Phylogeny and evolution of Lepidoptera

C Mitter, DR Davis, MP Cummings - Annual review of …, 2017‏ - annualreviews.org
Until recently, deep-level phylogeny in Lepidoptera, the largest single radiation of plant-
feeding insects, was very poorly understood. Over the past two decades, building on a …

A molecular‐based identification resource for the arthropods of Finland

T Roslin, P Somervuo, M Pentinsaari… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
To associate specimens identified by molecular characters to other biological knowledge,
we need reference sequences annotated by Linnaean taxonomy. In this study, we (1) report …

Delineating species with DNA barcodes: a case of taxon dependent method performance in moths

M Kekkonen, M Mutanen, L Kaila, M Nieminen… - PloS one, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
The accelerating loss of biodiversity has created a need for more effective ways to discover
species. Novel algorithmic approaches for analyzing sequence data combined with rapidly …

Elusive ditrysian phylogeny: an account of combining systematized morphology with molecular data (Lepidoptera)

M Heikkilä, M Mutanen, N Wahlberg, P Sihvonen… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2015‏ - Springer
Background Ditrysia comprise close to 99% of all butterflies and moths. The evolutionary
relationships among the ditrysian superfamilies have received considerable attention in …

Towards holomorphology in entomology: rapid and cost‐effective adult–larva matching using NGS barcodes

D Yeo, J Puniamoorthy, RWJ Ngiam… - Systematic …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
In many taxa the morphology of females and immatures is poorly known because species
descriptions and identification tools have a male bias. The root causes are problems with …

Phylogeny of the superfamily Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera: Obtectomera), with an exploratory application on geometric morphometrics

QY Wang, HH Li - Zoologica Scripta, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The superfamily Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera: Obtectomera) has a high species
diversity. It consists of more than 18,400 described species and has a global distribution …

[PDF][PDF] Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico

GR Pohl, B Patterson, JP Pelham - Work Pap Publ Online Authors, 2016‏ - blackrange.org
This is a list of all the butterfly and moth (Lepidoptera) species that are known to occur in
Canada, Greenland, and the United States of America excluding Hawaii. It is an update of …

Moths and butterflies on alien shores: Global biogeography of non‐native Lepidoptera

R Mally, RM Turner, RE Blake… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim Lepidoptera is a highly diverse, predominantly herbivorous insect order, with species
transported to outside their native range largely facilitated by the global trade of plants and …

The unresolved phylogenomic tree of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera): Assessing the potential causes and consequences

J Rota, V Twort, A Chiocchio, C Peña… - Systematic …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The field of molecular phylogenetics is being revolutionized with next‐generation
sequencing technologies making it possible to sequence large numbers of genomes for non …

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Iran

H Rajaei, L Aarvik, WR Arnscheid, G Baldizzone… - … Stuttgart Contributions to …, 2023‏ - BioOne
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Iran* Page 1 Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Iran* Authors:
Rajaei, Hossein, Aarvik, Leif, Arnscheid, Wilfried, Baldizzone, Giorgio, Bartsch, Daniel, et al …