@article {22627, title = {Mitochondrial genomes of two wild silkmoths, Samia watsoni and Samia wangi (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), and their phylogenetic implications}, journal = {European Journal of Entomology}, volume = {119}, year = {2022}, month = {08/2022}, pages = {337-353}, chapter = {337}, abstract = {

\"The wild silkmoth genus Samia H\übner, 1819 (Saturniidae) contains a number of economically important species in industrial silk production. However, the interspecific relationships within the genus remain unclear. We sequence the mitogenomes of Samia watsoni Oberth\ür, 1914 and Samia wangi Naumann \& Peigler, 2001. Both mitogenomes are annotated and found to be cyclized, with 37 genes (13 PCGs, 2 rRNA genes and 22 tRNA genes). Using maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods, we analyze these mitogenomes together with a further 68 downloaded from GenBank (65 Bombycoidea and 5 Lasiocampidae as the outgroup) to investigate the phylogenetic relationships both within the genus and those among the three families of the \‘SBS\’ group: Bombycidae, Saturniidae and Sphingidae. The results show that within Samia, S. ricini is closely related to S. canningi, and not S. cynthia of which it has previously been considered to be a subspecies. Although arguments have been proposed to treat S. ricini and S. canningi as conspecific, we choose to accept the morphological arguments and continue to treat them as two separate species. Samia watsoni is corroborated as the sister group of all other Samia species, but nevertheless should be included within Samia rather than being placed in its own monobasic genus. Our analysis recovers the following relationship among the three families of the \‘SBS\’ group: (Saturniidae + (Bombycidae + Sphingidae)). This agrees with previous studies based on analysis of mitogenomes but continues to contradict the results derived from phylogenomic analysis of nuclear genomes.\"

}, keywords = {BAYESIAN INFERENCE, BOMBYCIDAE, DNA, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, MITOGENOME, PHYLOGENY, SAMIA, SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE}, issn = {1802-8829}, doi = {10.14411/eje.2022.035}, author = {Du, D. and Huang, Y. and Naumann, S. and Kitching, I.J. and Xu, Z. and Sun, Y. and Wang, X.} } @article {22256, title = {Three new species of the Xylophanes crotonis species-group (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from Colombia and a neotype designation for Xylophanes aristor}, journal = {European Journal of Entomology}, volume = {18}, year = {2021}, month = {03/2021}, pages = {64-81}, chapter = {64}, abstract = {

\"Three new species of the hawkmoth genus Xylophanes H\übner, 1819 from Colombia are described based on morphological characters and DNA barcodes: Xylophanes camilae Correa-Carmona \& Giusti sp. n., Xylophanes pijao Giusti \& Correa-Carmona sp. n., and Xylophanes tayrona Correa-Carmona \& Giusti sp. n. The new species are compared with the most morphologically similar species within the informal Xylophanes crotonis species-group: Xylophanes aristor (Boisduval, 1870), Xylophanes crotonis (Walker, 1856) and Xylophanes huloti Haxaire \& Vaglia, 2008. Diagnoses, distribution maps, photographs of genital structures and habitus are provided for each new species. In addition, a dichotomous key is provided to identify the new species and the most morphologically similar species within the group. To stabilize the nomenclature and fix the taxon concept, a neotype is designated for Xylophanes aristor.\"

}, keywords = {BARCODING, CATALOGUE, COI, COLOMBIA, DNA, KEY, MALE GENITALIA, NEIGHBOR-JOINING, NEOTYPE, SPHINGIDAE, TYPES, WORLDMAP1, XYLOPHANES}, issn = {1802-8829}, doi = {doi: 10.14411/eje.2021.009}, url = {https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2021.009}, author = {Correa-Carmona, Y. and Giusti, A. and Haxaire, J. and Rougerie, R. and Kitching, I.J.} } @article {21050, title = {Combined effect of environmental factors on distribution of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) in South Korea}, journal = {European Journal of Entomology}, volume = {106}, year = {2009}, pages = {69-76}, chapter = {69}, keywords = {CHAO 2, DIVERSITY, GEOMETRIDAE, LATITUDINAL GRADIENT, PENINSULAR EFFECT, RICHNESS, SOUTH KOREA}, issn = {1210-5759}, url = {http://www.eje.cz/scripts/viewabstract.php?abstract=1428}, author = {Choi, S.-W. and Chun, J.-H.} } @article {21020, title = {More evidence for an admixture of the Hyles euphorbiae complex{\textquoteright}s main lineages in Mediterranean Europe (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)}, journal = {European Journal of Entomology}, volume = {111}, year = {2014}, pages = {584-587}, chapter = {584}, keywords = {BIOGEOGRAPHY, COI, COII, CRETE, DNA, DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE, HAPLOTYPE NETWORKS, HISTORICAL DNA, HYBRID ZONE, HYLES, INTROGRESSION, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, issn = {1210-5759}, doi = {10.14411/eje.2014.065}, author = {Mende, M.B. and Hundsdoerfer, A.K.} }