A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the vampire moths and their fruit-piercing relatives (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Calpinae)

[Display omitted] ► We reconstruct the phylogeny of the Calpinae with expanded taxon sampling. ► The phylogeny was used to test whether blood feeding evolved from plant or animal behaviors. ► Our results support the hypothesis that hematophagy evolved from the fruit-piercing habit. ► Our results sup...

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Published in:Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2012-11, Vol.65 (2), p.786-791
Main Authors: Zaspel, J.M., Zahiri, R., Hoy, M.A., Janzen, D., Weller, S.J., Wahlberg, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adults
Animals
Bayes Theorem
Bayesian analysis
Bayesian theory
Butterflies
Calyptra
Cell Nucleus - genetics
DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics
Evolution
Feeders
Feeding
Feeding Behavior
Fruit
Fruits
Genes, Insect
Hematophagy
hosts
Lachryphagy
Lepidoptera
Likelihood Functions
Models, Genetic
Moths
Moths - classification
Moths - genetics
Phylogeny
Tearing
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Summary:[Display omitted] ► We reconstruct the phylogeny of the Calpinae with expanded taxon sampling. ► The phylogeny was used to test whether blood feeding evolved from plant or animal behaviors. ► Our results support the hypothesis that hematophagy evolved from the fruit-piercing habit. ► Our results support a directional addition of feeding types. Within butterflies and moths, adult hematophagy is limited to species within the vampire moth genus Calyptra. These moths are placed within the subfamily Calpinae, whose other members are known to exhibit a broad range of feeding behaviors including those that can be considered ‘piercers’ of fruits or other hosts and ‘tear feeders’. Here, we reconstruct a phylogenetic hypothesis of Calpinae using molecular data to test whether hematophagy in Calyptra arose from plant or animal-related behaviors. We use a Bayesian method of ancestral state reconstruction to determine the most likely feeding behaviors for the subtribes and genera within this lineage.
ISSN:1055-7903
1095-9513
DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.06.029