Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.We measured the phototactic responses of insects to light at night using LED traps emitting light at four narrowband wavelengths of three intensity levels of relatively equal photon emission. Our data show an interaction between insect order and narrowband spectra, with marked differences in attraction between Lepidoptera and Diptera.
Gabriel A. Charvalakis +4 more
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A New Threat to Conifer Cones: <i>Cydia kamijoi</i> (Oku, 1968) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), a New Record for China, Based on Morphological and DNA Barcoding Analyses. [PDF]
InsectsJia N, Niu F, Wang X, Chi D, Yu J.
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Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.Environmental samples from the South Korean (A) and German (B) Environmental Specimen Banks were analysed regarding long‐term trends in canopy‐associated arthropod communities over 11 years. Samples of both Environmental Specimen Banks showed tree species‐specific arthropod communities that were significantly different from other tree species ...
Julian Hans +10 more
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Exploring natural allies: Survey and identification of larval parasitoids of the American grape berry moth, Paralobesia viteana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in northwestern Pennsylvania. [PDF]
PLoS OneGomez-Llano JH, Khanal N, Acevedo FE.
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Insect Molecular Biology, EarlyView.RNAseq and differential expression analysis identified 15 salivary gland genes encoding secreted proteins with putative anti‐bacterial, anti‐fungal, cytolytic, digestive and immunosuppressive function. The three most highly transcribed genes were selected to study their functional importance by reverse genetics, using a non‐invasive approach of dsRNA ...
Andrea Becchimanzi +9 more
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<i>Agrotisvillenensis</i>-a new species of Noctuinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from the southeastern Iberian Peninsula. [PDF]
ZookeysYela JL, Molina D, Ortiz AS.
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The molecular mechanisms of defensive‐grade organic acid biosynthesis in ground beetles
Insect Molecular Biology, EarlyView.Formic acid and methacrylic acid are the primary defensive chemicals in the pygidial gland secretions of Platynus angustatus and Pterostichus moestus, respectively. Comparative transcriptomics suggests the folate cycle and valine catabolism may be involved in the biosynthesis of formic acid and methacrylic acid, respectively.
Adam M. Rork +3 more
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The loss of the urea cycle and ornithine metabolism in different insect orders: An omics approach
Insect Molecular Biology, EarlyView.Among urea cycle enzymes, only the nitric oxide synthase gene is universally present across insect genomes. All Hemiptera species lack the enzymes needed to convert citrulline to arginine, and some also lack the pathway from arginine to ornithine. Putrescine and spermidine synthesis is conserved in all insects, but aphids lack the capability to produce
Jessica Cristina Silva Martins +7 more
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Estimation of Evolutionary Divergence and Biogeography of the Family Cordycipitaceae (Ascomycota, Hypocreales). [PDF]
J Fungi (Basel)Pu H +18 more
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