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Systematics of moths - FMNH (641 words) |
 | The objective of the project is to create a testable hypothesis of the phylogeny of the main lineages of the Gelechioidea, and a more detailed study of the assemblage comprising lineages grouped as the family Elachistidae in a broad sense. |
| The results of the phylogeny study will be further used to study the evolution of feeding strategy shifts between saprophagy and herbivory in the Gelechioidea, and the host-plant relationships of the Depressariinae, a subfamily within the Elachistidae, the species of which display a high degree of host-plant fidelity for certain plant families. |
| The aim is to perform a total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships combining morphological character data scored for larval, pupal and adult stages of the terminal taxa with that obtained from selected sequences of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from the same species. |
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