Eur. J. Entomol. 104 (2): 303-309, 2007 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2007.046

Cleorodes Warren, 1894 does not belong in the tribe Boarmiini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

Jaan VIIDALEPP1, Toomas TAMMARU*,2, Niina SNÄLL3, Kai RUOHOMÄKI4, Niklas WAHLBERG3,5
1 Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 64, EE-51014 Tartu, Estonia
2 Institute of Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, EE-51014 Tartu, Estonia
3 Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
4 Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
5 Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

The geometrid genus Cleorodes is shown to belong in the tribe Gnophini (sensu lato) and not in Boarmiini as previously assumed. The conclusion is based on an analysis of morphological characters of a number of genera in these tribes. Moreover, the result is unambiguously supported by a phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence variation in three nuclear gene regions (segments D1 and D2 of 28S rRNA, and elongation factor 1α) and a mitochondrial gene, cytochrome oxidase-1. The phylogenetic hypothesis is based on a combined sequence data set, which was analysed using direct optimisation.

Keywords: Taxonomy, morphology, molecular phylogeny, direct optimisation, Geometridae, Ennominae, Gnophini, Boarmiini, Bistonini, Cleorodes lichenaria

Received: September 26, 2006; Revised: December 21, 2006; Accepted: December 21, 2006; Published: April 25, 2007  Show citation

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VIIDALEPP, J., TAMMARU, T., SNÄLL, N., RUOHOMÄKI, K., & WAHLBERG, N. (2007). Cleorodes Warren, 1894 does not belong in the tribe Boarmiini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). EJE, 104(2), 303-309. doi: 10.14411/eje.2007.046
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