Revision of Higher Classification of Superfamily Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) in Egypt
Amer, A., El-Torkey, A. (2017). Revision of Higher Classification of Superfamily Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) in Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 10(1), 55-69. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2017.12692
Abdel M. Amer; Ashraf M. El-Torkey. "Revision of Higher Classification of Superfamily Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) in Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 10, 1, 2017, 55-69. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2017.12692
Amer, A., El-Torkey, A. (2017). 'Revision of Higher Classification of Superfamily Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) in Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 10(1), pp. 55-69. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2017.12692
Amer, A., El-Torkey, A. Revision of Higher Classification of Superfamily Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) in Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 10(1): 55-69. doi: 10.21608/eajbsa.2017.12692

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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