ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

A phylogeny of Nearctic Virbia Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) based on molecular data

Monday, November 12, 2012: 10:15 AM
200 B, Floor Two (Knoxville Convention Center)
Kendra Casanova , Biology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
Jennifer Zaspel , Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Chris Schmidt , Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, Canada, Canada
ABSTRACT 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 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, mitochondrial Cyt-B, RpS5, and cytochrome oxidase (COI) gene fragments were collected from 11-12 species to reconstruct the phylogeny of the Nearctic members of this genus.
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