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Published: 2009-01-27
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Revision of the genus Pyrochlora Warren, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae)

Institute of Agronomy and environmental studies of the Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 1A, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
Lepidoptera Geometridae Pyrochlora P. motilonia sp. nov. P. kuklase sp. nov. P. vogli sp. nov. male genitalia keys geographical distribution

Abstract

The genus Pyrochlora Warren is revised and three new species are described: P. motilonia, sp. nov. from Costa Rica and Nicaragua, P. kuklase, sp. nov. from mountainous Ecuador, and P. vogli, sp. nov. from Northern Venezuela. Wings pattern and genitalic structures of all five species are described and illustrated.

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