La polilla Copitarsia decolora: revisión del complejo de especies con base en la morfología genital masculina y de los huevos (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Copitarsia decolora is a widely distributed polyphagous species with a large number of nominal changes due to phenotypic plasticity. We reviewed 14 males from Mexico, Colombia, venezuela, Peru and Chile and the literature produced between 2003 and 2008. An analysis of the clasper com-plex of C. deco...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: O. Angulo, Andrés, S. Olivares, Tania
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/5244
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/5244
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:huevos
nóctuido
genitales masculinos
subespecies
Sudamérica
nueva sinonimia
moths
eggs
male genitalia
subspecies
South America
new synonym
new combinations
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Sumario:Copitarsia decolora is a widely distributed polyphagous species with a large number of nominal changes due to phenotypic plasticity. We reviewed 14 males from Mexico, Colombia, venezuela, Peru and Chile and the literature produced between 2003 and 2008. An analysis of the clasper com-plex of C. decolora male genitalia was performed by standard dissection. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photographs of eggs structures were used as taxonomic characters. The genus Copitarsia comprises 23 species. C. corruda is considered a synonym of C. decolora.