Category:
Pilot project
Acronym:
Lithocolletinae
Coordinator:
Jurate De Prins (RMCA)
JEMU partner:
Jeroen Van Houdt, Floris C. Breman
Project summary:
The family Gracillariidae is chosen as a model system. With 283 species present in the Afrotropical
region, it is one of the most species-rich families of Lepidoptera in Africa. Although the faunistics,
alpha taxonomy and autecology of these micromoths are reasonably well understood in the
Holarctic region, very little is known in the Afrotropics where a vast number of species probably
remains undescribed.
Lab work progress:
Completed. Optimization of DNA extraction completed. DNA quality and quantity determined with different techniques
Data analysis:
Completed
Starting date:
2008
Project status:
Completed
Output:
Peer-reviewed paper
Lopez Vaamonde, C., Breman, F.C., Lees, D.C., Van Houdt, J. Van & De Prins, J. (2012). Analysis of tissue dependent DNA yield for optimal sampling of micromoths in large-scale biodiversity surveys. European Journal of Entomology, 109: 1-6.
[IF 2010: 0.945]
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