Latest Articles from ZooKeys Latest 4 Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:26:53 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://zookeys.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ First mitochondrial genome from Yponomeutidae (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutoidea) and the phylogenetic analysis for Lepidoptera https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/35101/ ZooKeys 879: 137-156

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.879.35101

Authors: Mingsheng Yang, Bingyi Hu, Lin Zhou, Xiaomeng Liu, Yuxia Shi, Lu Song, Yunshan Wei, Jinfeng Cao

Abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Yponomeuta montanatus is sequenced and compared with other published yponomeutoid mitogenomes. The mitogenome is circular, 15,349 bp long, and includes the typical metazoan mitochondrial genes (13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes) and an A + T-rich region. All 13 protein-coding genes use a typical start codon ATN, the one exception being cox1, which uses CGA across yponomeutoid mitogenomes. Comparative analyses further show that the secondary structures of tRNAs are conserved, including loss of the Dihydorouidine (DHU) arm in trnS1 (AGN), but remarkable nucleotide variation has occurred mainly in the DHU arms and pseudouridine (TψC) loops. A + T-rich regions exhibit substantial length variation among yponomeutoid mitogenomes, and conserved sequence blocks are recognized but some of them are not present in all species. Multiple phylogenetic analyses confirm the position of Y. montanatus in Yponomeutoidea. However, the superfamily-level relationships in the Macroheterocera clade in Lepidoptera recovered herein show considerable difference with that recovered in previous mitogenomic studies, raising the necessity of extensive phylogenetic investigation when more mitogenomes become available for this clade.

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Research Article Wed, 9 Oct 2019 20:53:26 +0300
Alpha taxonomy of the genus Kessleria Nowicki, 1864, revisited in light of DNA-barcoding (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/5264/ ZooKeys 503: 89-133

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.503.9590

Authors: Peter Huemer, Marko Mutanen

Abstract: The taxonomy of Kessleria, a highly specialized montane genus of Yponomeutidae with larval host restriction to Saxifragaceae and Celastraceae (Saxifraga spp. – subgenus Kessleria; Saxifraga spp. and Parnassia spp. – subgenus Hofmannia), is revised based on external morphology, genitalia and DNA barcodes. An integrative taxonomic approach supports the existence of 29 species in Europe (the two known species from Asia and North America are not treated herein). A full 658 bp fragment of COI was obtained from 135 specimens representing 24 species, a further seven sequences are >560 bp. Five new species are described: Kessleria cottiensis sp. n. (Prov. Torino, Italy; Dep. Hautes Alpes, France), Kessleria dimorpha sp. n. (Dep. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France), Kessleria alpmaritimae sp. n. (Dep. Alpes-Maritimes, France), Kessleria apenninica sp. n. (Prov. Rieti, Prov. L´Aquila, Italy), and Kessleria orobiae sp. n. (Prov. Bergamo, Italy).

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Research Article Mon, 11 May 2015 00:00:00 +0300
A taxonomic review of Eucalantica (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) with descriptions of six new species https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2619/ ZooKeys 118: 75-96

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.118.956

Authors: Jay Sohn, Kenji Nishida

Abstract: The New World genus Eucalantica is reviewed with descriptions of six new species: E. costaricae Sohn et Nishida, sp. n., E. ehecatlella Sohn et Nishida, sp. n., E. ikarosella Sohn et Nishida, sp. n., E. powelli Sohn, sp. n., and E. pumila Sohn, sp. n., all five from Costa Rica; E. vaquero Sohn, sp. n. from southern USA and Mexico. The type species, E. polita (Walsingham), is redescribed and its lectotype and two paralectotypes are designated. The variations of forewing pattern in E. polita, are compared to other congeners and diagnosed to minimize possible confusion. Illustrations and keys of the adults and the genitalia of each sex, where available, are provided for all seven species of the genus. Our review suggests possibly high diversity of Eucalantica in the tropical highlands of Central America and predicts more new species to be discovered by further inventories.

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Research Article Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0300
Identity of the ailanthus webworm moth (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae), a complex of two species: evidence from DNA barcoding, morphology and ecology https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2199/ ZooKeys 46: 41-60

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.46.406

Authors: John Wilson, Jean-François Landry, Daniel Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Vazrick Nazari, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Paul Hebert

Abstract: During extensive ongoing campaigns to inventory moths of North America and Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica, we discovered that morphologically similar yponomeutid moths were assigned two different names, Atteva ergatica Walsingham in Costa Rica and A. punctella (Stoll) in North America, but had identical DNA barcodes. Combining DNA barcoding, morphology and food plant records also revealed a complex of two sympatric species that are diagnosable by their DNA barcodes and their facies in Costa Rica. However, neither of the names could be correctly applied to either species, as A. ergatica is a junior synonym and A. punctella a junior homonym. By linking our specimens to type material through morphology and DNA barcoding, we determined that the ACG dry forest species, distributed from Costa Rica to southern Quebec and Ontario, should be called A. aurea, whereas the similar and marginally sympatric ACG rain forest species found in Central America should be called A. pustulella. Neotypes are designated for Phalaena Tinea punctella Stoll, 1781 and Deiopeia aurea Fitch, 1857. Atteva floridana has identical barcodes to A. aurea and provisionally maintained as a synonym.

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Research Article Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300