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The Mcguire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Supplemental Information All specimens used within this study are housed in: the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity (MGCL) at the Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA (FLMNH); the University of Maryland, College Park, USA (UMD); the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris, France (MNHN); and the Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra, Australia (ANIC). Methods DNA extraction protocol of dried museum specimens (detailed instructions) Prior to tissue sampling, dried (pinned or papered) specimens were assigned MGCL barcodes, photographed, and their labels digitized. Abdomens were then removed using sterile forceps, cleaned with 100% ethanol between each sample, and the remaining specimens were returned to their respective trays within the MGCL collections. Abdomens were placed in 1.5 mL microcentrifuge tubes with the apex of the abdomen in the conical end of the tube. For larger abdomens, 5 mL microcentrifuge tubes or larger were utilized. A solution of proteinase K (Qiagen Cat #19133) and genomic lysis buffer (OmniPrep Genomic DNA Extraction Kit) in a 1:50 ratio was added to each abdomen containing tube, sufficient to cover the abdomen (typically either 300 µL or 500 µL) - similar to the concept used in Hundsdoerfer & Kitching (1). Ratios of 1:10 and 1:25 were utilized for low quality or rare specimens. Low quality specimens were defined as having little visible tissue inside of the abdomen, mold/fungi growth, or smell of bacterial decay. Samples were incubated overnight (12-18 hours) in a dry air oven at 56°C. Importantly, we also adjusted the ratio depending on the tissue type, i.e., increasing the ratio for particularly large or egg-containing abdomens. -
Faunal Makeup of Macrolepidopterous Moths in Nopporo Forest Park, Hokkaido, Northern Japan, with Some Related Title Notes
Faunal Makeup of Macrolepidopterous Moths in Nopporo Forest Park, Hokkaido, Northern Japan, with Some Related Title Notes Author(s) Sato, Hiroaki; Fukuda, Hiromi Environmental science, Hokkaido : journal of the Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Citation Sapporo, 8(1), 93-120 Issue Date 1985-07-31 Doc URL http://hdl.handle.net/2115/37177 Type bulletin (article) File Information 8(1)_93-120.pdf Instructions for use Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers : HUSCAP 93 Environ. Sci., Hokkaiclo 8 (1) 93-v120 I June 1985 Faunal Makeup of Macrolepidopterous Moths in Nopporo Forest Park, Hokkaido, Northern Japan, with Some Related Notes Hiroaki Sato and Hiromi Ful<uda Department of Biosystem Management, Division of Iinvironmental Conservation, Graciuate Schoo! of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060, Japan Abstraet Macrolepidopterous moths were collected in Nopporo Forest Park to disclose the faunal mal<eup. By combining this survey with other from Nopporo, 595 species "rere recorded, compris- ing of roughly 45% of all species discovered in }{{okkaiclo to clate. 'irhe seasonal fiuctuations of a species diversity were bimodal, peal<ing in August and November. The data obtained had a good correlation to both lognormal and logseries clistributions among various species-abundance models. In summer, it was found that specialistic feeders dominated over generalistic feeders. However, in autumn, generalistic feeders clominated, most lil<ely because low temperature shortened hours for seel<ing host plants on which to lay eggs. - Key Words: NopporQ Forest Park, Macrolepidoptera, Species diversity, Species-abundance model, Generalist, Specialist 1. Introduction Nopporo Forest Park, which has an area of approximately 2,OOO ha and is adjacent to the city of Sapporo, contains natural forests representing the temperate and boreal features of vegetation. -
