Recent records of Noctuidae from Malta, with five species new to the European fauna, and a new subspecies

Nota Lepidopterologica

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 193-213

  Fibiger, Michael ^a   Sammut, Paul ^a   Seguna, Anthony ^a   Catania, Aldo ^a  

^a NONE   (Malta)

Author keywords

Ecology; Faunistics; Lepidoptera; Malta; New subspecies; New synonyms; Noctuoidea; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EUXOA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; NOCTUOIDEA; NOTODONTIDAE; XYLENA EXSOLETA;

EID: 33846849606     PISSN: 03427536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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