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Contribution to the study of the Afrotropical Pyraustinae Meyrick, 1890 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae): Taxonomic and distributional updates on five species with new country records [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalThe Pyraustinae Meyrick, 1890 form the fifth most diverse subfamily in the Pyraloidea, comprising 1270 described species distributed over 173 genera. For the Afrotropical zone, a total of 160 species have become known to date.
Michael Seizmair +2 more
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First Global Report on Mud-puddling by Pyraloidea from India (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
SHILAPMud-puddling though very common phenomenon in case of Rhopalocera (especially males) is not so common for Heterocera. The phenomenon was observed during one trapping night at Tippi village in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Avishek Talukdar, Soumyajit Chowdhury
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Morpho-taxonomic study on Pleuroptya ruralis Scopoli, 1763 (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) as a new record in Iraq [PDF]
Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2023 This study was carried out to report the newly recorded species of the family Crambidae, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. During the investigation on subfamily Pyraustinae in middle of Iraq, the following snout moth’s species, i.e., Pleuroptya ruralis
Ahmed J. Sabr +2 more
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SHILAP, 2021 Little is known on the occurrence of Pyraloidea species from Croatian mountains and there is no species list from Mountain of Biokovo. We provide new data on Pyraloidea species recorded from Biokovo Natural Park. The species list contains information on
D. Gumhalter, M. Kucinic
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Additions to the Catalogue of Lepidoptera of Omsk Region. Pyraloidea.
Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2023 The list of 19 species of Pyraloid moths new to the fauna of Omsk Region is given. 13 of them are new to the West Siberia and 5 are recorded from the Asian part of Russia for the first time, namely, Insalebria serraticornella (Zeller, 1839 ...
Svyatoslav A. Knyazev, Sergey Yu. Sinev
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Two new species of the subfamily Phycitinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from West Kazakhstan [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2019 Asalebria (Exophora) vernalis sp. n. and Gymnancyla subgilvella sp. n. are described from Atyrau and Mangistau Regions of Kazakhstan. Male and female genitalia of these species are illustrated. Asalebria (Exophora) vernalis sp. n.
E.V. Tsvetkov
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Austral Entomology, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 449-463, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Larval feeding by the moth genus Ogmograptis (Bucculatricidae: Lepidoptera) creates one of the most iconic features of the Australian bush—the ‘scribbles’ found on smooth‐barked Eucalyptus. The taxonomic history of Ogmograptis has been challenging, with members of the genus being initially described in four different genera representing three ...
Stephen L. Cameron
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Biotropica, Volume 55, Issue 6, Page 1215-1232, November 2023., 2023 In Puerto Rico, a tropical archipelago in a region characterized by complex socio‐economic and environmental change, ecological knowledge of the local insect fauna is scarce. Greater emphasis on ecological monitoring of model insect groups like Lepidoptera could provide insight into the effects of global change on tropical biodiversity and contribute ...
Caitlin N. Terry +3 more
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Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 16, Issue 5, Page 649-657, September 2023., 2023 We studied 1102 species of geometridae moths along a continuous tropical rainforests gradient in Papua New Guinea, from 200 m lowland to 3700 m asl timberline forest. We recorded a mid‐elevational peak for the geometridae moths, with 1200 m asl as the most species‐rich elevation.
Pagi S. Toko +4 more
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First pyraloid (Insecta, Lepidoptera) caterpillar from Dominican amber [PDF]
Nota Lepidopterologica, 2023 Only three fossils in the Pyraloidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) have been confirmed to date, two adults and one larva. The first confirmed larva, in the subfamily Pyraustinae (Crambidae), was described from Baltic amber. Recently, another pyraloid larva from
M. Alma Solis +2 more
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