Dissertation Research: A Systematic Treatment of the Genus Agylla with Emphasis on the Maasseni Group (Lepidoptera : Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)

将利用成虫和未成熟标本的形态特征，对地衣蛾大属内的一个种组进行系统的修订。该项目将包括对成年博物馆标本的分支分析，从而更清楚地了解祖先-后代之间的关系。在秘鲁的田野工作和饲养实验将增加我们对Agylla属的生态了解。飞蛾的系统发育框架将为以后研究飞蛾和它们的寄主-地衣的共同进化以及飞蛾交配系统的进化奠定基础。研究生南希·雅各布森将从事这项研究，她的项目将有助于与秘鲁的研究界进行科学交流。

A systematic revision of a species-group within a large genus of lichen moths will be completed using morphological traits of adult and immature specimens. The project will include cladistic analysis of adult museum specimens, leading to clearer understanding of ancestor-descendant relationships. Field work and rearing experiments in Peru will add to our ecological understanding of the genus Agylla. A phylogenetic framework for the moths will set the stage for later research into the coevolution of moths and their host- lichens, and the evolution of the moths' mating system. Graduate student Nancy Jacobson will pursue this research, and her project will help in scientific exchange with the research community in Peru.