その他の昆虫類 Other Miscellaneous Insects 高橋和弘 1) Kazuhiro Takahashi
丹沢大山総合調査学術報告書 丹沢大山動植物目録 (2007) その他の昆虫類 Other Miscellaneous Insects 高橋和弘 1) Kazuhiro Takahashi 要 約 今回の目録に示した各目ごとの種数は, 次のとおりである. カマアシムシ目 10 種 ナナフシ目 5 種 ヘビトンボ目 3 種 トビムシ目 19 種 ハサミムシ目 5 種 ラクダムシ目 2 種 イシノミ目 1 種 カマキリ目 3 種 アミメカゲロウ目 55 種 カゲロウ目 61 種 ゴキブリ目 4 種 シリアゲムシ目 13 種 トンボ目 62 種 シロアリ目 1 種 チョウ目 (ガ類) 1756 種 カワゲラ目 52 種 チャタテムシ目 11 種 トビケラ目 110 種 ガロアムシ目 1 種 カメムシ目 (異翅亜目除く) 501 種 バッタ目 113 種 アザミウマ目 19 種 凡 例 清川村丹沢山 (Imadate & Nakamura, 1989) . 1. 本報では、 カゲロウ目を石綿進一、 カワゲラ目を石塚 新、 トビ ミヤマカマアシムシ Yamatentomon fujisanum Imadate ケラ目を野崎隆夫が執筆し、 他の丹沢大山総合調査報告書生 清川村丹沢堂平 (Imadate, 1994) . 物目録の昆虫部門の中で諸般の事情により執筆者がいない分類 群について,既存の文献から,データを引用し、著者がまとめた。 文 献 特に重点的に参照した文献は 『神奈川県昆虫誌』(神奈川昆虫 Imadate, G., 1974. Protura Fauna Japonica. 351pp., Keigaku Publ. 談話会編 , 2004)※である. Co., Tokyo. ※神奈川昆虫談話会編 , 2004. 神奈川県昆虫誌 . 1438pp. 神 Imadate, G., 1993. Contribution towards a revision of the Proturan 奈川昆虫談話会 , 小田原 . Fauna of Japan (VIII) Further collecting records from northern 2. 各分類群の記述は, 各目ごとに分け, 引用文献もその目に関 and eastern Japan. Bulletin of the Department of General するものは, その末尾に示した. Education Tokyo Medical and Dental University, (23): 31-65. 2. 地名については, 原則として引用した文献に記されている地名 Imadate, G., 1994. Contribution towards a revision of the Proturan とした. しがって, 同一地点の地名であっても文献によっては異 Fauna of Japan (IX) Collecting data of acerentomid and なった表現となっている場合があるので, 注意していただきたい. sinentomid species in the Japanese Islands. Bulletin of the Department of General Education Tokyo Medical and Dental カマアシムシ目 Protura University, (24): 45-70. カマアシムシ科 Eosentomidae Imadate, G. & O. Nakamura, 1989. Contribution towards a revision アサヒカマアシムシ Eosentomon asahi Imadate of the Proturan Fauna of Japan (IV) New collecting records 山 北 町 高 松 山 (Imadate, 1974) ; 清 川 村 宮 ヶ 瀬 (Imadate, from the eastern part of Honshu. -
Phylogenomics Reveals Major Diversification Rate Shifts in The
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/517995; this version posted January 11, 2019. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC 4.0 International license. 1 Phylogenomics reveals major diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and 2 relatives 3 4 Hamilton CA1,2*, St Laurent RA1, Dexter, K1, Kitching IJ3, Breinholt JW1,4, Zwick A5, Timmermans 5 MJTN6, Barber JR7, Kawahara AY1* 6 7 Institutional Affiliations: 8 1Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA 9 2Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, & Nematology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 10 83844 USA 11 3Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK 12 4RAPiD Genomics, 747 SW 2nd Avenue #314, Gainesville, FL 32601. USA 13 5Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Clunies Ross St, Acton, ACT 2601, Canberra, 14 Australia 15 6Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT, UK 16 7Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA 17 *Correspondence: [email protected] (CAH) or [email protected] (AYK) 18 19 20 Abstract 21 The silkmoths and their relatives (Bombycoidea) are an ecologically and taxonomically 22 diverse superfamily that includes some of the most charismatic species of all the Lepidoptera. 23 Despite displaying some of the most spectacular forms and ecological traits among insects, 24 relatively little attention has been given to understanding their evolution and the drivers of 25 their diversity. -
