Parornix [SEP] parent taxon
Parornix
Parornix is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Species.
- "Parornix acuta"
- "Parornix alni"
- "Parornix alpicola"
- "Parornix alta"
- "Parornix altaica"
- "Parornix ampliatella"
- "Parornix anglicella"
- "Parornix anguliferella"
- "Parornix arbitrella"
- "Parornix arbutifoliella"
- "Parornix asiatica"
- "Parornix atripalpella"
- "Parornix betulae"
- "Parornix bifurca"
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