Lauri Kaila - Wikispecies

Lauri Kaila, Finnish entomologist and lepidoperist.

Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

Author abbreviation: Kaila

Taxon names authored

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• 199 taxon names authored by Lauri Kaila

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• Kaila, L. 1992. The Elachistidae of Southern Siberia and Central-Asia, with descriptions of 5 new species (Lepidoptera). Entomologica Fennica 3(4): 177–194. Reference page. 
• Kaila, L. & Kerppola, S. 1992. Elachista leifi sp. n. from northern Finland (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Entomologica Fennica 3: 155–158. Reference page. 

• Kaila & Jalava 1994. Elachista adelpha sp. n., E. coeneni titanella ssp. n., and other Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) from North Caucasus. Entomologica Fennica 5: 97–102. Reference page. 

• Kaila, L. 1995. A review of Coelopoeta (Elachistidae), with descriptions of two new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49(2): 171–178. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Kaila, L. 1996. Revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista I. The tetragonella group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 27(2): 217–238. DOI: 10.1163/187631296X00061 Reference page. 

• Kaila, L. 1997. A revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista s. l. II. The argentella group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 206: 1–93. Reference page. 

• Kaila, L. 1998. Redescriptions of three Meyrick's Asiatic elachistid species, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea). Entomologica Fennica 9(1): 53–63. Reference page. 

• Kaila, L. 1999. Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Systematic Entomology 24: 139–169. Reference page. 
• Kaila, L. 1999. A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Elachista s. l. III. The bifasciella, praelineata, saccharella, and freyerella groups (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 211: 1–235. Reference page. 

• Kaila, L., Nupponen, K., Junnilainen, J., Nupponen, T., Kaitila, J.-P. & Olschwang, V. 2003. Contribution to the fauna of Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southern Ural Mountains. Entomologica Fennica 14(2): 65–90. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Sihvonen, P. & Kaila, L. 2004. Phylogeny and tribal classification of Sterrhinae with emphasis on delimiting Scopulini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Systematic Entomology 29(3): 324–358. DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00248.x Reference page. 

• Kaila, L. 2005. A review of Dibrachia Sinev & Sruoga, 1992, a subgenus of Elachista (Elachistidae: Elachistinae). Nota Lepidopterologica 28(2): 139–155. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Kaila, L. 2007. A taxonomic revision of the Elachista bedellella (Sircom) complex (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae). Zootaxa 1629: 1–25. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

• Heikkilä, M. & Kaila, L. 2010. Reassessment of the enigmatic lepidopteran family Lypusidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea; Gelechioidea). Systematic Entomology 35(1): 71–89. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00483.x Reference page. 

• Zahiri, R., Kitching, I.J., Lafontaine, J.D., Mutanen, M., Kaila, L., Holloway, J.D. & Wahlberg, N. 2011. A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera). Zoologica Scripta 40(2): 158–173. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00459.x Full article (PDF, archive). Reference page. 
• Kaila, L. 2011. Elachistine Moths of Australia (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae). Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 11: 1–456. Reference page. 
• Kaila, L. 2011. A review of species related to Elachista catalana Parenti (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae: Elachistinae), with descriptions of two new species. Entomologica Fennica 22(2): 85–96. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• van Nieukerken, E.J., Kaila, L., Kitching, I.J., Kristensen, N.P., Lees, D.C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J.C., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S-H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B.A., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., de Prins, J., de Prins, W., Epstein, M.C., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A.Y., Koster, S., Kozlov, M.V., Lafontaine, J.D., Lamas, G., Landry, J-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K-T., Penz, C.M., Rota, J., Schintlmeister, A., Schmidt, B.C., Sohn, J-C., Solis, M.A., Tarmann, G.M., Warren, A.D., Weller, S., Yaklovlev, R.V., Zolotuhin, V.V. & Zwick, A. 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 212–221 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page. 
• Heikkilä, M., Kaila, L., Mutanen, M., Peña, C. & Wahlberg, N. 2011. Cretaceous origin and repeated tertiary diversification of the redefined butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279(1731): 1093–1099. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1430 . Reference page. 

