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Abigail Collins

Job Title: Researcher and Assistant Curator, Noctuidae
Email Address: abigail.collins@anhrt.org.uk

 

Research Interests

My research interests focus on the Afrotropical Agaristinae, last revised by Kiriakoff (1977). As such, the current systematics and taxonomic arrangement are confused.

Perhaps the most striking of the Agaristinae are species belonging to the genus Heraclia, which display magnificent aposematic colour patterns. Aposematism and mimicry form a secondary research interest of mine.

My research interests focus on the Afrotropical Agaristinae, last revised by Kiriakoff (1977). As such, the current systematics and taxonomic arrangement are confused.

Perhaps the most striking of the Agaristinae are species belonging to the genus Heraclia, which display magnificent aposematic colour patterns. Aposematism and mimicry form a secondary research interest of mine.

Projects

Revision of the Afrotropical Agaristinae using molecular and morphological analyses.

Publications

Collins, A.H. 2021. Elucidating the nomenclature and taxonomy of Phalaena euphemia Stoll, 1781, the type species of the genus Heraclia Hübner, [1820] (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Agaristinae). Zootaxa, 5048 (2): 237–252.

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