Biology:Hoploscopinae

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Short description: Subfamily of moths

Hoploscopinae
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Hoploscopinae

Robinson et al., 1994

Hoploscopinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. It was described by Robinson et al., 1994.[1]

In the past, the group had been considered a subfamily of Heliothelinae based on a sclerotized thorn that is invaginated into the corpus bursae of the female genitalia. This morphological feature common to both Hoploscopinae and Heliothelinae was considered an apomorphy of Heliothelinae sensu lato.[2] However, a phylogenetic analysis of Crambidae moths found that Hoploscopinae and Heliothelinae do not form a monophyletic group, and consequently split the two lineages into separate subfamilies.[3]

The subfamily currently comprises the two genera Hoploscopa Meyrick, 1886 and Perimeceta Turner, 1915, with altogether 46 species occurring in Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia .[4] The caterpillars feed on ferns.[5][6]

References

  1. Robinson, Gaden S.; Tuck, Kevin R.; Shaffer, Michael (1994). A field guide to the smaller moths of South-East Asia. Natural History Museum, London, UK. 
  2. Nuss, Matthias (1998). "The Scopariinae and Heliothelinae stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of the Oriental Region – a revisional synopsis with descriptions of new species from the Philippines and Sumatra". Nachrichten entomologische Verein Apollo 17 (Suppl): 475–528. 
  3. Léger, Théo; Mally, Richard; Neinhuis, Christoph; Nuss, Matthias (2020). "Refining the phylogeny of Crambidae with complete sampling of subfamilies (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)". Zoologica Scripta 50 (1): 84–99. doi:10.1111/zsc.12452. 
  4. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas et al. (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)" (in English). http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fPages%2fReports%2fTaxonomyReport.aspx. 
  5. Léger, Théo; Kehlmaier, Christian; Vairappan, Charles S.; Nuss, M (2020). "Twenty-six new species of Hoploscopa (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from South-East Asia revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding". ZooKeys (907): 1–99. doi:10.3897/zookeys.907.36563. PMID 32063727. PMC 7002455. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/36563/list/9/. 
  6. Mally, Richard; Léger, Théo; Vairappan, Charles S.; Sutton, Stephen; Nuss, Matthias (2017). "Discovery of another fern-feeding group of moths: the larvae of Hoploscopini (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) from Borneo". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65: 100–108. http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/65rbz100-108.pdf. 

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