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Doan LM, Miller JS, Brown JW, Forister ML, Dyer LA. Two new species of the hyperdiverse geometrid moth genus Eois (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Ecuador, with descriptions of early stages. Zookeys 2024; 1192:111-140. [PMID: 38425443 PMCID: PMC10902787 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1192.111275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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The hyperdiverse geometrid genus Eois Hübner, estimated to encompass more than 1,000 species, is among the most species-rich genera in all of Lepidoptera. While the genus has attracted considerable attention from ecologists and evolutionary biologists in recent decades, limited progress has been made on its alpha taxonomy. This contribution focuses on the Olivacea clade, whose monophyly has been recognized previously through molecular analyses. We attempt to define the clade from a morphological perspective and recognize the following species based on morphology and genomic data: E.olivacea (Felder & Rogenhofer); E.pseudolivacea Doan, sp. nov.; E.auruda (Dognin), stat. rev.; E.beebei (Fletcher, 1952), stat. rev.; E.boliviensis (Dognin), stat. rev.; and E.parumsimii Doan, sp. nov. Descriptions and illustrations of the immature stages of E.pseudolivacea reared from Piper (Piperaceae) in Ecuador are provided.
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- Lydia M. Doan
- Department of Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Conservation of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Entomology Department, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 10024, USA
- Deceased
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- Entomology Department, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA
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- Department of Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Conservation of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Department of Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Conservation of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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Vargas HA. Larval polyphagy of Cataspilatesmarceloi (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), a Neotropical geometrid moth with flightless females. Zookeys 2023; 1186:285-292. [PMID: 38152062 PMCID: PMC10751788 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1186.112397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023] Open
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Surveys in the arid shrubland of the central Andes revealed larval polyphagy for Cataspilatesmarceloi Vargas, 2022 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae, Boarmiini), a geometrid moth with flightless females. This discovery suggests that, as well as in the Holarctic fauna, larval polyphagy would have been important for the evolution of flightlessness among Neotropical geometrid moths of the tribe Boarmiini.
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- Héctor A. Vargas
- Departamento de Recursos Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Tarapacá, Casilla 6-D, Arica, ChileUniversidad de TarapacáAricaChile
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Comoglio L, Brechlin R. An updated checklist of the wild silkmoths (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae) of Colombia. Zookeys 2023; 1178:191-264. [PMID: 37719333 PMCID: PMC10502485 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1178.72084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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In recent years, the study of wild silkmoths (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) has increased exponentially due to the intense sampling effort and the use of molecular evidence for species delimitation, which led to the description of numerous new taxa especially from the Neotropic. Given these rapid advances, the checklist of the Colombian Saturniidae needs to be updated to cover the taxonomy, distribution, and diversity of these moths in the country. After an extensive review of literature, data repositories, and collections, an updated and comprehensive list of Saturniidae from Colombia is presented, including their occurrence status in each Colombian department. The checklist includes 7 subfamilies, 55 genera, and 790 taxa (766 in species rank) of Saturniidae in Colombia. Current distribution data show that the genus Winbrechlinia, the subgenusDarylesia, 379 species, and 18 subspecies are endemic to Colombia. Moreover, a dichotomic key to the Colombian subfamilies is provided. A few taxonomic changes are proposed based on a thorough taxonomic revision of the Colombian taxa. This revision also addresses the issue of outdated species names reported in the first checklist of Colombian Saturniidae (Amarillo-Suárez 2000) and excludes old records of taxa that are considered dubious for Colombia based on new evidence. By presenting an updated list of Colombian species, including the newly described taxa, this study aims at eliminating confusion stemming from outdated names and provides a useful resource for researching and conservating Saturniidae in Colombia. We wish to offer a common reference for future studies on the biodiversity and biogeography of moths in the Neotropical realm.
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- Lorenzo Comoglio
- Laboratorio de Zoología y Ecología Acuática (LAZOEA), Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaUniversidad de los AndesBogotáColombia
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- Friedberg 20, D-17309 Pasewalk, GermanyUnaffiliatedPasewalkGermany
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Hsu YF, Shen ZY, Huang HC, Huang CW, Lu CC. Alien species revises systematic status: integrative species delimitation of two similar taxa of Symbrenthia Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). PeerJ 2023; 11:e14644. [PMID: 36743958 PMCID: PMC9893915 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Introduction of organisms to new range may impose detrimental effects on local organisms, especially when closely related species are involved. Species delimitation employing an integrative taxonomy approach may provide a quick assessment for the species status between taxa of interest, and to infer ecological competition and/or introgression that may be associated with the introduction. A nymphalid butterfly, Symbrenthia lilaea lunica, was recently introduced to Taiwan, where a closely related local taxon, S. l. formosanus, can be found. We employed multiple species delimitation methods to study the species status between the two taxa, and the results revealed that they can be recognized as two distinct species, revised to S. l. lilaea (syn. nov.) and S. formosanus (stat. rev.) respectively. We further performed a niche modeling approach to investigate the ecological interaction between the two species. The taxonomic status of the two taxa, now elevated to species, has been revised and conservation facing rapid expansion of the introduced species discussed.
