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1.5. The main statements to be defended: The occurrence of 73 Nepticulidae species (12 of these species are new) are reported to the Lithuanian fauna; they are trophically related with 15 plant families and 32 genera. Only the genera Stigmella and Fomoria (Nepticulidae) can be recognized as having truly cosmopolitan distributions. Acalyptris, in contrary to previous knowledge, appears also to be widely distributed and unexpectedly occurs in rain forest habitats (in the Neotropics the genus predominates, accounting for up to 50% of the nepticulid fauna). World Nepticuloidea & Tischerioidea are trophically associated with 66 plant families: most species occur on Rosaceae. In the light of host-plant data, the evolution of the Nepticuloidea or Tischerioidea probably occurred by way of trophic adaptation to 7 plant subclasses from the 12 recognized; four of these host-plant subclasses are common to all three studied moth families: Hamamelididae, Dilleniidae, Rosidae and Lamiidae. Morphology and biology of Tischeriidae well support the polytypic concept of the family. The recently erected Emmetia is synonymized, but a new genus (Astrotischeria Puplesis & Diðkus) is described by us from Northern and Southern America for tischeriid species with striking genitalia and feeding characters. Three main lineages of generic rank can be recognized within Tischeriidae. The first (Tischeria) may be the best characterized by the development of a juxta in the male genitalia, and an antrum in the female genitalia; the second (Astrotischeria) by the development of a dorsal lobe to the valva, the uncus overlaid dorsally by lobes of the pseuduncus, utilization of new host-plant families (particularly Asteraceae), and the third (Coptotriche) by the development of transtilla, spines on the diaphragma, a ‘tulip-shaped’ aedeagus and by the great enlargement of the membranous half of the ductus spermathecae in the female genitalia. 1.6. Presentation and approval of the results. The results of the research were presented at: International Russian – Finnish symposium on insect biogeography (St. Petersburg, 1993) (2 presentations, with co-authors); IXth Congress of the European Lepidopterological Society (SEL) (Lednice, Czech Republic, 1994); Conference of Lithuanian Entomological Society (Vilnius, 1996); Conference „Biodiversity in Lithuania“ (Vilnius, 1997); Department meetings at Zoology Department of Vilnius Pedagogical University (Vilnius, 2001 and 2003); The Natural History Museum, London (Microlepidoptera division) (London, 2002); Conference „Biodiversity in Lithuania“ (Vilnius, 1997) (2 presentations); Department meetings at Zoology Department of Vilnius University (Vilnius, 2004 and 2005). 8
The results of the doctoral thesis were published in 21 publication (incl. 8 papers in western European scientific journals). The main materials of the thesis were published in a monograph (in co-authorship with the former supervisor): Puplesis, Diðkus, 2003. The Nepticuloidea & Tischerioidea (Lepidoptera) – a global review, with strategic regional revisions. 512 pp. „Lututë Publishers“, Kaunas. In total, 11 papers published in English, 1 – in Russian, 9 – in Lithuanian language. 1.7. Structure of the thesis. The disertation includes an Introduction, Methods and Material, Results (2 chapters and 10 sub-chapters), Conclusions, Literature (482 references), List of papers published by the author, English Summary and 3 supplements. In total, the presented study contains 388 pages (207 pages in the main part of the dissertation, 181 pages in the supplements), 382 figures (109 figures in the dissertation, 273 figures in the supplements), 16 tables. The original language of the dissertation (and the supplement) is Lithuanian. 1.8. Acknowledgements. The work was carried out in 1990–2004 at Vilnius Pedagogical University. The scientific supervisors of the present dissertation Prof. Dr. Rimantas Puplesis (<strong>VPU</strong>, Vilnius) and DSc. Gaden S. Robinson (BMNH, London) (figs 3, 4) provided the initial stimulus for the study together with generous and enormous support during its course. Figs 3, 4. Scientific supervisors of the present study: 3 – Prof. Dr. Rimantas Puplesis, <strong>VPU</strong>, Vilnius (supervised the study from 1990 to 2004); 4 – DSc. Gaden S. Robinson, BMNH, London (supervised the study from 2000 to 2003) We also thank Dr. Don R. Davis (USNM, Washington), Prof. Dr. Niels P. Kristensen, Ole Karsholt (ZMUC, Copenhagen), Dr. Erik van Nieukerken (NNM, Leiden), Dr. Malcolm Scoble (BMNH, London), Cees van den Berg (Holand), Dr. W. J. Schoorl (Amsterdam), Dr. S. Yu. Sinev, Dr. S. Baryshnikova, Dr. A. L. Lvovskyi (ZIN, St. Petersburg), Dr. Martin Kruger (TMSA, Pretoria), Dr. W. Mey (ZMHB, Berlin), Dr. Yu. Budashkin (Karadag, the Crimea), Dr. Owen Lewis (Oksford), Simon R. Hill (London) and many other colleagues for the loan of material and for providing valuable information. 9
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