Phylogeny and chemicals ecology of Hyles hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) with special reference to the Hyles euphorbiae complex

本研究项目的第一部分旨在评估食草动物强解毒能力作为加速物种形成的关键创新。食用植物的毒素将被映射到Hyles属（鳞翅目：鞘科）飞蛾系统发育的“总证据”重建中，以推断原Hyles食用植物的推定毒性。核基因的分子序列将补充线粒体序列数据，形态学矩阵将在与自然历史博物馆（伦敦，英国）的Ian J. Kitching博士的synthesis合作中编码。项目的第二部分将为两个复杂问题的研究提供基础：1。2.幼虫模式多态性的遗传基础；一种多用途的嗜热动物作为全球变暖对欧洲动物群影响的生物指标的适用性。回答这两个问题的一个很好的候选物种是H. tithymali。利用分子生物学的现代技术，我将研究两个感兴趣领域的人群中的基因流动：1。在加那利群岛和公元2年表现出幼虫形态梯度的种群。与其温带姊妹种大戟属（H. euphorbiae）一起渗入几个区域。

The first part of this research project aims at an evaluation of strong detoxification abilities of herbivores acting as a key innovation causing accelerated speciation. The toxins of the foodplants will be mapped onto a ¿total evidence¿ reconstruction of the phylogeny of the hawkmoths of the genus Hyles (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) to infer the putative toxicity of the proto- Hyles foodplant. Molecular sequences of nuclear genes will supplement mitochondrial sequence data and a morphological matrix will be coded in a SYNTHESYS cooperation with Dr. Ian J. Kitching at the Natural History Museum (London, UK). The second part of the project will provide the foundation for the examination of two complex issues: 1. The genetic basis of larval pattern polymorphism, and 2. The applicability of a versatile thermophilic animal as a bio-indicator of the impact of global warming on European fauna. A good candidate species for both questions is the species H. tithymali. With modern techniques of molecular biology I will examine the gene flow in populations of two areas of interest: ad 1. the population showing a morphological gradient of larval morphotypes on the Canary Islands, and ad 2. several introgression zones with its temperate sister species, H. euphorbiae.