|
| Please use this identifier when citing this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5978
|
|
|
Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Notodontidae). (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 321)
|
|
Download Problems
|
| Title: | Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Notodontidae). (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 321) |
| Authors: | Miller, James Stuart, 1953- |
| Keywords: | Dioptinae. |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 321. |
| Abstract: | The moth subfamily Dioptinae is almost entirely neotropical. One species--Phryganidia californica--occurs on the west coast of the US, while the remaining taxa are found from Mexico south to northern Argentina and Uruguay. None is known from the Old World. Most dioptines are diurnal as adults, and many exhibit aposematic coloration. A few taxa are nocturnal. Their larval hosts include the families Passifloraceae, Violaceae and Poaceae, plants famous for their use by important butterfly groups. In this paper, a revised generic classification for the Dioptinae is presented. Nearly 17,000 specimens, assembled from 38 private and institutional collections worldwide, form the basis for the first comprehensive analysis of adult morphology in the subfamily. A subset of 115 exemplar species, chosen to represent structural diversity across the Dioptinae, is subjected to detailed morphological study and cladistic analysis. The resulting matrix includes 305 characters delineated by 938 character ... |
| Description: | 970, [1] p., 48 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
"Issued June 30, 2009."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 884-903) and indexes.
Contents: pt. 1. Dioptini; pt. 2. Josiini. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5978 |
|
