Subjective visual evaluation vs. traditional and geometric morphometrics in species delimitation: A comparison of moth genitalia

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 371-386

  Mutanen, Marko ^a   Pretorius, Etheresia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MOTH; TAXONOMY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 34247357793     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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