ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

0652 A preliminary phylogeny of the lichen moth tribe Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with an assessment of the subtribal relationships using molecular data

Monday, November 14, 2011: 11:03 AM
Room D1, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Clare H. Scott , Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Elizabeth Phillippi , Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Pablo Chialvo , Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Jennifer Zaspel , Zoology and Puelicher Butterfly Wing, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Susan J. Weller , Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Marc A. Branham , Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
The lichen moth tribe Lithosiini is composed of an estimated 4000 to 5000 species. Two phylogenetic analyses have recovered the tribe as monophyletic, but no work has been completed to examine the evolutionary relationships among the genera. Currently, seven subtribes have been proposed to occur within Lithosiini based on shared morphological characters. This study will use molecular data to examine the systematics of the lichen moth tribe. Specifically, the analysis will test the monophyly of the proposed subtribes and assess the relationships among the genera. This will also be the first higher-level phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Lithosiini using molecular data.

doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.58657

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