Maria Heikkilä

Finnish Museum of Natural History — Finland

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy(27), Plant and animal studies(20), Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny(9), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(3), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control(3)

Publications35 total

Integrating Sanger and next‐generation sequencing data sheds light on phylogenetic relationships among gelechioid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
Systematic Entomology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
First comprehensive higher level phylogeny of Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) including estimated ages of the major lineages and a review of known zygaenid fossils
Systematic Entomology·2024· 27 citedOpen Access
Critical re-examination of known purported fossil Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)
PeerJ·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Molecular phylogeny, divergence time, biogeography and trends in host plant usage in the agriculturally important tortricid tribe Grapholitini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)
Cladistics·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Case 3841 – Epigraphiidae Guenée, 1845 (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea): proposed suppression to conserve the widely used family-group name Depressariidae Meyrick, 1883
The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature·2022· 1 cited
Case 3842 – Gelechioidea Stainton, 1854 (Lepidoptera): proposed conservation of the superfamily name by conditional reversal of precedence with three family-group names proposed by Bruand, 1851
The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature·2022· 1 cited
Genomics Reveal Admixture and Unexpected Patterns of Diversity in a Parapatric Pair of Butterflies
Genes·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
Ghosts from the past: a review of fossil Hepialoidea (Lepidoptera)
PeerJ·2019· 2 citedOpen Access
A molecular phylogeny of Cochylina, with confirmation of its relationship to Euliina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Systematic Entomology·2019· 14 citedOpen Access
Ustyurtiidae, a new family of Urodoidea with description of a new genus and two species from Kazakhstan, and discussion on possible affinity of Urodoidea to Schreckensteinioidea (Lepidoptera)
Insect Systematics & Evolution·2019· 6 citedOpen Access
Priors and Posteriors in Bayesian Timing of Divergence Analyses: The Age of Butterflies Revisited
Systematic Biology·2019· 141 citedOpen Access
Genetic analysis reveals Finnish<i>Formica fennica</i>populations do not form a separate genetic entity from<i>F. exsecta</i>
PeerJ·2018· 7 citedOpen Access
Reassessment of known fossil Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the oldest fossil pyraloid and a crambid larva in Baltic amber
Zootaxa·2018· 8 citedOpen Access
Data For 'Priors And Posteriors In Bayesian Timing Of Divergence Analyses: The Age Of Butterflies Revisited'
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2018Open Access
Data For 'Priors And Posteriors In Bayesian Timing Of Divergence Analyses: The Age Of Butterflies Revisited'
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2018Open Access
Re-examining the rare and the lost: a review of fossil Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
Zootaxa·2018· 7 citedOpen Access
The Trials and Tribulations of Priors and Posteriors in Bayesian Timing of Divergence Analyses: the Age of Butterflies Revisited
2018· 10 citedOpen Access
Editorial from the new co-editors-in-chief: Aiming to keep up the good work
Nota Lepidopterologica·2017Open Access
Three New Species of Rectiostoma Becker, 1982 (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Depressariidae) from Area De Conservación Guanacaste, Northwestern Costa Rica
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington·2017· 2 cited
An improved time frame for the diversification of Lepidoptera
2016 International Congress of Entomology·2016
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Frequent Co-authors

Lauri Kaila(15), Marko Mutanen(13), Niklas Wahlberg(12), Pasi Sihvonen(6), Charles Mitter(5), Jae‐Cheon Sohn(5), Nicolas Chazot(4), André Victor Lucci Freitas(4), Conrad C. Labandeira(4), Ranjit Kumar Sahoo(4), Noemy Seraphim(4), R. de Jong(3), Jean‐François Landry(3), Thomas J. Simonsen(3), John W. Brown(3), Richard L. Brown(3), Peter Huemer(3), Andreas Zwick(2), Andrea Chiocchio(2), David L. Wagner(2)