Larval Chaetotaxy of the Japanese Plume-moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae), with Special Reference to Their Phylogenetic Relationships

日本産トリバガ科(鱗翅目)幼虫刺毛式,とくにその系統学的関係について

Larval Chaetotaxy of the Japanese Plume-moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae), with Special Reference to Their Phylogenetic Relationships

Creators Yano Koji

Larval chaetotaxy of the Japanese pterophorid genera is evaluated from the viewpoint of its phylogenetic relationships. Thirteen genera examined are grouped into 4 types based on the larval chaetotaxy in mature larva: Type A (primary setae), Type B (primary setae and minute secondary setae), Type C (secondary setae from regular pinacula and scattered secondary setae) and Type D (secondary setae from regular pinacula). Type A represented by Ochyrotica of Agdistinae and Deuterocopus and Nippoptilia of Platyptiliinae may be the most primitive, then come Types B and C represented by most of the genera of Platyptiliinae, and Type D, represented by the genera of Pterophorinae, is the most advanced.

[ISSN]0513-1715

[NCID]AN00244250