TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF MALE GENITALIA IN CERTAIN MICROLEPIDOPTERAN MOTHS
S.C. GOEL *
CENTRE FOR RESEARCHON MICROLEPIDOPTERA PG-DEPTT. OF ZOOLOGY, S.D. COLLEGE, MUZAFFARNAGAR-251 001, INDIA.
D.K. BHARDWAJ *
CENTRE FOR RESEARCHON MICROLEPIDOPTERA PG-DEPTT. OF ZOOLOGY, S.D. COLLEGE, MUZAFFARNAGAR-251 001, INDIA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Ten microlepidopteran species have been dissected to describe the taxonomic morphology for the male genitalia from different families namely Cosmopterygidae, Gelechiidae, Pterophoridae, Tineidae, Tortricidae and Yponomeutidae. Elucidation in variations of taxonomic structures have also been attempted and tabulated.