Anchored hybrid enrichment (AHE) has emerged as a powerful tool for uncovering the evolutionary relationships within many taxonomic groups. AHE probe sets have been developed for a variety of insect groups, though none have yet been shown to be capable of simultaneously resolving deep and very shallow (e.g., intraspecific) divergences. In this study, we present NOC1, a new AHE probe set (730 loci) for Lepidoptera specialized for tiger moths and assess its ability to deliver phylogenetic utility at all taxonomic levels. We test the NOC1 probe set with 142 individuals from 116 species sampled from all the major lineages of Arctiinae (Erebidae), one of the most diverse groups of noctuoids (>11 000 species) for which no well‐resolved, strongly supported phylogenetic hypothesis exists. Compared to previous methods, we generally recover much higher branch support (BS), resulting in the most well‐supported, well‐resolved phylogeny of Arctiinae to date. At the most shallow‐levels, NOC1 confidently resolves species‐level and intraspecific relationships and potentially uncovers cryptic species diversity within the genus
Larval feeding by the moth genus
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10476582
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Austral Entomology
- Volume:
- 62
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 2052-174X
- Format(s):
- Medium: X Size: p. 449-463
- Size(s):
- ["p. 449-463"]
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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