Phylogeny of the Neotropical moth tribe Josiini (Notodontidae: Dioptinae): A hidden case of Müllerian mimicry

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-45

  Miller, James S ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Lepidoptera; Morphology; Wing pattern evolution

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; NOTODONTIDAE; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; TURNERACEAE;

EID: 0030306011     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0046     Document Type: Article

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