Journal article
Lithinine moths on ferns: a phylogenetic study of insect-plant interactions
Biological journal of the Linnean Society, v 55(3), pp 239-250
01 Jul 1995
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Abstract
We examine host association patterns in pteridophagous moths of the tribe Lithinini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). This represents the first study where the host associations of oligophagous, pteridophagous Lepidoptera are analysed in a phylogenetic context. We compare the observed phylogenetic patterns of lithinine moths and their hosts with the contrasting coevolutionary scenarios proposed by Mitter
et al.
, and discuss the support for various hypotheses relative to Thompson's concept of coevolution as `escape with radiation', and the chemical facilitation model of Jermy. The patterns observed support a scenario where host shifting subsequent to a single colonization event has resulted in lack of strict concordance (i.e. parallel cladogenesis) between moth and fern phylogenies.
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- Title
- Lithinine moths on ferns: a phylogenetic study of insect-plant interactions
- Creators
- JASON D. Weintraub - Natural History MuseumJOHN H. Lawton - NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot, BerkshireMALCOLM J. Scoble - Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD
- Publication Details
- Biological journal of the Linnean Society, v 55(3), pp 239-250
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science Ltd
- Number of pages
- 12
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Entomology; Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1995RJ81900004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0001556671
- Other Identifier
- 991022020635104721
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