Prodoxus praedictus, N. SP., A new bogus yucca moth from Southern California

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 137-140

  Pellmyr, Olle ^a   Yoder, Jeremy B ^a   Godsoe, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agavaceae; Mutualism; Prodoxidae

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; MUTUALISM; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; RESIDENT POPULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

AGAVACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PRODOXIDAE; PRODOXUS; YUCCA; YUCCA SCHIDIGERA;

EID: 73149087275     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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