Taxonomy and systematics of the enigmatic emerald moth Xenochlorodes graminaria (Kollar, 1850) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), and its assignment to a new genus

A new distribution record, first host plant record and DNA barcoding of the Neotropical micromoth Astrotischeria karsholti Puplesis & Diškus (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae)

“…Although the ML analysis was based on a single mitochondrial marker, similar procedures are generally useful for generic assignments of species of Lepidoptera ( Moreira et al 2012 , Metz et al 2019 , Corley et al 2020 , San Blas et al 2021 , Wanke et al 2022 ). In the present study, the lack of monophyly of Astrotischeria was an unexpected result.…”

Disclisioprocta edmondsii (Butler, 1882) comb. nov. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)

“…The PCR programme was 5 min at 94°C, 35 cycles of 30 s at 94°C, 30 s at 47°C, 1 min at 72°C and a final elongation step of 10 min at 72°C. Analysis of this mitochondrial marker represents a helpful tool in generic assignments of Lepidoptera , including Geometridae ( Wanke et al 2019 , Wanke et al 2022 , Vargas et al 2022 ). The sequence of X.…”

“…Morphological characters of the genitalia of geometrid moths are extremely useful in generic assignments ( Pitkin 2002 , Parra 2018 , Viidalepp and Lindt 2019 ), which can be reinforced by phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences ( Brehm et al 2019 , Matson 2022 , Wanke et al 2022 ). An examination of the genitalia of X.…”