.

ResearchGate profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Navneet-Singh-18

Social Media

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