Plusiinae [SEP] parent taxon
Plusiinae
Plusiinae is a smallish (for noctuid standards) subfamily of the moth family Noctuidae. As the Noctuidae appear to be a paraphyletic assemblage, the Plusiinae may eventually be raised to family status (Weller "et al." 1994).
References.
- (1994): Phylogeny of noctuoid moths and the utility of combining independent nuclear and mitochondrial genes. "Systematic Biology" 43: 194–211.
External links.
- Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Plusiinae. Version of 2007-MAR-15
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