Studies on New Guinea moths. 1. Introduction (Lepidoptera)

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1034-1042

  Miller, Scott E ^a   Novotny, Vojtech ^b   Basset, Yves ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community ecology; Lepidoptera; Malesia; Papua New Guinea; Rearing

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0142229473     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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