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Variable wing venation in Agathiphaga (Lepidoptera: Agathiphagidae) is key to understanding the evolution of basal moths

Details of the ancestral groundplan of wing venation in moths remain uncertain, despite approximately a century of study. Here, we describe a 3-branched subcostal vein, a 5-branched medial vein and a 2-branched cubitus posterior vein on the forewing of Agathiphaga vitiensis Dumbleton 1952 from Vanua...

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Autores principales: Schachat, Sandra R., Gibbs, George W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5098984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160453