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The mitochondrial genomes of the Geometroidea (Lepidoptera) and their phylogenetic implications

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 2, February 2023., 2023
In this study, we determined nine mitochondrial genomes for the Geometridae for the first time. A tRNA gene rearrangement was recognized in S. indicataria, which represents the first gene rearrangement reported for Geometroidea and is also unique in Lepidoptera.
Weili Ding, Haizhen Xu, Zhipeng Wu, Lizong Hu, Li Huang, Mingsheng Yang, Lili Li   +6 more
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The unresolved phylogenomic tree of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera): Assessing the potential causes and consequences

Systematic Entomology, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 531-550, October 2022., 2022
Phylogenomics has helped us resolve much of the Lepidoptera tree of life, but the relationships among the superfamilies within Ditrysia, containing 98% of the order's species richness, remain unresolved. One of the unresolved questions is the phylogenetic position of the large microlepidopteran superfamily Gelechioidea, whose placement depends on the ...
Jadranka Rota, Victoria Twort, Andrea Chiocchio, Carlos Peña, Christopher W. Wheat, Lauri Kaila, Niklas Wahlberg   +6 more
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Exploring the power of moth samples to reveal community patterns along shallow ecological gradients

Ecological Entomology, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 371-381, June 2022., 2022
Some functional or taxonomic groups are more likely to reflect environmental variation than others. We analyzed the suitability of e.g., macrolepidoptera, microlepidoptera, small‐sized species, and specialists to mirror variation in vegetation, as well as their susceptibility to weather and inter‐annual fluctuations.
Britta Uhl, Mirko Wölfling, Konrad Fiedler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adding leaves to the Lepidoptera tree: capturing hundreds of nuclear genes from old museum specimens

Systematic Entomology, Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 649-671, July 2021., 2021
A target enrichment kit and workflow to sequence and process hundreds to thousands of loci for recent and old Lepidoptera specimens is presented. Taxa are added to the Lepidoptera phylogeny based on museum specimens collected between 1892 and 2017. Lepidoptera systematic relationships are discussed.
Christoph Mayer, Lars Dietz, Elsa Call, Sandra Kukowka, Sebastian Martin, Marianne Espeland   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sequencing and analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of Laothoe amurensis sinica (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from China and its phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022
The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Laothoe amurensis sinica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) was sequenced. The L. amurensis sinica mitogenome is circular, double-stranded, with length of 15,341 bp.
Yang Sun, Jing Wang, Xu Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis on the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Andraca theae (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) [PDF]

Journal of Insect Science, 2016
The bombycid moth, Andraca theae (Matsumura) (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) is an important pest of tea in southeastern China. In the present study, the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of A. theae was amplified by polymerase chain reaction and sequenced. The complete mitogenome of A. theae, encoding 37 genes, was 15,737 bp in length (Genbank no. KX365419)
Gu, Xing-Shi, Ma, Li, Wang, Xing, Huang, Guo-Hua   +3 more
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Clicking caterpillars: acoustic aposematism inAntheraea polyphemusand other Bombycoidea [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Biology, 2007
SUMMARYAcoustic signals produced by caterpillars have been documented for over 100 years, but in the majority of cases their significance is unknown. This study is the first to experimentally examine the phenomenon of audible sound production in larval Lepidoptera, focusing on a common silkmoth caterpillar, Antheraea polyphemus (Saturniidae).
Sarah G, Brown, George H, Boettner, Jayne E, Yack   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Identification and characterization of a Masculinizer homologue in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella

Insect Molecular Biology, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 231-240, April 2020., 2020
We have identified a Masculinizer homologue (PxyMasc) in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella. As in Bombyx mori, this gene controls doublesex splicing and male viability suggesting deep conservation of this sex‐determination mechanism. PxyMasc functions early (3–6 h) in embryonic development to initiate male‐form doublesex splicing, but its ...
T. Harvey‐Samuel, V. C. Norman, R. Carter, E. Lovett, L. Alphey   +4 more
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Moth assemblages in Costa Rica rain forest mirror small‐scale topographic heterogeneity

Biotropica, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 288-301, March 2020., 2020
Abstract In many tropical lowland rain forests, topographic variation increases environmental heterogeneity, thus contributing to the extraordinary biodiversity of tropical lowland forests. While a growing number of studies have addressed effects of topographic differences on tropical insect communities at regional scales (e.g., along extensive ...
Dominik Rabl, Brigitte Gottsberger, Gunnar Brehm, Florian Hofhansl, Konrad Fiedler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A faunistic study of moths (Lep.: Lasiocampoidea, Bombycoidea and Noctuoidea) in Khabr National Park, with a new record from Iran [PDF]

نامه انجمن حشره‌شناسی ایران
The moth fauna of southeastern Iran’s protected areas remains largely unexplored. To help fill this gap, moths were sampled in Khabr National Park (Kerman Province) during six periods: September 2022, February and April 2023, October and December 2024 ...
Fariba Kamyab, Mokhtari Azizollah, Alexy Matov, Asghar Shirvani   +3 more
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