Moyal Pascal. (2015). The genus Sesamia Guenée (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae) : evidence for its polyphyly and some clarifications.
Bondy : IRD, 10 p. multigr.
Titre du document
The genus Sesamia Guenée (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae) : evidence for its polyphyly and some clarifications
Année de publication
2015
Type de document
Littérature grise
Auteurs
Moyal Pascal
Source
Bondy : IRD, 2015,
10 p. multigr.
Morphological observation suggests that the genus Sesamia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a heterogeneous group of species. The phylogenetic tree constructed from three mitochondrial genes confirmed that this genus is polyphyletic. Two species, Sesamia sylvata Janse and Sesamia mesosticha Fletcher have no recent common ancestor either with the species typical of the genus Sesamia or with the other genera of Sesamiina included in the analysis. Two new genera must be created for these two species. Furthermore, I show that Sesamia roumeti Laporte is a synonym of Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre) and I describe Sesamia perplexa Janse, known to date in the literature only by a picture of the male genitalia.
