The African endemic species “ Nychiodes” tyttha Prout, 1915 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) belongs to the genus Aphilopota Warren, 1899

By

Wanke, Dominic
Hausmann, Axel
Lees, David Conway 1959-
Lee, Kyung Min
Martin, Geoff
Sihvonen, Pasi
Staude, Hermann
Rajaei, Hossein

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-1-12

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

46

Pages

1--17

Subjects

Boarmiini , new combination , Phylogeny , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.46.94940

 

Abstract

An extensive examination of the external and internal morphological characters of the genus Nychiodes shows that “Nychiodes” tyttha Prout, 1915 is incorrectly placed in this genus. The systematic position of this species was investigated by using a multigene analysis, including one mitochondrial and up to nine protein-coding nuclear gene regions, and morphological characters. These results support a re-classification of this species as Aphilopota tyttha, comb. nov. A re-description supported by illustrations of morphological characters for A. tyttha is provided.