Kim T. Mitter

University of Maryland, College Park — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy(9), Plant and animal studies(8), Species Distribution and Climate Change(5), Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny(3), Genetic diversity and population structure(2)

Publications10 total

Phylotranscriptomics resolves ancient divergences in the Lepidoptera
Systematic Entomology·2016· 54 cited
Further progress on the phylogeny of <scp>N</scp> octuoidea ( <scp>I</scp> nsecta: <scp>L</scp> epidoptera) using an expanded gene sample
Systematic Entomology·2016· 66 cited
Peer Review #2 of "Preserving and vouchering butterflies and moths for large-scale museum-based molecular research (v0.2)"
2016Open Access
Preserving and vouchering butterflies and moths for large-scale museum-based molecular research
PeerJ·2016· 28 citedOpen Access
Phylogeny and feeding trait evolution of the mega‐diverse Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera: Obtectomera): new insight from 19 nuclear genes
Systematic Entomology·2015· 50 cited
A molecular phylogeny for the oldest (nonditrysian) lineages of extant <scp>L</scp> epidoptera, with implications for classification, comparative morphology and life‐history evolution
Systematic Entomology·2015· 114 cited
A molecular phylogeny and revised classification for the oldest ditrysian moth lineages ( <scp>L</scp> epidoptera: <scp>T</scp> ineoidea), with implications for ancestral feeding habits of the mega‐diverse <scp>D</scp> itrysia
Systematic Entomology·2014· 77 cited
Can RNA-Seq Resolve the Rapid Radiation of Advanced Moths and Butterflies (Hexapoda: Lepidoptera: Apoditrysia)? An Exploratory Study
PLoS ONE·2013· 111 citedOpen Access
A Large-Scale, Higher-Level, Molecular Phylogenetic Study of the Insect Order Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies)
PLoS ONE·2013· 304 citedOpen Access
The butterfly subfamily Pseudopontiinae is not monobasic: marked genetic diversity and morphology reveal three new species of <i>Pseudopontia</i> (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
Systematic Entomology·2010· 23 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Charles Mitter(9), Michael P. Cummings(7), Jerome C. Regier(6), Akito Y. Kawahara(6), Andreas Zwick(5), Adam L. Bazinet(4), Soowon Cho(4), Donald R. Davis(4), Jae‐Cheon Sohn(3), E.J. van Nieukerken(2), Terry Harrison(2), Chris A. Hamilton(2), David Plotkin(2), Derrick J. Zwickl(1), Joaquín Baixeras(1), John W. Brown(1), Cynthia Parr(1), Susan J. Weller(1), David C. Lees(1), Niels P. Kristensen(1)