Heliodinids are tiny, brightly colored dayflying moths. Phylogenetic relationships among genera of Heliodinidae are proposed using parsimony and character compatibility. We describe and illustrate 45 North and Central species (25 newly named) assigned to five genera (two new, two exhumed from synonymy). Larval host plants are recorded for 33 species (14 newly discovered), about 45% of the known fauna; 90% of these are specialists on Caryophyllales, primarliy Nyctaginaceae.
- ISBN10 0520916069
- ISBN13 9780520916067
- Publish Date 1 January 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint University of California Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 205
- Language English