DIVERSITY, SPECIES RICHNESS AND EVENNESS OF MOTH FAUNA OF PESHAWAR

Moths were collected from different parts of Peshawar during June to August in 2007 to determine their diversity, species richness and evenness. A total number of 774 moth specimens were collected by using simple light traps operated from dusk to dawn daily for sixty nights. The moths caught were identified up to family level. Families Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Arctiidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae and Lymantriidae were represented in collection samples. The diversity index, species richness and evenness of moth fauna in Peshawar were 3.14, 5.26 and 0.87, respectively