Moth diversity in New Guinea: metalmark moths (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae) and their host plants

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 3:47 PM

Room 101, First Floor (Convention Center)

Jadranka Rota , Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Scott Miller , Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Under Secretary for Science, Washington, DC

The microlepidopteran family Choreutidae is distributed worldwide, with most of its species diversity found in the tropics. Through a massive campaign of rearing caterpillars in Papua New Guinea, a number of metalmark moth species were obtained. In this presentation, we will describe the diversity of this moth family in New Guinea and host specificity of the species found there.

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