@article {22476, title = {A diversification relay race from Caribbean-Mesoamerica to the Andes: historical biogeography of Xylophanes hawkmoths}, journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B}, volume = {289}, year = {2022}, month = {02/2022}, pages = {20212435}, chapter = {20212435}, abstract = {

\"The regions of the Andes and Caribbean-Mesoamerica are both hypothesized to be the cradle for many Neotropical lineages, but few studies have fully investigated the dynamics and interactions between Neotropical bioregions. The NewWorld hawkmoth genus Xylophanes is the most taxonomically diverse genus in the Sphingidae, with the highest endemism and richness in the Andes and Caribbean-Mesoamerica. We integrated phylogenomic and DNA barcode data and generated the first time-calibrated tree for this genus, covering 93.8\% of the species diversity. We used event-based likelihood ancestral area estimation and biogeographic stochastic mapping to examine the speciation and dispersal dynamics of Xylophanes across bioregions. We also used trait-dependent diversification models to compare speciation and extinction rates of lineages associated with different bioregions. Our results indicate that Xylophanes originated in Caribbean-Mesoamerica in the Late Miocene, and immediately diverged into five major clades. The current species diversity and distribution of Xylophanes can be explained by two consecutive phases. In the first phase, the highest Xylophanes speciation and emigration rates occurred in the Caribbean-Mesoamerica, and the highest immigration rates occurred in the Andes, whereas in the second phase the highest immigration rates were found in Amazonia, and the Andes had the highest speciation and emigration rates.\"

}, keywords = {ANCESTRAL AREAS ANALYSIS, ANDES, BARCODING, BioGeoBEARS, BIOGEOGRAPHY, CARIBBEAN, COI, DIVERSIFICATION, DNA, EMIGRATION RATES, EVOLUTION, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, MESOAMERICA, MODELS, PHYLOGENOMICS, PHYLOGENY, SPECIATION, SPHINGIDAE, STOCHASTIC MAPPING, XYLOPHANES}, doi = {10.1098/rspb.2021.2435}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2435}, author = {Li, X. and Hamilton, C.A. and St Laurent, R.A. and Ballesteros-Mejia, L. and Markee, A. and Haxaire, J. and Rougerie, R. and Kitching, I.J. and Kawahara, A.Y.} } @article {21513, title = {A large-scale, higher-Level, molecular phylogenetic study of the insect order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, volume = {8}, year = {2013}, month = {03/2013}, pages = {e58568}, chapter = {e58568}, abstract = {

\"Background: Higher-level relationships within the Lepidoptera, and particularly within the species-rich subclade Ditrysia, are
generally not well understood, although recent studies have yielded progress. We present the most comprehensive
molecular analysis of lepidopteran phylogeny to date, focusing on relationships among superfamilies.

Methodology / Principal Findings: 483 taxa spanning 115 of 124 families were sampled for 19 protein-coding nuclear
genes, from which maximum likelihood tree estimates and bootstrap percentages were obtained using GARLI. Assessment
of heuristic search effectiveness showed that better trees and higher bootstrap percentages probably remain to be
discovered even after 1000 or more search replicates, but further search proved impractical even with grid computing.
Other analyses explored the effects of sampling nonsynonymous change only versus partitioned and unpartitioned total
nucleotide change; deletion of rogue taxa; and compositional heterogeneity. Relationships among the non-ditrysian
lineages previously inferred from morphology were largely confirmed, plus some new ones, with strong support. Robust
support was also found for divergences among non-apoditrysian lineages of Ditrysia, but only rarely so within Apoditrysia.
Paraphyly for Tineoidea is strongly supported by analysis of nonsynonymous-only signal; conflicting, strong support for
tineoid monophyly when synonymous signal was added back is shown to result from compositional heterogeneity.

