Morphometric analysis of genitalia of Ctenoceratoda tancrei (Graeser, 1892) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
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https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-1-22-30Keywords:
owlet moths, statistics, variability, morphology, morphometryAbstract
Data on the morphometric study of the genitalia of Ctenoceratoda tancrei (Graeser, 1892) are presented. 12 parameters in the male genitalia and 7 parameters in the female genitalia of this species are studied. It was found that female genitalia are significantly (more than 2 times) more variable than male genitalia. The number of correlations between characters in male genitalia is slightly more than one percent, while the number of correlations between characters in female genitalia is slightly less than 50%. The most variable structure in the genitalia of C. tancrei is the heigh of the postvaginal plate (PlHg); the least variable characters in the male genitalia are the length of the valva and genital capsule; in the female genitalia the width of the genital plate and the length of the bursa copulatrix. A preliminary conclusion is made that the use of featuires of female genital structures for the differentiation of closely related species of Noctuoidea is more promising because of the greater stability of the relationships between these features.
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