Diversity and significance of Lepidoptera: a phylogenetic perspective

PZ Goldstein - Insect biodiversity: science and society, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… context of their phylogeny as we understand it. Because lepidopteran classification remains
in flux… in the inference of lepidopteran phylogeny. Although the emphasis of this discussion is …

A large-scale, higher-level, molecular phylogenetic study of the insect order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

JC Regier, C Mitter, A Zwick, AL Bazinet… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
… , and their implications for improved phylogenetic analysis. We … valuable phylogenetic signal
across Lepidoptera, but that these signals are optimally informative at different phylogenetic

Characterization of seventeen complete mitochondrial genomes: Structural features and phylogenetic implications of the lepidopteran insects

M Cheng, Y Liu, X Zheng, R Zhang, K Feng, B Yue… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
… We analyzed the phylogenetic relationships of the six superfamilies in order Lepidoptera,
with two Trichoptera species as outgroup. The phylogenetic trees based on ML and BI …

Phylogeny and evolution of Lepidoptera

C Mitter, DR Davis, MP Cummings - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
… , the largest single radiation of plant-feeding insects, was very … Here we summarize progress
on lepidopteran phylogeny … causes and consequences of phylogenetic change in host …

Nine mitochondrial genomes of the pyraloidea and their phylogenetic implications (Lepidoptera)

X Liu, M Qi, H Xu, Z Wu, L Hu, M Yang, H Li - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
… investigation, and population genetics of insects, mainly because they are characterized
by … effective data for phylogenetic studies on multiple insect groups, such as Lepidoptera [18], …

The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Ctenoptilum vasava (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae) and Its Phylogenetic Implication

J Hao, Q Sun, H Zhao, X Sun, Y Gai… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… The size of so far sequenced mt genomes in lepidopteran insects ranges from 15,140 bp
in Artogeia melete [7] to 15,928 bp in Bombyx mandarina [13]; our newly sequenced mt …

Characterization of the Complete Mitochondrion Genome of Diurnal Moth Amata emma (Butler) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) and Its Phylogenetic Implications

HF Lu, TJ Su, AR Luo, CD Zhu, CS Wu - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
… for these genes of other Lepidopteran insects. Except for the A+T-… emma and other
Lepidopteran insects reported previously except … The phylogenetic relationships based on …

A molecular phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and its implications for classification, biogeography and the evolution of host plant use

JC Sohn, JC Regier, C Mitter, D Davis, JF Landry… - Plos one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
… ) is regarded as the most destructive insect pest of cruciferous vegetables, annually causing
… the early evolution of Lepidoptera and their importance as pests, the Yponomeutoidea have …

The mitochondrial genomes of the Geometroidea (Lepidoptera) and their phylogenetic implications

W Ding, H Xu, Z Wu, L Hu, L Huang… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… other groups of Lepidoptera such as Adeloidea and Nepticuloidea and ancestral insect orders
with the … However, although Lepidoptera is one of the species-rich orders in insects, gene …

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
… discuss the implications of our findings for our understanding of the Lepidoptera phylogeny,
insect groups, we found 23 papers in addition to the 11 phylogenomic studies published on …