Program 1..154
The 97th Annual Meeting of CSJ Program Chair: INOUE, Haruo(15:30~15:55) Room S1 1S1- 15 Medium and Long-Term Program Lecture Artificial Photosynthesis of Ammonia(RIES, Hokkaido Univ.)○MISAWA, Hiroaki (15:30~15:55) Fourth Building, Section B J11 Chair: INOUE, Haruo(15:55~16:20) 1S1- 16 Medium and Long-Term Program Lecture Mechanism of water-splitting by photosystem II using the energy of visible light(Grad. Sustainable and Functional Redox Chemistry Sch. Nat. Sci. Technol., Okayama Univ.)○SHEN, Jian-ren(15:55~ ) Thursday, March 16, AM 16:20 (9:30 ~9:35 ) Chair: TAMIAKI, Hitoshi(16:20~16:45) 1S1- 01 Special Program Lecture Opening Remarks(Sch. Mater. & 1S1- 17 Medium and Long-Term Program Lecture Excited State Chem. Tech., Tokyo Tech.)○INAGI, Shinsuke(09:30~09:35) Molecular Dynamics of Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis(Sch. Sci. Tech., Kwansei Gakuin Univ.)○HASHIMOTO, Hideki(16:20~16:45) Chair: ATOBE, Mahito(9:35 ~10:50) 1S1- 02 Special Program Lecture Polymer Redox Chemistry toward Chair: ISHITANI, Osamu(16:45~17:10) Functional Materials(Sch. Mater. & Chem. Tech., Tokyo Tech.)○INAGI, 1S1- 18 Medium and Long-Term Program Lecture Recent pro- Shinsuke(09:35~09:50) gress on artificial photosynthesis system based on semiconductor photocata- 1S1- 03 Special Program Lecture Organic Redox Chemistry Enables lysts(Grad. Sch. Eng., Kyoto Univ.)○ABE, Ryu(16:45~17:10) Automated Solution-Phase Synthesis of Oligosaccharides(Grad. Sch. Eng., Tottori Univ.)○NOKAMI, Toshiki(09:50~10:10) (17:10~17:20) 1S1- 04 Special Program Lecture Redox Regulation of Functional 1S1- 19 Medium and Long-Term Program Lecture Closing re- Dyes and Their Applications to Optoelectronic Devices(Fac. -
Hawk Moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
Biological Forum – An International Journal 6(1): 120-127(2014) ISSN No. (Print): 0975-1130 ISSN No. (Online): 2249-3239 Hawk moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from North-West Himalaya along with collection housed in National PAU Insect museum, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India P.C. Pathania, Sunita Sharma and Arshdeep K. Gill Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, (PB), INDIA (Corresponding author : P.C. Pathania) (Received 08 April, 2014, Accepted 23 May, 2014) ABSTRACT: A check list of hawk moths collected from North-West Himalaya and preserved in National PAU Insect Museum, Ludhiana is being represented. 30 species belonging to 20 genera of family Sphingidae have been identified. The paper gives details regarding distribution and synonymy of all these species. Keywords : Collection, Himalaya, moths, Lepidoptera, Sphingidae INTRODUCTION In all, 30 species belonging to 20 genera of family Lepidoptera (moths, butterflies and skippers) includes Sphingidae has been identified and studied. scaly winged insects is the third largest order after Coleoptera and Hymenoptera in the class Insecta. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sphingidae is one of the family in this order are present. The collected moths were killed by using ethyl acetate, Otherwise family Sphingidae is represented by as many pinned, stretched and preserved in well-fumigated as 1354 species and subspecies on world basis, out of wooden boxes. The standard technique given by which 204 species belong to India (Hampson, 1892; Bell Robinson (1976) and Zimmerman (1978), Klots (1970) and Scott, 1937; Roonwal et. al 1964; D’ Abrera, 1986). were followed for wing venation and genitalia, As part of the biosystematic studies, inventorization on respectively of specimens. -
