A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)

Mironov, Vladimir; Galsworthy, Anthony

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3587.1.2

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“…were reported close to Eupithecia spp. (Mironov and Galsworthy, 2012), paraphyletic case of these two genera might also be true. The rest paraphyletic cases might result from lacking phylogenetic signals between two genera or unrepresentative for phylogenetic information of the tree.…”

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Geometrid moth assemblages reflect high conservation value of naturally regenerated secondary forests in temperate China

Zou¹,

Sang²,

Warren‐Thomas³

et al. 2016

Forest Ecology and Management

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The widespread destruction of mature forests in China has led to massive ecological degradation, counteracted in recent decades by substantial efforts to promote forest plantations and protect secondary forest ecosystems. The value of the resulting forests for biodiversity conservation is widely unknown, particularly in relation to highly diverse invertebrate taxa that fulfil important ecosystem services. We aimed to address this knowledge gap, establishing the conservation value of secondary forests on Dongling Mountain, North China based on the diversity of geometrid moths – a species-rich family of nocturnal pollinators that also influences plant assemblages through caterpillar herbivory. Results showed that secondary forests harboured geometrid moth assemblages similar in species richness and phylogenetic diversity, but with a species composition distinctly different to assemblages in one of China’s last remaining mature temperate forests in the Changbaishan Nature Reserve. Species overlap between these sites was about 30%, and species did not form separate phylogenetic clusters according to site. Species assemblages at Dongling Mountain were strongly differentiated according to forest type; a pattern not found at Changbaishan. Our results indicate that protected naturally regenerated secondary forests in northern China provide suitable habitats for species-rich and genetically diverse geometrid moth assemblages, highlighting the potential importance of these forests for conservation and ecosystem function provision across the wider landscape

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Section: Phylogenetic Signalsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Geometrid moth assemblages reflect high conservation value of naturally regenerated secondary forests in temperate China

Zou¹,

Sang²,

Warren‐Thomas³

et al. 2016

Forest Ecology and Management

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“…E. atacama was originally described in Heteropithecia Vojnits, 1985, a monotypic genus synonymized with Eupithecia by Rindge (1987). This synonymy has been followed in subsequent studies (Rindge 1991;Parsons et al 1999), including the redefinition of Eupithecia by Mironov and Galsworthy (2012). The males of E. copaquillaensis sp.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Based on the study of the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna, Mironov and Galsworthy (2012) redefined Eupithecia and indicated a combination of some key features in the male genitalia for distinguishing the genus from the morphologically closely related genera of Eupitheciini: uncus broadest basally and hook-like distally with one or two tips, juxta "hourglass shaped" with a bilobed calcar, anterior arm of labides curved with a setose finger-like papilla at apex, and sternum VIII modified with patches of sclerotization. Furthermore, recent molecular phylogenetic studies that included Old World representatives of Eupithecia suggest that the genus represents a monophyletic group (Õunap et al 2016;Brehm et al 2019).…”

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A new species of Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from the Andes of northern Chile

Vargas¹

2021

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Eupithecia copaquillaensissp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae, Eupitheciini) is described and illustrated. Adults of this new species were discovered using a light trap in the Copaquilla ravine, at about 2800 m elevation on the western slope of the Andes of northern Chile. The morphology of the genitalia of E. copaquillaensis resembles that of E. atacama (Vojnits, 1985), which is also Chilean. However, the shape of the smaller cornutus and the signa in the male and female genitalia respectively enable accurate differentiation of the two species. DNA barcodes are used to associate male and female E. copaquillaensis.

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“…The moth genus Eupithecia in the family Geometridae is one of the largest genera in the Lepidoptera, with approximately 1500 described species (Mironov and Galsworthy ). Larvae of many Eupithecia moths feed on reproductive parts of their host plants, and several species are considered destructive pests.…”

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Sex pheromone of the cloaked pug moth, Eupithecia abietaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a pest of spruce cones

Wang

Svensson

Jakobsson

et al. 2014

J Applied Entomology

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The sex pheromone of the cloaked pug moth, Eupithecia abietaria G€ otze, an important cone-feeding pest in spruce seed orchards in Europe, was investigated. Chemical and electrophysiological analyses of pheromone gland extracts of female moths and analogous analyses of synthetic hydrocarbons and epoxides of chain length C 19 and C 21 revealed (3Z,6Z,9Z)-3,6,9-nonadecatriene (3Z,6Z,9Z-19:H) and 3Z,6Z-cis-9,10-epoxynonadecadiene (3Z,6Z-cis-9,10-epoxy-19:H) as candidate pheromone components, which were found in a gland extract in a ratio of 95 : 5. In field trapping experiments, conspecific males were only attracted to a combination of 3Z,6Z,9Z-19:H and the (9S,10R)-enantiomer of 3Z,6Z-cis-9,10-epoxy-19:H. The (9R,10S)-enantiomer was not attractive, which is in agreement with studies on other Eupithecia species, for which males have only been attracted by the (9S,10R)-enantiomer of epoxides. Subsequent experiments showed that E. abietaria males were attracted to a wide range of ratios of the two active compounds and that trap catches increased with increasing dose of the binary blend. A twocomponent bait containing 300 lg 3Z,6Z,9Z-19:H and 33 lg of the (9S,10R)-enantiomer of 3Z,6Z-cis-9,10-epoxy-19:H was efficient for monitoring E. abietaria in spruce seed orchards in southern Sweden, where this species has probably been overlooked as an important pest in the past. With sex pheromones recently identified for two other moths that are major pests on spruce cones, the spruce seed moth, Cydia strobilella L., and the spruce coneworm, Dioryctria abietella Denis & Schifferm€ uller, pheromone-based monitoring can now be achieved for the whole guild of conefeeding moths in European spruce seed orchards.

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A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)

Cited by 5 publications

References 1 publication

Geometrid moth assemblages reflect high conservation value of naturally regenerated secondary forests in temperate China

Geometrid moth assemblages reflect high conservation value of naturally regenerated secondary forests in temperate China

A new species of Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from the Andes of northern Chile

Sex pheromone of the cloaked pug moth, Eupithecia abietaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a pest of spruce cones

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