The complete mitochondrial genome of Ahamus yushuensis Chu et Wang 1985 (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) and phylogenetic analysis [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Ahamus yushuensis was determined in this study. This mitogenome is 15,336 bp and encodes 37 mitochondrial genes, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and two ribosomal ...
Xiuzhang Li, Yuling Li
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Morphological and Molecular Phylogenetic Data of the Chinese Medicinal Fungus Cordyceps liangshanensis Reveal Its New Systematic Position in the Family Ophiocordycipitaceae [PDF]
Mycobiology, 2021 A cordycipitoid fungus infecting Hepialidae sp. in Nepal was supposed to be identical to Cordyceps liangshanensis, originally described from southwestern China, and thus, transferred to the genus Metacordyceps or Papiliomyces in previous studies. However,
Yao Wang +7 more
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A Study of Adult Olfactory Proteins of Primitive Ghost Moth, Endoclita signifer (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae) [PDF]
Life, 2023 Endoclita signifer is a prominent wood-boring insect species in eucalyptus plantations in Guangxi, China, causing significant ecological and economic damage.
Guipeng Xiao +4 more
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The Correlation between the Gut Microbiota of Endoclita signifer (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae) Larvae and Their Host Preferences [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Insects’ gut microbiota plays a crucial role in their host selection, adaptation, and plasticity. This study explored the impact of gut bacteria on the adaptation of host selection under different stresses (diverse feeding preferences and no feeding ...
Jintao Lu +3 more
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Ghosts from the past: a review of fossil Hepialoidea (Lepidoptera) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 We critically re-examine nine of the ten fossil specimens currently assigned to Hepialidae. Three fossils with impressions of wing veins and scales placed in the fossil genus Prohepialus Piton, 1940, and two mummified larvae that show apomorphic ...
Thomas J. Simonsen +2 more
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A near chromosome-level genome assembly of a ghost moth (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae) [PDF]
Scientific DataGhost moths are an unusual family of primitive moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) known for their large body size and crepuscular adult activity. These moths represent an ancient lineage, frequently have soil dwelling larvae, and are adapted to high ...
Yi-Ming Weng +7 more
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Mitogenomics, phylogeny and morphology reveal two new entomopathogenic species of Ophiocordyceps (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) from south-western China [PDF]
MycoKeysOphiocordyceps encompasses over 300 species, demonstrating a wide range of morphological features, hosts and habitats within its species diversity. In this study, two novel species in Ophiocordyceps were revealed parasitising Hepialidae larva buried in ...
Tao Sun +7 more
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Hepialid Moth Diversity in Australia Further Highlighted by Five New Species in the Endemic Genus Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) [PDF]
InsectsWe describe five new species of Abantiades from Australia, four from Western Australia (WA) and one from south-east Queensland. Of the four WA species, three are from the Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic region (Abantiades profundus sp.
Michael D. Moore, Mark I. Stevens
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Ancient expansion of the hox cluster in lepidoptera generated four homeobox genes implicated in extra-embryonic tissue formation. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2014 Gene duplications within the conserved Hox cluster are rare in animal evolution, but in Lepidoptera an array of divergent Hox-related genes (Shx genes) has been reported between pb and zen.
Laura Ferguson +6 more
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The Courtship Behavior and the Ultrastructure of Sex Pheromone Glands in the Hind Tibiae of Male Ghost Moth Endoclita davidi (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) [PDF]
InsectsThe courtship behavior of moths is closely related to the biosynthesis and release of sex pheromones. To understand the mechanisms of the reproductive behavior of the ghost moth Endoclita davidi, a host insect of Cordyceps xuefeng (Ophiocordyceps ...
Xingrui Huang +4 more
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