Microlepidoptera of Europe, Volume 2 - Scythrididae

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This volume deals with the taxa of the family Scythrididae known from Europe and North Africa.... Show more

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Author	Bengt Åke Bengtsson
ISBN	9788788757118
Publisher	E.J. Brill
Language	English
Pages	301
Format	Hardcover
Images	Colour images and line drawings
Year published	1997

This volume deals with the taxa of the family Scythrididae known from Europe and North Africa. A total of 237 species in 7 genera are dealt with. The genus Scythris with 204 species is divided into 64 species-groups, many of which are mono-typical. Diagnostic characters of the external appearance and of the male and female genitalia are presented, and notes on distribution and biology are given for every species. Forty new species are described, and nomenclatural changes are proposed. Two new combinations are noticed, and lectotypes are designated for a nuber of taxa.

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