Biogeography and the evolution of flightlessness in a radiation of Hawaiian moths (Xyloryctidae: Thyrocopa)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-111

  Medeiros, Matthew J ^a   Gillespie, Rosemary G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Flightless insects; Gelechioidea; Island evolution; Kahoolawe; Necker; Nihoa; Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLIGHTLESSNESS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOTH; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; UNITED STATES;

GELECHIOIDEA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; XYLORYCTIDAE;

EID: 78650004493     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02402.x     Document Type: Article

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