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Research Project: Systematics of Beetles, Flies, Moths and Wasps with an Emphasis on Agricultural Pests, Invasive Species, Biological Control Agents, and Food Security

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: Aquatic moths of the Area de Conservación Guanacaste and the genus Aulacodes in Costa Rica (Crambidae Acentropinae)

Author
item BETHIN, JACOB - Western Connecticut State University
item Solis, Maria
item PHILLIPS-RODRIGUEZ, EUGENIE - Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund
item HALLWACHS, W. - University Of Pennsylvania
item JANZEN, D. - University Of Pennsylvania

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/1/2024
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The subfamily Acentropinae is the largest group of aquatic moths in the Lepidoptera. These moths can be found all over the world yet are rarely studied. We summarize the diversity of acentropine species in the Guanacaste Conservation Area in Costa Rica. Specifically, the genus Aulacodes is a large neotropical taxon with 35 species. We discuss our recent findings about the genus Aulacodes in context of a recent acentropine molecular phylogeny that raises questions about its monophyly, its composition, and biology of the immatures and their adaption to an aquatic habitat.