Systematics of the Chrysoxena Group of Genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini) Volume 111

by John W. Brown and Jerry A. Powell

The authors examine relationships within the Chrysoxena group of the tortricid tribe Euliini. They define 54 species among six genera: Chrysoxena Meyrick; Vulpoxena Brown, new genus; Thoridia Brown, new genus; Dorithia Powell; Cuproxena Powell and Brown, new genus; and Bidorpitia Brown, new genus. Using cladistic methods, the authors develop a phylogenetic hypothesis for the genera and species groups of Dorithia and Cuproxena . A systematic treatment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520097653
• ISBN13: 9780520097650
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"