Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory

Creating a taxonomic e-science

Literature

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M. Z. Ahmed, Araujo-Jnr, E. V., Welch, J. J., Kawahara, A. Y.2015Wolbachia in butterflies and moths: geographic structure in infection frequency
B. R. Aiello, Sikandar, U. B., Minoguchi, H., Bhinderwala, B., Hamilton, C. A., Kawahara, A. Y., Sponberg, S.2021The evolution of two distinct strategies of moth flight
B. R. Aiello, Tan, M., Bin Sikandar, U., Alvey, A. J., B., B., Kimball, K. C., Barber, J. R., Hamilton, C. A., Kawahara, A. Y., Sponberg, S.2021Adaptive shifts underlie the divergence in wing morphology in bombycoid moths
J. R. Barber, Kawahara A. Y.2013Hawkmoths produce anti-bat ultrasound
J. R. Barber, Plotkin, D., Rubin, J. J., Homziak, N. T., Leavell, B. C., Houlihan, P., Miner, K. A., Breinholt, J. W., Quirk-Royal, B., Padrón, P. S., Nunez, M., Kawahara, A. Y.2021Anti-bat ultrasound production in moths is globally and phylogenetically widespread
M. B. Barth, Buchwalder, K., Kawahara, A. Y., Zhou, X., Liu, S., Krezdorn, N., Rotter, B., Horres, R., Hundsdoerfer, A. K.2018Functional characterization of the Hyles euphorbiae hawkmoth transcriptome reveals strong expression of phorbol ester detoxification and seasonal cold hardiness genes
J. W. Breinholt, Earl, C., Lemmon, A. R., Moriarty_Lemmon, E., Xiao, L., Kawahara, A. Y.2017Resolving relationships among the megadiverse butterflies and moths with a novel pipeline for anchored phylogenomics
J. W. Breinholt, Kawahara A. Y.2013Phylotranscriptomics: saturated third codon positions radically influence the estimation of trees based on next-gen data
C. D. Couch, Masonick, P., Plotkin, D., Li, X., Breinholt, J. W., Rougerie, R., Barber, J. R., Kitching, I., Kawahara, A. Y.2026The evolution of proboscis length and feeding behaviour in hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
B. Foquet, Eccles, L. E., Markee, A., Triant, D. A., Frandsen, P. B., Stoppel, W. L., Kawahara, A. Y.2026Evolution of highly repetitive silk genes in the Luna Moth, Actias luna
R. K. Godfrey, Britton, S. E., Mishra, S., Goldberg, J. K., Kawahara, A. Y.2023A high-quality, long-read genome assembly of the whitelined sphinx moth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Hyles lineata) shows highly conserved melanin synthesis pathway genes
C. A. Hamilton, St Laurent, R. A., Dexter, K., Kitching, I. J., Breinholt, J. W., Zwick, A., Timmermans, M. J. T. N., Barber, J. R., Kawahara, A. Y.2019Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives.
C. A. Hamilton, Winiger, N., Rubin, J. J., Breinholt, J., Rougerie, R., Kitching, I. J., Barber, J. R., Kawahara, A. Y.2022Hidden phylogenomic signal helps elucidate arsenurine silkmoth phylogeny and the evolution of body size and wing shape trade-offs
T. J. Hossie, Skelhorn, J., Breinholt, J. W., Kawahara, A. Y., Sherratt, T. N.2015Body size affects the evolution of eyespots in caterpillars
A. Y. Kawahara, Barber J. R.2015Tempo and mode of antibat ultrasound production and sonar jamming in the diverse hawkmoth radiation
A. Y. Kawahara, Breinholt, J. W., Ponce, F. V., Haxaire, J., Lei, X., Lamarre, G. P. A., Rubinoff, D., Kitching, I. J.2013Evolution of Manduca sexta hornworms and relatives: biogeographical analysis reveals an ancestral diversification in Central America
I. J. Kitching, Rougerie, R., Zwick, A., Hamilton, C. A., St Laurent, R., Naumann, S., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Kawahara, A. Y.2018A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
X. Li, Hamilton, C. A., St Laurent, R. A., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Markee, A., Haxaire, J., Rougerie, R., Kitching, I. J., Kawahara, A. Y.2022A diversification relay race from Caribbean-Mesoamerica to the Andes: historical biogeography of Xylophanes hawkmoths
A. Markee, Godfrey, R. K., Frandsen, P. B., Weng, Y. - M., Triant, D. A., Kawahara, A. Y.2024De novo long-read genome assembly and annotation of the Luna Moth (Actias luna) fully resolves repeat-rich silk genes
A. J. Mongue, Kawahara A. Y.2022Population differentiation and structural variation in the Manduca sexta genome across the United States
F. V. Ponce, Breinholt, J. W., Hossie, T., Barber, J. R., Janzen, D. H., Hallwachs, W., Kawahara, A. Y.2015A molecular phylogeny of Eumorpha (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) and the evolution of anti-predator larval eyespots
J. C. Regier, Mitter, C., Zwick, A., Bazinet, A. L., Cumming, M. P., Kawahara, A. Y., Sohn, J. - C., Zwickl, D. J., Cho, S., Davis, D. R., Baixeras, J., Brown, J., Parr, C., Weller, S., Lees, D. C., Mitter, K. T.2013A large-scale, higher-Level, molecular phylogenetic study of the insect order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
J. J. Rubin, Campbell, C. J., Carvalho, A. P. S., St Laurent, R. A., Crespo, G. I., Pierson, T. L., Guralnick, R. P., Kawahara, A. Y.2024Macroevolutionary constraint and selection on anti-bat moth tails
D. Rubinoff, Osborne, K. H., Kawahara, A. Y.2009Synonomization [sic] of the euphonious Arctonotus Boisduval, 1852 (Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) based on molecular phylogenetic analysis
D. Rubinoff, San Jose, M., Kawahara, A. Y.2012Phylogenetics and species status of Hawai‘i's endangered Blackburn's Sphinx Moth, Manduca blackburni (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
C. Skojec, Earl, C., Couch, C. D., Masonick, P., Kawahara, A. Y.2024Phylogeny and divergence time estimation of Io moths and relatives (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Automeris)
Y. Sondhi, Messcher, R. L., Bellantuano, A. J., Storer, C. G., Cinel, S. D., Godfrey, R. K., Mongue, A. J., Weng, Y. - M., Glass, D., St Laurent, R. A., Hamilton, C. A., Earl, C., Brislawn, C. J., Kitching, I. J., Bybee, S. M., Theobald, J. C., Kawahara, A. Y.2024Day-night gene expression reveals circadian gene disco as a candidate for diel-niche evolution in moths
R. St Laurent, Carvalho, A. P. S., Kawahara, A. Y.2019Two New Species of Psychocampa and a Possible Case of Visual Mimicry in the Sack-Bearer Moths (Lepidoptera: Mimallonoidea)
M. J. T. N. Timmermans, Daghmoumi, S. M., Glass, D., Hamilton, C. A., Kawahara, A. Y., Kitching, I. J.2019Phylogeny of the hawkmoth tribe Ambulycini (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): mitogenomes from museum specimens resolve major relationships.
J. Ylla, Peigler, R. S., Kawahara, A. Y.2005Cladistic analysis of moon moths using morphology, molecules and behaviour: Actias Leach, 1815; Argema Wallengren, 1858; Graellsia Grote, 1896 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
M. Zhong, Hill, G. A., Gomez, J. P., Plotkin, D., Barber, J. R., Kawahara, A. Y.2016Quantifying wing shape and size of saturniid moths with geometric morphometrics
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