Proschistis [SEP] parent taxon
Proschistis
Proschistis is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.
Species.
- "Proschistis amphibola"
- "Proschistis invida"
- "Proschistis marmaropa"
- "Proschistis petromacha"
- "Proschistis polyochtha"
- "Proschistis sideroxyla"
- "Proschistis stygnopa"
- "Proschistis zaleuta"
See also.
- List of Tortricidae genera
External links.
- tortricidae.com
Taxon in disguise
In bacteriology, a taxon in disguise is a species, genus or higher unit of biological classification whose evolutionary history reveals has evolved from another unit of similar or lower rank, making the parent unit paraphyletic. This happens when rapid evolution makes a new species appear radically different from the ancestral group, so that it is not (initially) recognised as belonging to the parent phylogenetic group, leaving the latter an evolutionary grade.
While the term is from bacteriology, parallel examples are found throughout the tree of