• Kaila, L. 2012. On species related to Elachista hedemanni Rebel (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae), with descriptions of three new Palearctic species. Zootaxa 3316: 28–39. Preview Reference page. 
• Kaila, L. & Mutanen, M. 2012. DNA barcoding and morphology support the division of Elachista nuraghella sensu auctorum (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) into two vicariant species. Zootaxa 3343: 57–68. Preview Reference page. 

• Kaila, L. 2013. Identity of Eumenodora encrypta Meyrick, a cryptic Australian moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Zootaxa 3616(2): 165–172. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.2.5 Reference page. 
• Karsholt, O., Mutanen, M., Lee, S.M. & Kaila, L. 2013. A molecular analysis of the Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) with an interpretative grouping of its taxa. Systematic Entomology 38: 334–348. PDF. Reference page. 
• Zahiri, R., Lafontaine, J.D., Holloway, J.D., Kitching, I.J., Schmidt, B.C., Kaila, L. & Wahlberg, N. 2013. Major lineages of Nolidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) elucidated by molecular phylogenetics. Cladistics 29(4): 337–359. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12001 Reference page. 
• Kaila, L. et al. 2013. The assignment of Prodidactidae to Hyblaeoidea, with remarks on Thyridoidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 3682(3): 485–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3682.3.9 Reference page. 

• Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Kekkonen, M. & Kaila, L. 2014. Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera). Cladistics 30(6): 563–589. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12064 Reference page. 

• Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Wahlberg, N., Sihvonen, P. & Kaila, L. 2015. Elusive ditrysian phylogeny: an account of combining systematized morphology with molecular data (Lepidoptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:260. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0520-0 Reference page. 
• Kaila, L. 2015. The Elachista dispunctella (Duponchel) complex (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) revisited, with exceptional level of synonymy. Zootaxa 3980(3): 301–358. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.3.1 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kaila, L., Baran, T. & Mutanen, M. 2015. A revision of the Elachista dispilella complex (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae). Zootaxa 3963(4): 517–560. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.4.3 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Rönkä, K., Mappes, J., Kaila, L. & Wahlberg, N. 2016. Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology 41(4): 844–853. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12194 Reference page. 

• Kaila, L. 2017. First records of Elachistinae from New Caledonia: evidence of repeated dispersal events with Australia (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae). Zootaxa 4300(4): 536–550. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.4.4. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kaila, L. & Nupponen, K. 2017. On species related to Elachista deceptricula Staudinger, 1880 with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). SHILAP revista de lepidopterologia 45(179): 415–428. Reference page. 

• Kaila, L. & Nupponen, K. 2018. A review of the Elachista subula Parenti species complex (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae), with descriptions of nine new Palearctic species. Zootaxa 4433(3): 401–433. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.3.1 PDF Reference page. 

• Kaila, L. 2019. An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae). Zootaxa 4632(1): 001–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1. pdf. Reference page. 
• Kaila, L., Mutanen, M., Sihvonen, P., Tyllinen, J. & Tabell, J. 2019. Characterization of Pleurotinae, with review of Pleurota species close to P. aristella (Linnaeus) from Morocco (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae). Zootaxa 4545(4): 451–477. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.4.1 Reference page. 
• Sruoga, V., Kaila, L. & Rociené, A. 2019. The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Elachistidae) of Thailand, with description of eight new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 574: 1–34. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.574. . Reference page. 

• Kaila, L., Nupponen, K., Gorbunov, P.Y., Mutanen, M. & Heikkilä, M. 2020. 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 51(3): 444–471. DOI: 10.1163/1876312x-00002209 . Reference page. 
• Mutanen, M., Huemer, P., Autto, J., Karsholt, O. & Kaila, L. 2020. Monopis jussii, a new species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) inhabiting nests of the Boreal owl (Aegolius funereus). ZooKeys 992: 157–181. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.992.53975. . Reference page. 
• Wikström, B., Huemer, P., Mutanen, M., Tyllinen, J. & Kaila, L. 2020. Pyralis cardinalis, a charismatic new species related to P. regalis [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, first recognized in Finland (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 43: 337–364 DOI: 10.3897/nl.43.54916. . Reference page. .

• Kaila, L. & Huemer, P. 2024. Elachista dimicatella sensu auctt.—a complex of neglected species diversity (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) from European mountain systems. ZooKeys 1212: 179–194. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1212.126598 Reference page.