Revision of <i>Scotocyma</i> Turner (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)

Schmidt, Olga

doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2005.00471.x

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“…Some authors have attempted to put the results of their taxonomic revisions into a phylogenetic context, but such revisions have ususally been limited to a single genus (e.g. Choi, ; Schmidt, , ) or tribe (e.g. Choi, , ; Viidalepp & Kostjuk, ; Schmidt, ,b).…”

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Phylogeny of the subfamilyLarentiinae (Lepidoptera:Geometridae): integrating molecular data and traditional classifications

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Viidalepp

Truuverk

2016

Systematic Entomology

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Larentiinae are the second largest subfamily of Geometridae, with more than 6200 described species. Despite recent advances in molecular systematics of geometrid moths, phylogenetic relationships between the numerous subgroups of Larentiinae are poorly known. In this study we present the most comprehensive attempt to date to resolve the phylogeny of Larentiinae, having sampled at least one species from all currently recognized 23 tribes. Fragments of one mitochondrial (COI) and eight nuclear (EF‐1α, WGL, GAPDH, RPS5, IDH, MDH, CAD and 28S) genes were sequenced, for a total of 6939 bp. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses resulted in identical well‐resolved phylogenetic trees, which had maximum or near‐maximum support values at most nodes. Almost all conventionally recognized tribes represented by more than one genus were found to be monophyletic. Close to the root of Larentiinae, six tribes branch off the main lineage one after another, with Dyspteridini being sister to all other members of the subfamily. The rest of larentiines are divided into two very diverse lineages, comprising eight and at least ten tribes, respectively. There were just three findings incongruent with the conventional tribal subdivision of the subfamily. First, the genera Collix Guenée and Anticollix Prout formed a separate, previously unrecognized but well‐supported clade at the tribe level. Second, the Palaearctic genus Pelurga Hübner was placed apart from Larentia Treitschke and Mesoleuca Hübner, which were the other members of Larentiini in this analysis. Third, Cataclysmini appeared together with genera belonging to Xanthorhoini, leaving the latter paraphyletic. The Neotropic genus Oligopleura Herrich‐Schäffer is shown to belong to the tribe Euphyiini (comb.n.) according to both molecular data and male genital morphology. The results and the tribal classification of Larentiinae are discussed with reference to the principal publications since the end of the 19th Century. We conclude that the current tribal classification of Larentiinae is not controversial from the phylogenetic point of view and that its increasing complexity has merely reflected the accumulation of information, mainly through different methods of biosystematic study having become available for researchers. Our results indicate that diurnal lifestyle, accompanied by conspicuous coloration, has evolved independently in several subgroups of Larentiinae.

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Phylogeny of the subfamilyLarentiinae (Lepidoptera:Geometridae): integrating molecular data and traditional classifications

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Viidalepp

Truuverk

2016

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“…Holloway (1997) presented data on food plants of Indo-Australian Larentiinae. Some data on the larvae and food plants of the species Anachloris Meyrick, Chaetolopha Warren, Scotocyma Turner and Visiana Swinhoe are given in the reviews of these genera (Schmidt 2001, Schmidt 2002, Schmidt 2005, Schmidt 2006b, Schmidt 2007, Schmidt 2013.) Descriptions of larvae and pupae are incomplete or absent.…”

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Larval food plants of Australian Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) - a review of available data

Schmidt¹

2016

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BackgroundIn Australia, the subfamily Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) comprises over 45 genera with about 270 species described so far. However, life histories of the Australian larentiine moths have barely been studied.New informationThe current paper presents a list of larval food plants of 51 Australian larentiine species based on literature references, data from specimen labels and own observations. Some Australian habitats are shown. Possible relationships among the taxa based on food preference of the larvae are discussed. Additionally, a list of Australasian larentiine species from the genera occurring in Australia and their food plants is presented.

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Revision of Scotocyma Turner (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)

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Phylogeny of the subfamilyLarentiinae (Lepidoptera:Geometridae): integrating molecular data and traditional classifications

Phylogeny of the subfamilyLarentiinae (Lepidoptera:Geometridae): integrating molecular data and traditional classifications

Larval food plants of Australian Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) - a review of available data

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