Conclusions / Significance: Support for among-superfamily relationships outside the Apoditrysia is now generally strong.
Comparable support is mostly lacking within Apoditrysia, but dramatically increased bootstrap percentages for some nodes
after rogue taxon removal, and concordance with other evidence, strongly suggest that our picture of apoditrysian
phylogeny is approximately correct. This study highlights the challenge of finding optimal topologies when analyzing
hundreds of taxa. It also shows that some nodes get strong support only when analysis is restricted to nonsynonymous
change, while total change is necessary for strong support of others. Thus, multiple types of analyses will be necessary to
fully resolve lepidopteran phylogeny.\"

}, keywords = {109FIN, 265FIN, 268FIN, 3007FIN, ACC, APODITRYSIA, BARCODING, BOOTSTRAP, CAD, COI, DDC, DNA, ENOLASE, GARLI, HIGHER CLASSIFICATION, LEPIDOPTERA, MACROHETEROCERA, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, MTDNA, PHYLOGENY, ROGUE TAXA, TINEOIDEA}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0058568}, author = {Regier, J.C. and Mitter, C. and Zwick, A. and Bazinet, A.L. and Cumming, M.P. and Kawahara, A.Y. and Sohn, J.-C. and Zwickl, D.J. and Cho, S. and Davis, D.R. and Baixeras, J. and Brown, J. and Parr, C. and Weller, S. and Lees, D.C. and Mitter, K.T.} } @article {20886, title = {A molecular phylogeny of Eumorpha (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) and the evolution of anti-predator larval eyespots}, journal = {Systematic Entomology}, volume = {40}, year = {2015}, pages = {401-408}, chapter = {401}, keywords = {BAYESIAN INFERENCE, BEHAVIOUR, BIOGEOGRAPHY, CAD, COI, DEFENCE, DNA, EF-1ALPHA, EUMORPHA, EYESPOT, IMMATURE STAGES, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, MIMICRY, PHYLOGENY, RASP, RAXML, SPHINGIDAE, WINGLESS, WORLDMAP1}, doi = {10.1111/syen.12111}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12111}, author = {Ponce, F.V. and Breinholt, J.W. and Hossie, T. and Barber, J.R. and Janzen, D.H. and Hallwachs, W. and Kawahara, A.Y.} } @article {19854, title = {Phylogenetics and species status of Hawai{\textquoteleft}i{\textquoteright}s endangered Blackburn{\textquoteright}s Sphinx Moth, Manduca blackburni (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)}, journal = {Pacific Science}, volume = {66}, year = {2012}, month = {2012}, pages = {31-41}, chapter = {31}, keywords = {BARCODING, CAD, COI, EF-1ALPHA, HAWAII, MANDUCA, PHYLOGENY, SPHINGIDAE, USA, WORLDMAP1}, doi = {10.2984/66.1.2}, author = {Rubinoff, D. and San Jose, M. and Kawahara, A.Y.} } @article {19853, title = {Synonomization [sic] of the euphonious Arctonotus Boisduval, 1852 (Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) based on molecular phylogenetic analysis}, journal = {Journal of the Lepidopterists{\textquoteright} Society}, volume = {63}, year = {2009}, month = {2009}, pages = {233-235}, chapter = {233}, keywords = {ARCTONOTUS, CATALOGUE, COI, EF-1ALPHA, PHYLOGENY, PROSERPINUS, SPHINGIDAE, WINGLESS}, url = {https://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/2000s/2009/2009-63-4-233.pdf}, author = {Rubinoff, D. and Osborne, K.H. and Kawahara, A.Y.} } @article {18694, title = {Evolution of Manduca sexta hornworms and relatives: biogeographical analysis reveals an ancestral diversification in Central America}, journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}, volume = {68}, year = {2013}, month = {2013}, pages = {381-386}, chapter = {381}, keywords = {BAYESIAN INFERENCE, BIOGEOGRAPHY, CAD, COI, DNA, EF-1ALPHA, MANDUCA, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, PEST, RASP, SPHINGIDAE, WINGLESS}, doi = {10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.017}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.017}, author = {Kawahara, A.Y. and Breinholt, J.W. and Ponce, F.V. and Haxaire, J. and Lei, X. and Lamarre, G.P.A. and Rubinoff, D. and Kitching, I.J.} }