Afrotheora, a New Genus of Primitive Hepialidae from Africa (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea)

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 29-54

  Nielsen, Ebbe ^a   Scoble, Malcolm J ^b  

^a CSIRO ENTOMOLOGY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Afrotheora; Afrotropical; Exoporia; Hepialidae; Hepialoidea; primitive Hepialidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966088009     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: 1876312X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631286X00107     Document Type: Article

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