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Most trumpet moths don't feed on plants of the nettle family but Paratischeria does: the first discovery of Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) on Urticaceae in Asia

  • 1. Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, Vilnius 08412, Lithuania
  • 2. Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, Vilnius 08412, Lithuania & diskus.biotaxonomy@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0106-5546
  • 3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, London, United Kingdom & A.Monro@kew.org; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4013-3804
  • 4. Leafminer Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Gannan Normal University, Jiangxi 341000, China & ecoinformatics@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2891-159X
  • 5. Leafminer Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Gannan Normal University, Jiangxi 341000, China & xjstis@163.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2252-8784

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Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Monro, Alexandre K., Dai, Xiaohua, Xu, Jiasheng (2021): Most trumpet moths don't feed on plants of the nettle family but Paratischeria does: the first discovery of Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) on Urticaceae in Asia. Zootaxa 5040 (2): 247-264, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5040.2.5

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