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Diversity and Habitat Preferences of Moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) in Indikadamukalana, a Lowland Wet Zone Forest in Sri Lanka

open access: yesJournal of Tropical Forestry and Environment, 2022
The moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of Sri Lanka have not been well studied and no comprehensive scientific study on their diversity has been carried out over the past 100 years.
P. Gunathunga   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence, transmission and intensity of infection by a microsporidian sex ratio distorter in natural Gammarus duebeni populations [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
This is a report of the prevalence, transmission and intensity of infection of a microsporidian sex ratio distorter in natural populations of its crustacean host Gammarus duebeni.
Dunn, A.M., Hatcher, M.J.
core   +1 more source

Edible Lepidoptera in Mexico: Geographic distribution, ethnicity, economic and nutritional importance for rural people

open access: yesJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2011
In this paper, we reported the butterflies and moths that are consumed in Mexico. We identified 67 species of Lepidoptera that are eaten principally in their larval stage in 17 states of Mexico. These species belong to 16 families: Arctiidae, Bombycidae,
Oliva-Rivera Héctor   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mexican Lepidoptera biodiversity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Being among the most habitat diverse countries in the world (and plant diversity is about 22,000 sp.), Mexico has a Lepidoptera fauna recorded at about 14,385 species but is estimated to be over 22,000 species, if not much higher (some estimates go to 35,
Heppner, J. B.
core   +1 more source

Cossid moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) as pests of woody plants – A review

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 512-531, November 2025.
Abstract The Cossidae is a worldwide family of macro‐moths popularly known as carpenter moths due to the larval habit of boring in the wood of living plants. This review compiles current knowledge on the characteristics, diversity and bionomy of cossid moths as well as the damage they cause on woody plants.
Thanapol Choochuen, Jiří Foit
wiley   +1 more source

Triodia laetus (Staudinger, 1877) – new species of ghost moths (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae) for the fauna of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan

open access: yesActa Biologica Sibirica
A poorly-known Hepialidae species Triodia laetus (Staudinger, 1877) is reported from the territory of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan for the first time. The new locations proved its wide distribution in the Caucasus and Transcaucasia.
Svyatoslav A. Knyazev
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of X-Rays on Cytological Traits of Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is one of the most important pests of tomato. With the purpose of developing environmentally friendly control tactics such as the inherited sterility (IS) technique against this ...
Cagnotti, Cynthia Lorena   +5 more
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A new species of the Genus Triodia Hübner, [1820] from Turkmenistan (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae)

open access: yesActa Biologica Sibirica
A new species, Triodia turkmenica Knyazev, sp.n. from Turkmenistan, is described. A detailed description of the external characteristics of the male and female, as well as the structure of the genitalia, is provided. The new species is closely related to
Svyatoslav A. Knyazev
doaj   +1 more source

A new species of Pharmacis Hübner, 1820 from Spain with a brief review of the genera Pharmacis and Korscheltellus Börner, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae)

open access: yesNota Lepidopterologica, 2018
We here describe a new ghost moth (Hepialidae) species, Pharmacis cantabricus sp. n. from the Picos de Europa National Park, Cantabria, in northern Spain. The new species belongs to a group of mostly day-flying species that are restricted to the European
Axel Kallies, Teresa Farino
doaj   +3 more sources

The dark side of street lighting: impacts on moths and evidence for the disruption of nocturnal pollen transport [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Among drivers of environmental change, artificial light at night is relatively poorly understood, yet is increasing on a global scale. The community-level effects of existing street lights on moths and their biotic interactions have not previously been ...
Azam   +42 more
core   +1 more source

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