Plesiozela, gen. nov. from temperate South America: Apparent sister-group of the previously known Heliozelidae (Lepidoptera: Incurvarioidea: Heliozelidae)

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-46

  Karsholt, Ole ^a   Kristensen, Niels P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW GENUS; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

HELIOZELIDAE; INCURVARIOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0037248587     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS02047     Document Type: Article

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