@article {22093, title = {Phylogeny of the hawkmoth tribe Ambulycini (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): mitogenomes from museum specimens resolve major relationships.}, journal = {Insect Systematics and Diversity}, volume = {3}, year = {2019}, month = {12/2019}, pages = {12, 1-8}, chapter = {12}, abstract = {

\"Ambulycini are a cosmopolitan tribe of the moth family Sphingidae, comprised of 10 genera, 3 of which are found in tropical Asia, 4 in the Neotropics, 1 in Africa, 1 in the Middle East, and 1 restricted to the islands of New Caledonia. Recent phylogenetic analyses of the tribe have yielded conflicting results, and some have suggested a close relationship of the monobasic New Caledonian genus Compsulyx Holloway, 1979 to the Neotropical ones, despite being found on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean. Here, we investigate relationships within the tribe using full mitochondrial genomes, mainly derived from dry-pinned museum collections material. Mitogenomic data were obtained for 19 species representing nine of the 10 Ambulycini genera. Phylogenetic trees are in agreement with a tropical Asian origin for the tribe. Furthermore, results indicate that the Neotropical genus Adhemarius Oiticica Filho, 1939 is paraphyletic and support the notion that Orecta Rothschild \& Jordan 1903 and Trogolegnum Rothschild \& Jordan, 1903 may need to be synonymized. Finally, in our analysis the Neotropical genera do not collectively form a monophyletic group, due to a clade comprising the New Caledonian genus Compsulyx and the African genus Batocnema Rothschild \& Jordan, 1903 being placed as sister to the Neotropical genus Protambulyx Rothschild \& Jordan, 1903. This finding implies a complex biogeographic history and suggests the evolution of the tribe involved at least two long-distance dispersal events.\"

}, keywords = {ADHEMARIUS, AMBULYCINI, BATOCNEMA, BAYESIAN INFERENCE, BIOGEOGRAPHY, COMPSULYX, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, MITOGENOME, NEXTGEN SEQUENCING, PHYLOGENOMICS, PHYLOGENY, PROTAMBULYX, SPHINGIDAE, TROGOLEGNUM}, doi = {10.1093/isd/ixz025}, author = {Timmermans, M.J.T.N. and Daghmoumi, S.M. and Glass, D. and Hamilton, C.A. and Kawahara, A.Y. and Kitching, I.J.} } @article {21971, title = {Two New Species of Psychocampa and a Possible Case of Visual Mimicry in the Sack-Bearer Moths (Lepidoptera: Mimallonoidea)}, journal = {Insect Systematics and Diversity}, volume = {3}, year = {2019}, month = {04/2019}, pages = {3 [9 pp.]}, chapter = {3}, abstract = {

\"Within the Lepidoptera, diurnal adult behavior is more often associated with butterflies than moths. However, many moth species are also known to have adults that fly during the day, and the lack of diel activity data for moths can be attributed to limited natural history observations. Moths belonging to Mimallonidae Burmeister are one such example of a family of Lepidoptera for which very little is known about adult activity times, with literature reports of only two of the nearly 300 described species known to exhibit diurnal behavior. In the present study, two new species of black and white Psychocampa Grote \& Robinson are described: P. aello St Laurent, sp. n. from Colombia and P. celaeno St Laurent, sp. n. from Panama. We hypothesize that these two species are diurnal due to their rarity in collections and apparent similarity in appearance with diurnal sphingid hawkmoths of the genus Aellopos H\übner (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) and certain Hymenoptera. Psychocampa funebris (Schaus) is the species most similar to the two new species described here, it is known from Argentina, southeastern Brazil, and Uruguay whereas the new species are from Panama and western Colombia. Psychocampa funebris is known to be diurnal, and therefore, it is likely that the two new, apparently related species described herein, are also diurnal. Considering the hypothesized diurnal behavior of the new species, and their unique coloring and patterning, we believe this to be the first documentation of potential adult mimicry in Mimallonidae.\"

}, keywords = {AELLOPOS, COLOMBIA, MIMALLONIDAE, MIMICRY, PANAMA, PSYCHOCAMPA, SPHINGIDAE}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixz003}, author = {St. Laurent, R. and Carvalho, A.P.S. and Kawahara, A.Y.} }