Species composition and temporal activity of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in two cerrado vegetation types

Species composition and temporal activity of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in two cerrado vegetation types

Arctiinae moths include nearly 11,000 species worldwide, of which approximately 700 species occur in the Brazilian Cerrado. The aim of this study was to describe the species composition of Arctiinae, as well as the variation in annual and nightly moth activity, in two Cerrado vegetation types. We sa...

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Main Authors: Scheila Scherrer, Viviane G. Ferro, Marina N. Ramos, Ivone R. Diniz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2013-04-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Subjects:
Cerrado sensu stricto
gallery forest
moths
seasonality
time of activity
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000200010

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