Taxonomic history and invasion biology of two Phyllonorycter leaf miners (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with links to taxonomic and molecular datasets
Authors
De Prins, J.
De Prins, W.
De Coninck, E.
Kawahara, A.
Milton, M.
Hebert, P.
Discipline
Biological sciences
Subject
Biological collection and data management
Invertebrates
Audience
Scientific
Date
2013Metadata
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This paper deals with two European species, Phyllonorycter mespilella (Hübner, 1805) and P. trifasciella (Haworth, 1828), that have colonized the subtropical Canary Islands. The Rosaceae leaf miner, P. mespilella, is recorded for the first time from Lanzarote and La Palma, while the Caprifoliaceae leaf miner, P. trifasciella, is recorded from Tenerife. We present the diagnoses of these species based on morphology, a preliminary DNA barcode (COI) library of congeneric and confamilial species, and discuss the taxonomic position of the colonizers within the blancardella and trifasciella species groups. The recent intensification of anthropogenic disturbance likely accounts for their range expansion, an event that may impact the relict flora present on the Canary Islands.
Citation
De Prins, J.; De Prins, W.; De Coninck, E.; Kawahara, A.; Milton, M.; Hebert, P. (2013). Taxonomic history and invasion biology of two Phyllonorycter leaf miners (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with links to taxonomic and molecular datasets. , Zootaxa, Vol. 3709, 341-362, ISSN: 1175-5326, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.3.Identifiers
issn: 1175-5326
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng