Taygete sphecophila (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera; Autostichidae): Redescription of the adult, description of the larva and pupa, and impact on Polistes wasps (Hymenoptera; Vespidae) nests in the Galapagos Islands

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 307-323

  Landry, Bernard ^a   Adamski, David ^b   Schmitz, Patrick ^a   Parent, Christine E ^c   Roque Albelo, Lazaro ^d,e  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autostichidae; Ecology; Galapagos Islands; Larval predation; Micro moths; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphology; Polistes; Taygete

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; POLISTES; POLISTES VERSICOLOR; VESPIDAE;

EID: 33746268506     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80355     Document Type: Article

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