A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-173

  Zahiri, Reza ^a   Kitching, Ian J ^b   Lafontaine, J Donald ^c   Mutanen, Marko ^d   Kaila, Lauri ^e   Holloway, Jeremy D ^b   Wahlberg, Niklas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c KW Neatby Building   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; NOCTUOIDEA; NOLIDAE; NOTODONTIDAE;

EID: 79951572140     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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