African-Arabian and Asian-Pacific "Mocis frugalis": Two distinct species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Title:

African-Arabian and Asian-Pacific "Mocis frugalis": Two distinct species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Creator:

Zilli, Alberto

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:beff85b0-c39b-4ebf-9df4-d5066f526951
uuid:beff85b0-c39b-4ebf-9df4-d5066f526951

Subject:

Noctuidae, Mocis frugalis, Mocis proveral, new species, and pest Lepidoptera

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

It is shown that under the name Mocis frugalis (F., 1775), considered to represent a widespread pest of graminaceous crops in the Eastern hemisphere and the Pacific, two species have been hitherto confused. Populations from Africa and Arabian Peninsula are described as Mocis proverai sp. n. The main characters which distinguish the African-Arabian M. proverai from M. frugalis of Asia and the Pacific are found in the genitalia, especially the configuration of the male vesica and female bursa copulatrix.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2000 Volume:97 | Number:3

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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