Morphological characteristics of the genus Ptilodon (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) larvae with keys to the species

• Date: 2025
• Main Author: Dolinskaya, I. V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2025
• Online Access: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/827
• Journal Title: Zoodiversity

The morphological characters of each larval instar of three Palaearctic notodontid moth species belonging to the genus Ptilodon Hübner, 1822, were examined using a scanning electron microscope and digital microphotography. The shape, colour, pattern and chaetotaxy of the head and body; the microscul...