Redescription of the Genus Paralophonotus Schoorl, 1990 based on the morphology of male genitalia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.891

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Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Paralophonotus, fauna, Africa

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Based on the study of male genitalia and external habitus of Zeuzera auroguttata Herrich-Schäffer, 1854, type species of the genus Paralophonotus Schoorl, 1990, the genus Paralophonotus is redescribed

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2017-12-30

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Yakovlev, R. V., & Witt, T. J. (2017). Redescription of the Genus Paralophonotus Schoorl, 1990 based on the morphology of male genitalia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 45(180), 665–668. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.891

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