Polyphyly of Lichen-cryptic Dagger Moths: synonymy of Agriopodes Hampson and description of a new basal acronictine genus, Chloronycta, gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Schmidt, B. Christian; Wagner, David L.; Zacharczenko, Brigette; Zahiri, Reza; Anweiler, Gary G.

doi:10.3897/zookeys.421.7424

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“…Fibiger et al, 2009;Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010;Kishida, 2011). The recent transfer of Agriopodes fallax (Herrich-Schäffer) to Acronicta by Schmidt et al (2014) is corroborated, as is the transfer of Merolonche to Acronicta by Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010). Acronicta perblanda Ferguson -a small, odd-looking moth from cypress swamps -is confirmed as an Acronicta, although its position within the genus is unstable.…”

Section: Acronictinae Analysismentioning

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Phylogenetic relationships of Acronictinae with discussion of the abdominal courtship brush in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera)

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Systematic Entomology

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We present results of an eight‐gene molecular study of the subfamily Acronictinae and related Noctuidae. Amphipyrinae are recovered as sister to Acronictinae, but with weak support – not surprisingly, the content of the two subfamilies has often been mixed in classifications. Balsinae, previously placed near Acronictinae or within Noctuinae, is recovered within an unresolved polytomy of Cuculliinae, Eustrotiinae, Raphiinae and Dilobinae. Gerbathodes Warren, Moma Hübner and Nacna Fletcher are excluded from Acronictinae. Three genera recently transferred into the subfamily – Cerma Hübner, Chloronycta Schmidt & Anweiler and Comachara Franclemont – are confirmed as acronictines. Lophonycta Sugi (the type genus of Lophonyctinae) is returned to the Acronictinae. Sinocharis Püngeler, formerly considered to be Acontiinae or as the basis of its own subfamily Sinocharinae, is nested within early diverging Acronictinae genera. Both subfamilies are formally synonymized: i.e. Lophonyctinae syn.n. and Sinocharinae syn.n. Nine acronictine genus‐level taxa were found to nest within the nominate genus Acronicta Ochsenheimer: Eogena Guenée, Hyboma Hübner, Hylonycta Sugi, Jocheaera Hübner, Oxicesta Hübner, Simyra Ochsenheimer, Subacronicta Kozhanchikov, Triaena Hübner, and Viminia Chapman. Eogena, Oxicesta, and Simyra, currently treated as valid genera, nest within terminal clades of the genus Acronicta and are here subsumed within the genus: Eogena syn.n., Oxicesta syn.n. and Simyra syn.n. Four well‐supported species groups within Acronicta are identified: the alni clade, the leporina clade, the nervosa clade and the psi clade. While many previous treatments have stated explicitly that Acronictinae lack abdominal scent brushes, or excluded genera with brushes from the subfamily, we show that well‐developed brushes are present in three early diverging acronictine genera: Cerma, Lophonycta, and Sinocharis. We illustrate and describe the brushes of all three genera, and briefly review the taxonomic distribution of the anterior abdominal courtship brushes in Noctuidae, emphasizing the labile evolutionary distribution of these structures.

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Section: Acronictinae Analysismentioning

confidence: 84%

Phylogenetic relationships of Acronictinae with discussion of the abdominal courtship brush in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera)

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“…931496 Chloronycta tybo – The genus Chloronycta Schmidt & Anweiler, and the generic combination, were proposed in Schmidt et al (2014). …”

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Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III

Lafontaine¹,

Schmidt²

2015

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A total of 124 additions and corrections are listed and discussed for the check list of the Noctuoidea of North America north of Mexico published in 2010. Twenty-eight species are added to the list, 16 through new species descriptions, eight as a result of taxonomic splits, and four based on newly recorded species. Forty-eight species are deleted from the list, 41 through synonymy, and seven that were based on misidentifications. Twelve changes are corrections in the spelling of names, or changes in parentheses on dates of publication. Twenty-seven are changes in taxonomy of names where no species are added or deleted; eight changes involve the renumbering of existing species for better taxonomic arrangement. Within the text 2 stat. n., 10 stat. rev., 27 syn. n., 5 syn. rev., and 1 comb. n. are proposed for the first time.

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“…Recently, camouflage has been classified into two major types: crypsis (blended into environmental backgrounds to avoid detection by potential predators) and masquerade (special resemblance to natural objects to avoid recognition by potential predators) (Stevens and Merilaita 2009;Merilaita and Stevens 2011;Skelhorn et al 2010a, b;Skelhorn 2015). Prominent cases of camouflage are found in butterfly and moth wing patterns, including tree bark crypsis in Biston betularia (van't Hof et al 2016), lichen crypsis in Agriopodes fallax (Schmidt et al 2014), leaf vein masquerade in the noctuid moth Oraesia excavata (Fig. 3.1a ;Suzuki 2013) or in the nymphalid butterflies Kallima inachus and K. paralekta (Fig.…”

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Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns

Sekimura¹,

Nijhout²

2017

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Polyphyly of Lichen-cryptic Dagger Moths: synonymy of Agriopodes Hampson and description of a new basal acronictine genus, Chloronycta, gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Cited by 6 publications

References 26 publications

Phylogenetic relationships of Acronictinae with discussion of the abdominal courtship brush in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera)

Phylogenetic relationships of Acronictinae with discussion of the abdominal courtship brush in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera)

Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III

Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns

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