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- Yu-Feng Hsu
- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.,Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.,Biodiversity Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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- Butterfly Conservation Society of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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- Fu-Xing Elementary School, New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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Vargas HA. Disclisioproctaedmondsii (Butler, 1882) comb. nov. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). Biodivers Data J 2023; 11:e98935. [PMID: 36761084 PMCID: PMC9850251 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.11.e98935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background The generic assignment of the geometrid moth Xanthorhoeedmondsii (Butler, 1882) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae), originally described under Hypochroma Guenée, [1858], a junior homonym of Hypochroma Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] (Geometridae, Ennominae), is assessed using genitalia morphology and analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences. New information Morphological characters revealed closeness to the type species of Disclisioprocta Wallengren, 1861 (Larentiinae). In agreement with morphology, the molecular analysis clustered X.edmondsii with species of Disclisioprocta in a well-supported monophyletic group distantly related to members of Xanthorhoe Hübner, [1825]. Accordingly, Disclisioproctaedmondsii (Butler, 1882) comb. nov. is proposed.
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- Héctor A. Vargas
- Universidad de Tarapacá, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Departamento de Recursos Ambientales, Arica, ChileUniversidad de Tarapacá, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Departamento de Recursos AmbientalesAricaChile
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Vargas HA. Flightless Females in the Neotropical Moth Genus Cataspilates Warren (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) †. INSECTS 2022; 13:1003. [PMID: 36354826 PMCID: PMC9696924 DOI: 10.3390/insects13111003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Although adults are winged and able to fly in most Lepidoptera species, they are apterous or brachypterous and unable to fly in others, such as the flightless females of some geometrid moths. Records of flightless females in the highly diverse and widespread tribe Boarmiini (Geometridae: Ennominae) are mainly restricted to some Nearctic and Palearctic genera. The aim of this study is to provide the first record of flightless females for Cataspilates Warren, 1897, a Boarmiini genus endemic to the Neotropical Region, through the description of Cataspilates marceloi sp. nov. from the arid highlands of the western slopes of the Andes of northern Chile. DNA barcodes confirmed the conspecificity of brachypterous females and winged males reared from larvae collected on the native shrub Adesmia spinosissima (Fabaceae). This contribution represents the first female description for Cataspilates and provides a new opportunity to improve the understanding of the evolution of flightlessness in geometrid moths.
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- Héctor A Vargas
- Departamento de Recursos Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
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Álvarez-García H, Machkour-M'Rabet S, Martínez AL, Pozo C. New Complex of Cryptic Species Discovered in Genus Biblis (Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae) in Mexico. NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2022; 51:557-569. [PMID: 35737224 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-022-00969-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Our research focuses on demonstrating the existence of cryptic species named under Biblis aganisa Boisduval. We used COI sequences to delimit Biblis species for Mexico using species delimitation analyses and examined phylogenetic relationships with sequences from Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, USA, and Guana Island using a Bayesian inference tree. We performed a discriminant analysis with quantitative traits using female and male wing and genitalia, and a tree of maximum parsimony based on 39 qualitative characters of wings, head, and male genitalia. The results were congruent in the three analyses. Three groups were formed based on DNA, ECO 01 + DHJ02, ECO 02 + DHJ01, and ECO 03. The characters that contributed over 50% separation were for wings: wing length, anal margin length, and distance from the band to the outer margin; for male genitalia, angle of the integument, uncus, and the length of the hypandrium, while for females, it was the angle of the anteapophysis and the length of the abdomen. For the analysis of qualitative characters, a tree of maximum parsimony was obtained where 20 characters were informative. We confirmed the existence of three cryptic Biblis species in Mexico, two not yet described, and one corresponding to B. aganisa (ECO 02), which is sympatric in Oaxaca and Sinaloa (ECO 03) and in the Yucatan Peninsula (ECO 01).
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- Hugo Álvarez-García
- Depto de Conservación de La Biodiversidad, El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Chetumal, Mexico
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- Depto de Conservación de La Biodiversidad, El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Chetumal, Mexico.
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- Depto de Biología Evolutiva, Museo de Zoología, "Alfonso L. Herrera", Facultad de Ciencias, Univ Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Depto de Conservación de La Biodiversidad, El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Chetumal, Mexico.
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