Rediscovering a species not seen for a hundred years, Stathmopoda tacita (Meyrick, 1913) (Lepidoptera, Stathmopodidae), with its unusual fern-spore-feeding life history
Despite being the second largest group of vascular plants, ferns are scarcely reported being fed by insects when compared to angiosperms. Within these fern-feeding insects, lepidopterans are poorly represented and are restricted only to specific groups in this speciose order. The consumers specialis...
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Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2023-05-01
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Series: | Biodiversity Data Journal |
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Online Access: | https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/101468/download/pdf/ |