「堺市野生生物目録(2021年3月版)」はこちらへ(Pdf:2296Kb)
堺市野生生物目録 2021 年 3 月版 1 堺市野生生物目録改訂の目的と背景 堺市では、市内に生息・生育する野生生物について、その分布と現況を把握し、本市の豊かな自然環 境の保全や環境影響評価のための基礎資料として活用することを目的に、確認記録の収集・整理を行っ てきた。2015 年、「堺市の生物多様性保全上考慮すべき野生生物-堺市レッドリスト 2015・堺市外来 種ブラックリスト 2015-」公表時に、それまでに整理した堺市の野生生物情報をもとに、市内に生息・ 生育する野生生物を一覧にまとめた「堺市野生生物目録(平成 27 年 3 月版)」を公表した。 今回公表する「堺市野生生物目録(2021 年 3 月 版 )」 は、2015 年の目録作成時に構築したデータベ ースに、その後得られた新たな知見や、野生生物の現状を反映させ、「堺市野生生物目録(平成 27 年 3 月版)」を改訂したものである。 2 選定体制 目録改訂にあたり、15 名の専門家による計 7 回の懇話会において検討を行った。 堺市レッドリスト・堺市外来種ブラックリスト改訂懇話会構成員(50 音順、敬称略) 氏名 役職名(法人格等省略) 担当分野 秋田 耕佑 大阪市立環境科学研究センター 研究員 両生類、爬虫類 陸産・淡水産貝類、陸産・淡 石田 惣 大阪市立自然史博物館 主任学芸員 水産甲殻類、その他無脊椎動 物、海岸生物 乾 陽子 大阪教育大学 准教授 昆虫類 上田 昇平 大阪府立大学大学院 准教授 昆虫類 大阪府立環境農林水産総合研究所 上原 一彦 淡水魚類 生物多様性センター センター長 植村 修二 近畿植物同好会 維管束植物 風間 美穂 きしわだ自然資料館 学芸員 鳥類 維管束植物、蘚苔類、淡水藻 佐久間 大輔(副座長) 大阪市立自然史博物館 学芸課長 類、菌類、生態系 中山 祐一郎 大阪府立大学大学院 教授 維管束植物 西野 貴子 大阪府立大学大学院 助教 維管束植物 平井 規央(座長) 大阪府立大学大学院 教授 昆虫類 平田 慎一郎 きしわだ自然資料館 学芸員 昆虫類、クモ類 布施 静香 京都大学大学院 助教 維管束植物 松本 吏樹郎 大阪市立自然史博物館 主任学芸員 昆虫類 和田 岳 大阪市立自然史博物館 主任学芸員 哺乳類、鳥類、生態系 協力機関、協力者(50 音順、敬称略) 麻生泉(有限会社緑空間計画)、今井周治(近畿植物同好会)、大阪市立自然史博物館、木村進 (堺植物同好会)、公益社団法人大阪自然環境保全協会 堺自然観察会、清水俊雄(堺野鳥の会)、ふ れあいの森パートナーズ、宮武頼夫(元大阪市立自然史博物館館長)、山住一郎(近畿植物同好 会)、山本哲央(日本トンボ学会) 1 3 対象分類群 堺市野生生物目録の対象分類群は以下のとおりとした。 ①哺乳類 ②鳥類 ③爬虫類 ④両生類 ⑤淡水魚類(汽水魚を含む) ⑥陸産・淡水産貝類 ⑦昆虫類 ⑧クモ類 ⑨陸産・淡水産甲殻類 ⑩その他無脊椎動物※1 ⑪海岸生物※2 ⑫維管束植物 ⑬蘚苔類 ⑭淡水藻類 ⑮菌類 ※1)陸産・淡水産貝類、昆虫類、クモ類、陸産・淡水産甲殻類に属さない陸産・淡水産無脊椎動物 ※2)海産の貝類、甲殻類、その他無脊椎動物、藻類 今回、新たに海岸生物(無脊椎動物及び藻類)についても目録を作成した。堺市にもかつては豊かな 生物相を擁する自然海岸が連続していたが、戦後の埋め立てによりその環境が失われた。近年、干潟な どの環境を再生する取組が増えており、過去と現況の自然の記録を知ることは環境再生の方向性を定め る上で重要である。 4 掲載種数 堺市野生生物目録での掲載種数は以下に示すとおりである。 分類群 目録掲載種数 哺乳類 -
Physical Sciences Catalog 2007- April 2010
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. – Physical Sciences Catalog – 2007 – April 2010 i Physical Sciences Catalog 2007- April 2010 Agriculture 1 Animal Science 7 Biochemistry 7 Biology 9 Chemistry 18 Computer Science 33 Computers and Robotics 37 Earth Science 40 Ecology 42 Electrochemistry 42 Energy 42 Engineering 52 Enviroment 56 Equations 78 Food Science 78 Genetics 78 Internet 79 Marine Biology 79 Material Sciences 79 Mathematics 87 Nanotechnology 94 Natural Disasters 99 Nutrition 100 Physics 100 Public Health 115 Space 115 Space Science 116 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. – Physical Sciences Catalog – 2007 – April 2010 1 Agriculture Agriculture others. This new book presents the latest Food Crop Mineral Deficiency and research in the field. Agriculture Disturbance Stress Mitigation in Agriculture Temperate Climatic Regions by Aquaculture Research Progress Kyoto Protocol, The: Economic Economical & Environmental Takumi K. Nakamura (Editor) Assessments, Implementation Valorization of Agricultural By- 2009. 978-1-60456-247-7. $129.00. 327 pp. Mechanisms, and Policy Case. Products Implications This new book presents the latest research on E Someus (Budapest,Hungary) Christophe P. Vasser aquaculture, which is the cultivation of aquatic 2009. 978-1-60692-243-9. $79.00. 146 pp. 2009. 978-1-60456-983-4. $89.00. 296 pp. organisms. Unlike fishing, aquaculture, also Soft. known as aquafarming, implies the cultivation Case. This book explains how the input feed streams of aquatic populations under controlled This new book is devoted to the The Kyoto are plant and animal origin carboniferous by- conditions. Mariculture refers to aquaculture Protocol which is a significant protocol to the products, such as refuse grain, sawdust, food practiced in marine environments. -
