Two new species of Thitarodes (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Tibet in China

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-113

  Zou, Zhi Wen ^a,b   Liu, Xin ^b   Zhang, Gu Ren ^b  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Hepialidae; Lepidoptera; New species; Thitarodes

Indexed keywords

HEPIALIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 80155159930     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3956/2010-24.1     Document Type: Article

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