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An effective method for the close up photography of insect genitalia during dissection: a case study on the Lepidoptera

open access: goldNota Lepidopterologica, 2018
Characters of male and female genitalia in insects in general, especially in Lepidoptera, are essential for species identification as they display extensive morphological variation.
Dominic Wanke, Hossein Rajaei
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On the terminology of the genitalia structures of lichen moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) with some references to Noctuidae

open access: goldEcologica Montenegrina
The present paper briefly describes the Lithosiini genitalia and discusses their terminology. Twelve new terms are introduced: medius, introrsum, conjuga, collis, iuba, jugum basalis, jugum distalis, arcus, intersaccular bridge, lamella centralis ...
Anton V. Volynkin
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An illustrated guide to the identification of the known species of Diatraea Guilding (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Crambinae) based on genitalia

open access: goldZooKeys, 2016
The genus Diatraea Guilding is one of the most economically important groups of moths in the Western Hemisphere. The larvae are stem borers that feed on species of Poaceae, or grasses, such as sugarcane, corn, rice, and sorghum, as well as many other ...
M. Alma Solís, Mark A. Metz
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The First Neotropical Record of the Genus Urodeta (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) with Keys to the World Species and a Description of a New Species from Honduras [PDF]

open access: yesInsects
The genus Urodeta Stainton (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) is recorded for the first time from the Neotropical region, with the description of a new species, Urodeta inerme sp. nov., from Honduras.
Virginijus Sruoga
doaj   +2 more sources

A new species of Elegia (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) from the Balkan Peninsula [PDF]

open access: yesNota Lepidopterologica, 2020
Elegia occultalis Plant, sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) is described from the Balkans and compared with related species. Adults and male and female genitalia of the new species are illustrated.
Colin W. Plant   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

First 3-D reconstruction of copulation in Lepidoptera: interaction of genitalia in Tortrix viridana (Tortricidae)

open access: yesFrontiers in Zoology, 2023
Background The process of copulation in Lepidoptera is understudied and poorly understood from a functional perspective. The purpose of the present paper is to study the interaction of the male and female genitalia of Tortrix viridana Linnaeus, 1758 via ...
Boyan Zlatkov   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A new species of Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from the Andes of northern Chile [PDF]

open access: yesNota Lepidopterologica, 2021
Eupithecia copaquillaensis sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae, Eupitheciini) is described and illustrated. Adults of this new species were discovered using a light trap in the Copaquilla ravine, at about 2800 m elevation on the western slope
Héctor A. Vargas
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