DNA barcoding-based species delimitation increases species count of Eois (Geometridae) moths in a well-studied tropical mountain forest by up to 50%

Insect Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-362

  Strutzenberger, Patrick ^a   Brehm, Gunnar ^b   Fiedler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Ecuador; Integrative taxonomy; Larentiinae; Larvae

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIDAE; LARENTIINAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 80955178782     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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