Geographic exploration within a highly niche-conserved moth in the Hawaiian archipelago
- Author:
- Gillespie, Rosemary G., Goldberg, Isidor, Medeiros, Mathew J.
- Title:
- Geographic exploration within a highly niche-conserved moth in the Hawaiian archipelago
- Periodical:
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
- Year:
- 2015
- Volume:
- 116
- Pages:
- 495-506
- Subject:
- Insects flightless Moths
- Summary:
- Thyrocopa is a genus of generalist wood-feeding moths endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Within the group, species are generally restricted to either wet forest, or dry, rocky, windy habitats. The authors sampled Thyrocopa from throughout the Hawaiian Islands, and performed phylogenetic analyses, likely ancestral area reconstruction, estimation of dates of divergence, and an ecological niche modeling analysis. The results suggest that the niche conservatism associated with the availability of suitable environmental conditions in a habitat appears to dictate the distribution of Thyrocopa.
- Label:
- Insects
- URL:
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12609
- Date:
- November 2015
- Collection:
- Periodicals