Dioptine moths of the Caribbean region: Description of two new genera with notes on biology and biogeography (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae: Dioptinae)

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 203-225

  Rawlins, John E ^a   Miller, James S ^b  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioptinae; Dioptini; Hispaniola; Hostplant; Josiini; Lepidoptera; Notodontidae

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST PLANT; MOTH; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES; SIERRA DE NEIBA;

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUOIDEA; NOTODONTIDAE; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORA SEXFLORA; PASSIFLORACEAE; VIOLALES;

EID: 42549127930     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2008)76[203:DMOTCR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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