SPECIES LIST OF PLUME MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA, PTEROPHORIDAE) OF PARAGUAY WITH NEW RECORDS

P. Ustjuzhanin, V. Kovtunovich, A. Ustjuzhanina

Abstract


We give new data on Pterophoridae species from Paraguay and provide a checklist of them, including 36 species of 13 genera. Six species of plume moths are recorded for the fauna of Paraguay for the first time. The study was based on the essential literature on Pterophoridae of Paraguay.


Keywords


Pterophoridae; plume moths; Paraguay; fauna; new data.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15421/201675

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