About the Authors

Ankita Gupta

drankitagupta7@gmail.com

Affiliation ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore, 560 024, Karnataka, India

Thiruvengadam Venkatesan

Affiliation ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore, 560 024, Karnataka, India

Ravi P. More

Affiliation ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore, 560 024, Karnataka, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG TV RPM. Performed the experiments: AG TV RPM. Analyzed the data: AG TV RPM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG TV. Wrote the paper: AG TV RPM. Survey, collection, caterpillar rearings, morphological taxonomic studies and imaging: AG. DNA extraction and sequencing: TV. Bioinformatics and phylogenetic analysis: RPM.