Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths

Download or read book Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths written by Christian Schmidt and published by PenSoft Publishers LTD. This book was released on 2009-05-19 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains ten papers on the systematics of New World noctuid moths, marking the first issue in a planned series on New World macro-moth systematics. Twelve new species of Noctuidae are described from North America (north of Mexico), while one genus and six species are newly described from Mexico/Central America. Diagnoses and colour illustrations of all new taxa are provided, including dichotomous keys for most genera and species-groups treated herein.