Immature stages of Galagete protozona (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Autostichidae) from the Galapagos Islands: Description and notes on biology

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-208

  Schmitz, Patrick ^a,b   Landry, Bernard ^a  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INSECT; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PUPA;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

CONOLOPHUS SUBCRISTATUS; GELECHIOIDEA; HEXAPODA; IGUANA; IGUANIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34548009572     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n06-077     Document Type: Article

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