How Insects Overcome Two-Component Plant Chemical Defence: Plant Β-Glucosidases As the Main Target for Herbivore Adaptation
Biol. Rev. (2013), pp. 000–000. 1 doi: 10.1111/brv.12066 How insects overcome two-component plant chemical defence: plant β-glucosidases as the main target for herbivore adaptation Stefan Pentzold, Mika Zagrobelny, Fred Rook and Søren Bak∗ Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Copenhagen Dk-1871, Denmark ABSTRACT Insect herbivory is often restricted by glucosylated plant chemical defence compounds that are activated by plant β-glucosidases to release toxic aglucones upon plant tissue damage. Such two-component plant defences are widespread in the plant kingdom and examples of these classes of compounds are alkaloid, benzoxazinoid, cyanogenic and iridoid glucosides as well as glucosinolates and salicinoids. Conversely, many insects have evolved a diversity of counter- adaptations to overcome this type of constitutive chemical defence. Here we discuss that such counter-adaptations occur at different time points, before and during feeding as well as during digestion, and at several levels such as the insects’ feeding behaviour, physiology and metabolism. Insect adaptations frequently circumvent or counteract the activity of the plant β-glucosidases, bioactivating enzymes that are a key element in the plant’s two-component chemical defence. These adaptations include host plant choice, non-disruptive feeding guilds and various physiological adaptations as well as metabolic enzymatic strategies of the insect’s digestive system. Furthermore, insect adaptations often act in combination, may exist in both generalists and specialists, and can act on different classes of defence compounds. We discuss how generalist and specialist insects appear to differ in their ability to use these different types of adaptations: in generalists, adaptations are often inducible, whereas in specialists they are often constitutive. -
Annexes to the Minabe-Tanabe Ume System
Annexes • Site location map and farmland distribution map • Statistical data • Biodiversity list • List of cultivated agricultural products サゲ 栾ヂワワユ벚ユヴ 籗Site location map and farmland distribution map Rice paddies Upland field* 璈璈*Upland field (consists of mostly ume orchard and other dry land crops) サコ 禽禽禽Statistical data (1) Local population Individuals 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Population 84,968 85,153 85,094 82,317 79,563 People 65 or older 12,681 15,274 17,683 19,138 20,635 Percent 65 or older 15% 18% 21% 23% 26% Source: National census; figures are for the GIAHS application area. (2) Number of farm households Households 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 No. of farm households 臃殭1 3,751 3,646 3,484 3,313 No. growing ume 臃殭1 3,541 3,454 3,330 3,200 Percent growing ume 臃殭1 94% 95% 96% 97% Source: World Census of Agriculture and Forestry; figures are commercial farm households in the GIAHS application area. (3) Population engaged in farming Individuals 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 No. engaged in farming 8,763 8,505 8,467 8,034 7,199 No. 65 or older 臃殭1 臃殭1 3,154 3,218 3,107 Percent 65 or older 臃殭1 臃殭1 37% 40% 43% Source: World Census of Agriculture and Forestry; figures are commercial farm households in the GIAHS application area. (4) Amount of abandoned farmland ha 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Amount of farmland 臃殭1 6,046 5,897 6,090 6,180 Abandoned farmland 臃殭1 72 126 127 277 Percent abandoned farmland 臃殭1 1.2% 2.1% 2.1% 4.5% Sources: Survey on Cultivated Land Area, World Census of Agriculture and Forestry; figures are for land inside administrative divisions. -
