Evidence of cryptic species within the pest Copitarsia decolora (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 675-680

  Simmons, Rebecca B ^a   Scheffer, Sonja J ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Genetic variation; Morphology; Paraphyly; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; PEST SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

COPITARSIA; COPITARSIA DECOLORA; COPITARSIA NAENOIDES; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 4344640944     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0675:EOCSWT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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