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The Pupa of Hyblaea (Lepidoptera, Hyblaeidae)

1933; Oxford University Press; Volume: 26; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/aesa/26.3.490

1938-2901

T. M. Forbes,

Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography

One of the very few families of the higher moths whose early stages have not been critically studied is the Hyblaeidae, with the single tropical genus Hyblaea. This genus was formerly placed as a subfamily of the Noctuidae and earlier was associated with forms commonly called Pseudodeltoids. Later when we came to study the thoracic characters we found it could not belong to the Noctuidae, and in Comstock's “Introduction” we placed it after the Pyraloids. Heinrich and Busck, who have examined the male genitalia, find more resemblance to the true microlepidoptera.