Tylostega [SEP] parent taxon
Tylostega
Tylostega is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1894.
Species.
- "Tylostega chrysanthes"
- "Tylostega lata"
- "Tylostega luniformis"
- "Tylostega mesodora"
- "Tylostega pectinata"
- "Tylostega photias"
- "Tylostega serrata"
- "Tylostega tylostegalis"
- "Tylostega valvata"
References.
- Du, X.-C. & Li., H.-H. (2008). "Zootaxa" 1681: 51-
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