Taxacom: Carposinoidea or Copromorphoidea?

Soowon Cho chosoowon at gmail.com
Thu Jul 25 19:42:04 CDT 2024


Dear members,

I need your professional opinion, please.
Which one is right, Carposinoidea or Copromorphoidea?
Some consider Carposinidae may be subordinate to Copromorphidae as
Carposinidae have some autapomorphies while Copromorphidae do not.
Others consider they are different as several molecular studies on
Lepidoptera phylogeny at least separated the two, whether they form a
sister group relationship or not. Carposinidae always formed a monophyly
although its bootstrap support was low.
Therefore, I think I should retain the family name Carposinidae (as well as
Copromorphidae) though some may not agree and put carposinid species inside
Copromorphidae.
Well, back to my original question, do you agree that the family name
Copromorphidae (including all the carposinid species) is under the
superfamily name Carposinoidea? What about vice versa?

Sincerely,
-- 
Soowon Cho
chosoowon at gmail.com
Dept Plant Medicine
Chungbuk Nat'l Univ
Cheongju, 361-763
KOREA


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