Diversity of prominent moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) in the cloud forests of northeastern Ecuador, with descriptions of 27 new species

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1033-1077

  Miller, James S ^a   Thiaucourt, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

biodiversity; cryptic species; morphology; neotropics; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CLOUD FOREST; CRYPSIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ECUADOR;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUOIDEA; NOTODONTIDAE;

EID: 82155192861     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN10141     Document Type: Article

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