Insect taxonomy can be difficult: a noctuid moth (Agaristinae: Aletopus imperialis) and a geometrid moth (Sterrhinae: Cartaletis dargei) combined into a cryptic species complex in eastern Africa (Lepidoptera)

The systematic position of a large and strikingly coloured reddish-black moth, Cartaletis dargei Herbulot, 2003 (Geometridae: Sterrhinae) from Tanzania, has remained questionable since its description. Here we present molecular and morphological evidence showing that Cartaletis dargei only superfici...

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Autores principales: Sihvonen, Pasi, Murillo-Ramos, Leidys, Wahlberg, Niklas, Hausmann, Axel, Zilli, Alberto, Ochse, Michael, Staude, Hermann S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2021
Materias:
Biodiversity
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8272464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277147
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11613

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8272464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277147
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11613

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