Taxonomy and cladistic analysis of Mallodeta Butler (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae)

• Grant number: 06/05362-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2007
• End date: February 28, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Duarte da Silva
• Grantee: Lívia Rodrigues Pinheiro
• Host Institution: Museu de Zoologia (MZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The neotropical genus Mallodeta Butler, 1876 (Arctiidae, Arctiinae) presently comprises five species: Mallodeta clavata (Walker, 1854), Mallodeta consors (Walker, 1854), Mallodeta parthenii (Fabricius, 1793), Mallodeta sanguipuncta (Druce, 1898) e Mallodeta sortita (Walker, 1854), which are predominantly South American. The goals of this project are (i) to test the monophyly of Mallodeta, (ii) to redescribe and revise the genus and its species, and (iii) to examine phylogenetic relationships of species and their geographical distribution. (AU)

Scientific publications

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BECKER, VITOR O.; PINHEIRO, LIVIA R.. Laemocharis ignicolor Ménétriés (Noctuidae, Arctiinae), uma falsa mariposa neotropical. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 53, n. 4, p. 684-685, OCT-DEC 2009. (06/05362-4)

PINHEIRO, LIVIA R.; DUARTE, MARCELO. Revision of the Neotropical moth genera Mallodeta Butler and Erruca Walker, revalidated (Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Euchromiina). Zootaxa, v. N/A, n. 2573, p. 34-pg., 2010-08-23. (06/05362-4, 03/13985-3)

PINHEIRO, LIVIA R.; DUARTE, MARCELO. Revision of the Neotropical moth genera Mallodeta Butler and Erruca Walker, revalidated (Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Euchromiina). Zootaxa, n. 2573, p. 1-34, AUG 23 2010. (03/13985-3, 06/05362-4)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

PINHEIRO, Lívia Rodrigues. Taxonomy and phylogenetic analysis of the species historically associated with Mallodeta Butler, 1876 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Euchromiina). 2009. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.