Revision of Higher Classification of Superfamily Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) in Egypt | ||
Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||
Article 7, Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2017, Pages 55-69 PDF (414.39 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2017.12692 | ||
Authors | ||
Abdel M. Amer1; Ashraf M. El-Torkey2 | ||
1Senior Scientific Secretary Entomology, Inter-African Phytosanitry Council, African Union, | ||
2Classification Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center | ||
Abstract | ||
Revision of Superfamily Noctuoidea in Egypt can be can be summarized by four families, 31 subfamilies and 329 species belonging to 138 genera as follows: Family Erebidae (12 subfamilies with 51 genera and 116 species); Family Euteliidae (one subfamily, two species belonging to one genus); Family Nolidae (three subfamily was recorded, include 5 genera and 10 species); and Family Noctuidae (16 subfamilies including 203 species belonging to 81 genera). | ||
Keywords | ||
Lepidoptera; classification; Noctuoidea; Noctuidae; Erebidae; Nolidae; Euteliidae; Egypt | ||
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