9 Th Student Formula SAE Competition of JAPAN
Official Program 9 th Student FormulaFo SAE Competitionp of JAPAN Student Formula 9th SAE Competition of JAPAN MonozukuriMonozukuri DesigDesign CCompetitionompet . FRI MON Ogasayama Sports Park (ECOPA) Organizer JSAE (JSAE) Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. Contents Congratulatory Message/President’s Message ..... 1 Organizer/Support/Committee Members ................... 8 Outline of Events ............................................................................ 2 Competition Staffs ........................................................................ 9 Schedule of Events ...................................................................... 4 Team Information(Vehicle Specifications) ....... 10~17 Entry Teams ...................................................................................... 5 Team Information(Members and Sponsors) ... 18~38 Sponsors .............................................................................................. 6 Event Safety .................................................................................... 39 Awards .................................................................................................. 7 Congratulatory Message / President’s Message Congratulations on the 9th Student Formula SAE Competition of Japan Please allow me to take this opportunity to offer my warmest congratulations on the holding of the 9th Student Formula SAE Competition of Japan. The Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11 caused unprecedented damage to this country. I would -
Phylogenomics Reveals Major Diversification Rate Shifts in The
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/517995; this version posted January 11, 2019. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC 4.0 International license. 1 Phylogenomics reveals major diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and 2 relatives 3 4 Hamilton CA1,2*, St Laurent RA1, Dexter, K1, Kitching IJ3, Breinholt JW1,4, Zwick A5, Timmermans 5 MJTN6, Barber JR7, Kawahara AY1* 6 7 Institutional Affiliations: 8 1Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA 9 2Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, & Nematology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 10 83844 USA 11 3Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK 12 4RAPiD Genomics, 747 SW 2nd Avenue #314, Gainesville, FL 32601. USA 13 5Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Clunies Ross St, Acton, ACT 2601, Canberra, 14 Australia 15 6Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT, UK 16 7Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA 17 *Correspondence: [email protected] (CAH) or [email protected] (AYK) 18 19 20 Abstract 21 The silkmoths and their relatives (Bombycoidea) are an ecologically and taxonomically 22 diverse superfamily that includes some of the most charismatic species of all the Lepidoptera. 23 Despite displaying some of the most spectacular forms and ecological traits among insects, 24 relatively little attention has been given to understanding their evolution and the drivers of 25 their diversity.