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Immature stages of Galagete protozona (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Autostichidae) from the Galapagos Islands: description and notes on biology

Schmitz, Patrick ; Landry, Bernard

In: The Canadian Entomologist, 2007, vol. 139, no. 2, p. 201-208

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    Title
    • Immature stages of Galagete protozona (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Autostichidae) from the Galapagos Islands: description and notes on biology
    Author
    • Schmitz, Patrick. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, C.P. 6434, CH-1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland; Département de Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Molecular Systematics Group, Université de Genève, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
    • Landry, Bernard. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, C.P. 6434, CH-1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
    Published in
    • The Canadian Entomologist, 2007, vol. 139, no. 2, p. 201-208. Cambridge University Press
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    Classification
    • Biology, Life sciences
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:304158
    Summary
    The morphology of the larva and pupa of Galagete protozona (Meyrick), an endemic of the Galapagos Islands, is described and illustrated. The immatures were observed feeding within droppings of the land iguana Conolophus subcristatus (Gray) (Iguanidae) on the island of Fernandina in 2005