Monophyly, composition, and relationships within Saturniinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): Evidence from two nuclear genes

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-21

  Regier, Jerome C ^a   Mitter, Charles ^a   Peigler, Richard S ^b   Friedlander, Timothy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIAS; ARGEMA; GRAELLSIA; SATURNIA;

EID: 0036411879     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631202X00028     Document Type: Article

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