African-Arabian and Asian-Pacific "Mocis frugalis": Two distinct species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Zilli, Alberto

doi:10.14411/eje.2000.064

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“…Due to increased knowledge and advanced preparation methods, particularly for artificial male vesica eversion, systematic papers based partly or predominantly on vesica characteristics are published frequently (e.g. Lafontaine et al ., 1987; Andersen, 1988; Bolte, 1990; Staddon & Ahmad, 1995; Zilli, 2000; Simonsen, 2005). Surprisingly often, species splitting is based not on quantitative analyses on morphology, but only on subjective visual comparisons.…”

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Delimitation difficulties in species splits: a morphometric case study on the Euxoa tritici complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Mutanen

2005

Systematic Entomology

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Genital characteristics tend to vary greatly between Lepidoptera species, providing helpful features for species delimitation. The differences between species are usually remarkable and suspicions about species identity never arise. However, fairly often, and possibly increasingly, taxa are elevated to species rank on the basis of very slight morphological differences, often without quantitative support. Euxoa tritici (Linnaeus) is a typical example of a variable species split into several morphologically similar species. The present study tested whether the diagnostic genital characters of the current classification, based on nonquantitative methodology, provide safe identification of species. Both traditional distance morphometrics as well as modern geometric morphometrics, which also enables quantitative shape exploration, were used. Moreover, whether the study specimens can be unambiguously categorized into several species with visual comparisons was tested independently using four specialist entomologists. Genital types of several named species as well as considerable variation in genitalia were found, but no support was found for the presence of several morphologically distinguishable species with quantitative morphometric analyses. Neither were study specimens categorized unambiguously by specialists. The results suggest that pure visual comparisons may lead to unsound taxonomic conclusions and that a quantitative approach in critical cases should be used more frequently.

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Delimitation difficulties in species splits: a morphometric case study on the Euxoa tritici complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Mutanen

2005

Systematic Entomology

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Anchored hybrid enrichment phylogenomics resolves the backbone of erebine moths

Homziak

Breinholt

Branham

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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

MBATA,

PRINS

2023

Zootaxa

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An annotated checklist of moths was compiled for Zambia based on intensive and extensive reviews of the literature on insects of the country and on field surveys undertaken by the study for a period of five years from March 2013 to October 2017 to confirm some of the literature review records documented. The checklist contains 1,816 species of moths, arranged into 907 genera and 35 subspecies. One hundred and fifty of these moth species are endemic in Zambia. During our biodiversity field surveys, we verified the existence in Zambia of 3.07% of moth taxa reported in the literature. Some species of moths recorded to occur in Zambia are of traditional/nutritional value to some local ethnic groupings in the country. In addition to their use in traditional medicinal concoctions with plants to treat human maladies, some moth larvae or caterpillars serve as extra sources of animal protein and are consumed as snacks and/or relish by the local people. About one percent (0.9%) of all moth species recorded to occur in Zambia and 7.59% of species of the family Saturniidae serve as extra sources of animal protein for some tribes in the country. To date, no moth species in the country has been assessed for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This present checklist will serve as a basis for future governmental decisions on the policy of environmental protection, Red List preparation, and management of natural food security issues in Zambia.

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African-Arabian and Asian-Pacific "Mocis frugalis": Two distinct species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Delimitation difficulties in species splits: a morphometric case study on the Euxoa tritici complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Delimitation difficulties in species splits: a morphometric case study on the Euxoa tritici complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Anchored hybrid enrichment phylogenomics resolves the backbone of erebine moths

Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

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