Cladistic Analysis of the Australian Glyphodes Guenee and Allied Genera (Lepidoptera : Crambidae; Spilomelinae)(Systematics, Morphology and Evolution)

The result of a cladistic analysis of the Australian Glyphodes Guenee and its allied genera based on adult morphology is presented. The maximum parsimony analysis resulted in 12 most parsimonious trees (length=123, Ci=0.73, and Ri=0.89). The genus Glyphodes falls into three monophyletic groups (Glyphodes group 1, 2 and 3) ; each of these can be diagnosed by adult morphology. Glyphodes as currently recognized cannot be diagnosed as a single monophyletic unit and Dysallacta is not monophyletic but subordinate within Glyphodes group 1. The analysis showed that Agrioglypta and Talanga together form a monophyletic group, with Agrioglypta being a paraphyletic in term of Talanga.