author(s)
SK Meena, AK Sharma and Rajesh Aarwe

abstract
The present investigation study on total insect fauna of order lepidoptera collected through light trap installed in a paddy field at Jabalpur was carried out at the Krishi Nagar experimental farm, Adhartal, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh during the period between the last week of June to the last week of December, 2014. Result showed that trap catches total of 40 species belonging to 10 families of order Lepidoptera were recorded throughout the season (kharif 2014). Based on number of species collected, the largest collection was represented by family Noctuidae (12 species) followed by Erebidae (8 species), Arctiidae (5 species), Geometridae (4 species), Sphingidae (3 species), Pyralidae (2 species), Lymantriidae (2 species) and Lasiocampidae (2 species) respectively while family Nymphalidae and Crambidae were represented by single species only.