The morphology of the preimaginal stages of Choreutis muhabbet Koçak, 2008 (Choreutidae, Lepidoptera)

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Bąkowski M., Koçak M. K.

ZOOTAXA, vol.5453, no.3, pp.395-402, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 5453 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Journal Name: ZOOTAXA
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Page Numbers: pp.395-402
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This work presents the first description of the last instar larval and pupal morphology of the metalmark moth species

Choreutis muhabbet Koçak, 2008. All diagnostic morphological features are described in detail, and illustrated with

photographs and line drawings.

Diagnostic features for the genus Choreutis (Hübner) based on the described last instar larvae and pupae, are proposed

and discussed. We compare the description of larval and pupal morphology of C. muhabbet to known morphological

features of the preimaginal stages of other Choreutis species, especially with Choreutis pariana (Clerck).