Delimitation difficulties in species splits: A morphometric case study on the Euxoa tritici complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 632-643

  Mutanen, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; INSECT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EUXOA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 33645451945     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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