Open AccessPLUME MOTHS OF AFGHANISTAN (LEPIDOPTERA, PTEROPHORIDAE)
Author(s) -
P. Ya. Ustjuzhanin,
V. N. Kovtunovich,
Igor G. Pljushtch,
Juriy Skrylnik,
Oleg V. Pak
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bìologìčnij vìsnik melìtopolʹsʹkogo deržavnogo pedagogìčnogo universitetu ìmenì bogdana hmelʹnicʹkogo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-9010
pISSN - 2225-5486
DOI - 10.15421/201610
Subject(s) - span (engineering) , lepidoptera genitalia , fauna , life span , biology , ecology , engineering , evolutionary biology , civil engineering
New data on Pterophoridae from Afghanistan are considered. A checklist of Pterophoridae species of the fauna of Afghanistan is presented, as including 32 species of 14 genera. Merrifieldia tridactyla is for the first time recorded for the fauna of Afghanistan. The basic literature on the Afghanistan Pterophoridae were used in the study.