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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Main Authors: Zong-Yu Shen, Yu-Feng Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023-05-01
Series:Biodiversity Data Journal
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Online Access:https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/101468/download/pdf/