ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

D0116 A preliminary phylogeny of nearctic Virbia Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) based on molecular data

Monday, November 14, 2011
Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Kendra Casanova , Biology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
Stacey L Coy , Biology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
Jennifer Zaspel , Zoology and Puelicher Butterfly Wing, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Chris Schmidt , Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
The tiger moth genus Virbia Walker is comprised of small to medium sized, brightly colored moths distributed from south central Canada to central South America. Included in this genus are model species for study in lepidopteran pheromones and tiger moth morphology. Here, we reconstruct a preliminary phylogeny to provide an evolutionary framework for these studies, and to obtain additional insight into the biogeography of the genus. DNA sequences from 28S D2 rDNA and cytochrome oxidase (COI) gene fragments were collected from 11-12 species to reconstruct the phylogeny of the Nearctic members of this genus.

doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.58514

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