Query Sequence | Assignment | Notes |
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Eupyrrhoglossum sagra (2) | Aellopos (5) | Aellopos and Eupyrrhoglossum are most likely a sister pair [17]. Eupyrrhoglossum differs from Aellopos only in forewing veins Rs3 and Rs4 remaining separate apically and the phallus lacking spines on the right side (Kitching, personal communication). |
Madoryx plutonius (4) | Pseudosphinx (1) | Pseudosphinx was close to Madoryx on the Kawahara et al. [17] phylogeny and both genera belong to the same tribe (Dilophonotini). Pseudosphinx is very close to Isognathus; indeed, it could be argued it is just an oversized Isognathus without yellow in the hindwing (Kitching, personal communication). |
Madoryx oiclus (4) | Hemeroplanes (4) | Hemeroplanes was close to Madoryx on the Kawahara et al. [17] phylogeny and are considered a sister pair (Kitching, personal communication). |
Manduca albiplaga (58) | Apocalypsis (1) | Apocalypsis and M. albiplaga were not sampled by Kawahara et al. [17], however, Apocalypsis was mentioned as an oriental genus expected to fall near the base of the Acherontini/Sphingini clade which included a paraphyletic Manduca. |
Neococytius cluentius (1) | Amphimoea (1) | Amphimoea was not sampled by Kawahara et al. [17] but was placed by Kitching [49] as the sister to Neococytius + Cocytius. |
Pachylia darceta (3) | Pachylioides (1) | Pachylioides and Pachylia were not closely related on the Kawahara et al. [17] phylogeny, however, Rothschild and Jordan [50] noted a closer morphological similarity of darceta to resumens, both then being in Pachylia, than to the other two Pachylia, ficus and syces. Conversely, the larvae (e.g. direction of stripes) suggests a closer link between darceta and ficus + syces (Kitching, personal communication). |
Pachylia ficus (3) | Kloneus (1) | P. ficus and Kloneus were sister taxa on the Kawahara et al. [17] phylogeny, and Kloneus is considered just a Pachylia with a crenulated forewing outer edge (Kitching, personal communication). |
Pachylia syces (3) | Phylloxiphia (10) | Phylloxiphia, an African genus not sampled by Kawahara et al. [17], is part of the Clanis group of Smerinthinae and a long way removed from P. syces (Kitching, personal communication). |
Pachylioides resumens (1) | Pachylia (3) | Pachylioides and Pachylia were not closely related on the Kawahara et al. [17] phylogeny, but were associated by Kitching and Cadiou [16]. |
Phryxus caicus (1) | Erinnyis (10 | Not included by Kawahara et al. [17] but linked by Kitching and Cadiou [16] with Phryxus considered just a highly divergent Erinnyis. |
Pseudosphinx tetrio (1) | Madoryx (4) | Pseudosphinx and Madoryx were reciprocally mis-assigned. See above. |
Xylophanes godmani (80) | Theretra (38) | X.godmani was not sampled by Kawahara et al. [17] but Xylophanes and Theretra are members of the same tribe (Choericampina) and were suggested to be closely related by Hunsdoefer et al. [51] based on their mtDNA phylogeny. |
Xylophanes turbata (80) | Chaerocina (3) | X. turbata was not sampled by Kawahara et al. [17], but the unexpected placement of Chaerocina, close to Xylophanes, was observed on their phylogeny. |