Projects

The discovery of a new genus of Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) associated with Cistaceae

We provided a detailed, illustrated diagnoses and description of the new genus and its constituent species, (one of which is restored from synonymy), distributional and natural history data, a molecular phylogenetic analysis, and a comparison of the observed inferred evolutionary patterns of the new genus with other phylogenetic lineages.

Related publications

A collection of mining Lepidoptera in the post genomic era.
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae.In: Catalogue of Life. 2013 Annual Checklist
Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae).
Non-synonymous changes and increased gene sampling improves phylogenetic estimates for higher-level groups within leaf-mining moths and relatives (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758.
The discovery of a new Lepidoptera genus for science in Belgium
Increased gene sampling strengthens support for higher-level groups within leaf-mining moths and relatives (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
Systematics and biology of the new genus Macrosaccus with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae).
Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).
Comparing the phylogenetic utility of 21 protein-coding genes: an empirical study from the leaf mining moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gracillarioidea)
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

Principal investigator:

Jurate De Prins

Dates:

2013 2013

Museum staff:

Jurate De Prins
Eliane De Coninck

External collaborators:

Don Davis, Smithsonian Institution, USA
Jae-Cheon Sohn, Maryland University, USA
Paolo Triberti, Museo di Storia Naturale, Verona, Italy