Richness of tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) in the Brazilian Cerrado: How much do we know?

Zoologia

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 725-731

  Ferro, Viviane G ^a   Melo, Adriano S ^a   Diniz, Ivone R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arctiinae; Distance decay in similarity; Lithosiinae; Museum data; Sample effort

Indexed keywords

ARCTIIDAE; ARCTIINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LITHOSIINAE;

EID: 79955002073     PISSN: 19844670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702010000500009     Document Type: Article

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