Lepidoptera Discussion Group - Spring 2006

University of California, Berkeley

Tuesdays, 3-5pm, 220 Wellman Hall

see also Lepidoptera Notes

Schedule:

January 31
Discussion: Systematic overview of Lepidoptera; Biology and morphology of basal (non-Ditrysian or "primitive") superfamilies. (Kristensen & Skalski, 1999)

February 7
Lab: "Primitive Lepidoptera" - Micropterygidae, Eriocraniidae, Hepialidae, Nepticulidae, Opestegidae, Heliozelidae, Adelidae, Prodoxidae, Incurvariidae, Tischeriidae (Krenn & Kristensen, 2000)

February 14
No Meeting - Darwin Day at the Essig Museum

February 21
Discussion: Biology and morphology of basal Ditrysian superfamilies (Minet, 1991)

February 28
Lab: Basal Ditrysia - Tineidae, Psychidae, Gracillariidae, Phyllocnistidae, Yponomeutidae, Gelechioidea

March 7
Discussion: Biology and morphology of Apoditrysian ("Tortricoid grade") superfamilies (Powell, 2003)

March 14
No meeting

March 21
Discussion: Locomotion of Limacodid-group ("slug") caterpillars (w/ Marc Epstein) - see: Epstein 1997 (pdf)

March 28
Spring Break (UCB)

April 4
Lab: Basal Apoditrysia - Zygaenoidea, Cossoidea, Sessioidea, Choreutoidea, Tortricoidea, Urodoidea, Schreckensteinioidea, Epermenioidea, Alucitoidea, Pterophoroidea

April 11
Discussion: Biology and morphology of basal Obtectomera ("Pyraloid grade") superfamilies

April 18
Lab/Discussion: genitalia!!

April 25
Discussion: Thyrocopa (Oecophoridae?) and/or Schrankia (Noctuidae) - Matt Medeiros

May 2
Discussion: Leaf-mining (particularly Gracillariids). Epicephala (Gracillariidae) - David Hembry.
see: Kato et al. 2003 and Kawakita et al. 2004

May 9
Last day of instruction (UCB)

Background Reading:

General Lepidoptera overview:
Common. 1990. Moths of Australia. E.J. Brill. New York. pp.1-81 (QL558.C68 in BioScience library)

Powell. 2003. Lepidoptera (moths, butterflies). Pages 631-664 in Encyclopedia of Insects (Resh, Carde, eds.). Academic Press, New York.

Overview of Lepidoptera phylogeny and systematics:
Friedlander, Regier, Mitter, Wagner, Fang. 2000. Evolution of heteroneuran Lepidoptera (Insecta) and the utility of dopa decarboxylase for Cretaceous-age phylogenetics. Zool. J. Linn. Soc.130(2):213-234. (PDF available)

Krenn, Kristensen. 2000. Early evolution of the proboscis of Lepidoptera (Insecta): External morphology of the galea in basal glossatan moths lineages, with remarks on the origin of pilifers. Zoologischer Anzeiger 239:179-196.

Kristensen. 1984. Studies on the morphology and systematics of primitive Lepidoptera (Insecta). Steenstrupia 10(5):141-191.

Kristensen. 1999. Handbook of Zoology: Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. deGruyter, NY. {particularly Chapter 2: Phylogeny and palaeontology. by Kristensen & Skalski. pp.7-26} - (QL43.K8 v.4:35 in BioScience library)

Minet. 1991. Tentative reconstruction of the ditrysian phylogeny (Lepidoptera: Glossata). Entomologica Scandinavica 22:69-95.

Wiegmann, Mitter, Regier, Friedlander, Wagner, Nielsen. 2000. Nuclear genes resolve Mesozoic-aged divergences in the insect order Lepidoptera. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 15:242-259. (PDF available)

Wiegmann, Regier, Mitter. 2002. Combined molecular and morphological evidence on the phylogeny of the earliest lepidopteran lineages. Zoologica Scripta 31:67-81. (PDF available)

Fossil Record:
Labandeira, Dilcher, Davis, Wagner. 1994. Ninety-seven million years of angiosperm-insect association: Paleobiological insights into the meaning of coevolution. PNAS 91:12278-12282

Labandeira, Sepkoski. 1993. Insect diversity in the fossil record. Science 261:310-315

Kristensen, Skalski. 1999. Phylogeny and palaeontology. in Kristensen (ed.) Handbook of Zoology: Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. deGruyter, NY. pp.7-26

Lepidoptera Keys:
Carter, Kristensen. 1999. Classification and keys to higher taxa. IN Kristensen (ed.) Handbook of Zoology: Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. deGruyter, NY. pp.27-40

Heppner. 1998. Keys to Lepidoptera families. IN Classification of Lepidoptera, Part I. Introduction. Holarctic Lepidoptera 5(suppl.1):27-45

Powell. 1990. Key to most families of North American microlepidoptera based on superficial characters. (unpublished)

Stehr. 1987. Immature Insects, Vol. 1: Lepidoptera. Kendall Hunt, Dubuque. pp.288-596

Moth hearing, communication, and Tympana:

Fullard. 1990. The sensory ecology of moths and bats: global lessons in staying alive. pp. 201-226 in: Evans & Schmidt (eds.) Adaptive mechanisms and strategies of prey and predators. University Press, New York.

Hasenfuss. 2000. Evolutionary pathways of truncal tympanal organs in Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola). Zoologica Anzeiger 239:27-44 (QL1.Z67 at BioScience library)

Spangler. 1988. Moth hearing, defense, and communication. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 33:59-81 (PDF available)

Surlykke. 1986. Moth hearing on the Faeroe Islands, and area without bats. Physiol. Entomol. 11:221-225