Phylogeny of New Zealand hepialid moths (Lepidoptera : Hepialidae) inferred from a cladistic analysis of morphological data

The phylogeny of the New Zealand hepialid moths was estimated from a cladis tic analysis of sixty-three morphological characters, from all life cycle s tages. One hundred and sixteen maximum parsimony trees were produced. The p hylogenetic reconstruction indicated that the currently recognized generic concepts, and the four informal lineages hypothesized in a previous morphol ogical taxonomic revision, were monophyletic. The relationships of species within genus Wiseana were not fully resolved. Analysis of a data set of thi rty-nine adult male characters from the New Zealand taxa and the Australian genera Jeana, Oxycanus and Trictena supported the monophyly of the New Zea land 'Oxycanus' s.s lineage.