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Project title: 
The Geometrid moths of the Central Asian mountains
ZFMK Project lead: 
Dr. Dieter Stüning
Unit: 
Lepidoptera
Object of research: 
Geometer Moths (Geometridae)

Description

In the frame of a long-term study of the Geometrid moths of the Centralasian mountains, the genus Sogdiana gen.n. is described. It is unusual in having a socalled "floricomus" in females, a structure with a as yet unsolved function.

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Dr. Dieter Stüning
Former Head of Section Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
+49 228 9122-220
+49 228 9122-212
d.stuening [at] leibniz-zfmk.de