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Identification based on morphological and molecular characters of Phassus huebneri (Geyer) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae), a ghost moth feeding on blackberry in Michoacán, Mexico: its biology and parasitoids

  • 1. Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Km. 9.5 Carr. MoreliaZinapécuaro, 58880 Tarímbaro, Michoacán, Mexico. & 802133k@umich.mx; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0333-5474
  • 2. Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Km. 9.5 Carr. MoreliaZinapécuaro, 58880 Tarímbaro, Michoacán, Mexico. & ana.martinez@umich.mx; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6476-382X
  • 3. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Universidad s/n, 66455 San Nicolás de Los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico.
  • 4. CONACYT-Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Km. 9.5 Carr. Morelia-Zinapécuaro, 58880 Tarímbaro, Michoacán, Mexico.
  • 5. Caixa Postal 1206, 84.145-000 Carambeí, Paraná, Brazil.
  • 6. Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Km. 9.5 Carr. MoreliaZinapécuaro, 58880 Tarímbaro, Michoacán, Mexico. & jose.figueroa@umich.mx; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6278-1768
  • 7. Instituto de Recursos Genéticos y Productividad, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillos, Estado de México, Mexico. hsilva@colpos.mx; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9567-0861
  • 8. Centro Regional Universitario Centro Occidente, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, 58170 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. rebollaralviter@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6641-456X
  • 9. Postgrado en Entomología y Acarología, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillos, Estado de México, Mexico. jvaldez@colpos.mx; http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4804-4435
  • 10. Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Km. 9.5 Carr. MoreliaZinapécuaro, 58880 Tarímbaro, Michoacán, Mexico. & samuel.pineda@umich.mx; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9237-1180

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Esquivel-Ayala, Blanca A., Martínez, Ana M., Zamora, Norma, Ramos-Ortiz, Selene, Mielke, Carlos C. G., Figueroa, José I., Silva-Rojas, Hilda V., Rebollar-Alviter, Ángel, Valdez, Jorge M., Pineda, Samuel (2022): Identification based on morphological and molecular characters of Phassus huebneri (Geyer) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae), a ghost moth feeding on blackberry in Michoacán, Mexico: its biology and parasitoids. Zootaxa 5214 (4): 496-506, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5214.4.2

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