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SUBMITTER: Daimon T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3476958 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Daimon Takaaki T Yago Masaya M Hsu Yu-Feng YF Fujii Tsuguru T Nakajima Yumiko Y Kokusho Ryuhei R Abe Hiroaki H Katsuma Susumu S Shimada Toru T
Journal of insect science (Online) 20120101
This study describes the molecular phylogeny, laboratory rearing, and karyotype of a bombycid moth, Trilocha varians (F. Walker) (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae), which feeds on leaves of Ficus spp. (Rosales: Moraceae). The larvae of this species were collected in Taipei city, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Archipelago (Ishigaki and Okinawa Islands, Japan). Molecular phylogenetic analyses revealed that T. varians belongs to the subfamily Bombycinae, thus showing a close relationship to the domesticated silkwor ...[more]