A phylogenetic study of the ‘bombycoid complex’ (Lepidoptera) using five protein‐coding nuclear genes, with comments on the problem of macrolepidopteran phylogeny

By J. Regier, C. P. Cook, C. Mitter, April Hussey. 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Michael P. Cummings
2. A. Zwick
3. C. Mitter
4. J. Regier
5. N. Wahlberg
6. I. Kitching
7. J. Holloway
8. N. P. Kristensen

In Genetics

1. C. Mitter
2. J. Regier
3. I. Kitching
4. N. Wahlberg
5. M. Mutanen
6. R. Zahiri
7. J. Holloway
8. Michael P. Cummings

Citations in the corpus

• Complete nucleotide sequence and organization of the mitogenome of endangered Eumenis autonoe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) (2010, background): “…a close relationship between Noctuoidea and Papilionoidea, leaving Geometroidea and Bombycoidea unresolved from the group by five nuclear PCGs (Regier et al., 2008) and a close relationship between Geometroidea and Papilionoidea and between NoctuoIdea and Bombycoidea based on the…”
• Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) (2012, methodology): “After the introduction of new gene regions into Lepidoptera phylogenomics (Friedlander et al., 1992, 1994, 2000; Mitchell et al., 1997, 2000; Regier et al., 2002, 2008a, b, 2009; Wahlberg & Wheat, 2008), an opportunity presented itself to employ large numbers of these potentially suitable nuclear…”
• Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher‐level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera) (2011, methodology): “We are indebted to many generous colleagues for supplying fresh specimens for this and our previous study (Regier et al., 2008a), including James Adams, Vitor Becker, Tom Burbidge, Michael Collins, Andrea Coccuci, Ted Edwards, Tim Friedlander, Kurt Horst, Roger Hutchings, Nils Hydén, Daniel…”
• A molecular phylogeny for the oldest (nonditrysian) lineages of extant Lepidoptera, with implications for classification, comparative morphology and life‐history evolution (2015, methodology): “Scripts to generate the two character sets are freely available (appendix 4 of Regier et al., 2008c; http://www.phylotools.com).”
• A molecular phylogeny for the pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) and its implications for higher‐level classification (2012, methodology): “This set of genes has been used to resolve lepidopteran relationships at a variety of taxonomic levels (Regier et al., 2008a, b, 2009; Kawahara et al., 2009).”