Redescription of two often-confused noctuid pests, Copitarsia decolora and Copitarsia incommoda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Cuculliinae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1159-1164

  Simmons, Rebecca B ^a,b   Pogue, Michael G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculturally important species; Misidentification; Morphology

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

COPITARSIA; COPITARSIA DECOLORA; COPITARSIA HAMPSONI; COPITARSIA INCOMMODA; COPITARSIA MARGARITELLA; COPITARSIA TURBATA; CUCULLIINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MARGARITELLA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 12144260396     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[1159:ROTONP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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