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Population differentiation and structural variation in the Manduca sexta genome across the United States

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2022
Many species that are extensively studied in the laboratory are less well characterized in their natural habitat, and laboratory strains represent only a small fraction of the variation in a species’ genome.
Andrew J Mongue, Akito Y Kawahara
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A new species of Oxyptilus Zeller from the southwestern United States (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)

ZooKeys, 2017
Oxyptilus eleanerae sp. n., is described from New Mexico, Arizona, and Southwest Texas, and compared with the only other Oxyptilus occurring in the Nearctic Region, O. delawaricus Zeller. A redescription is provided for O. delawaricus.
Deborah Matthews
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Interseasonal variation of Chrysodeixis includens (Walker, [1858]) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) populations in the Brazilian Savanna

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2017
Chrysodeixis includens (Walker, [1858]) is currently the main plusiine pest in the Americas, not only because of the damage caused to soybean, but also with several crop species in a broad geographical range.
Sabrina Raisa dos Santos, Alexandre Specht, Eduardo Carneiro, Silvana Vieira de Paula-Moraes, Mirna Martins Casagrande   +4 more
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Emperors, admirals and giants, zebras, tigers and woolly bears: casting a broader net in exploring heparin effects on Lepidoptera wing patterns [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2020
Background: Studies of heparin effects on Lepidoptera wing patterns have been restricted to a small number of species. I report observations from experiments on a broader range of taxa, including first results from swallowtails, tiger moths and ...
Andrei Sourakov
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Stichelia pelotensis (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae): conservation, notes, and rediscovery of an endangered butterfly from southern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2016
Stichelia pelotensis (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae) is an endemic and threatened butterfly from the Pampa biome in southern Brazil, and has not been recorded in its type locality in the last 56 years. Recently, a population was found in two sites from extreme
Ricardo Russo Siewert, Gustavo Crizel Gomes, Mariana Centeno Gallo, Cristiano Agra Iserhard   +3 more
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A new species of Polypoetes Druce, 1885 (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) from Colombia, with confirmation of a new host plant for the Dioptinae

Revista Chilena de Entomología, 2023
A new species of the genus Polypoetes Druce, 1885, Polypoetes milleri spec. nov. from Colombia is described. We provide diagnostic characters for the species, photographs of the adults and genital structures of both sexes. Additionally, we confirm a new
Ryan A. St Laurent
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Integrative taxonomy to assess the species richness of chalcidoid parasitoids (Hymenoptera) associated to Bruchinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2020
Chalcidoidea are a highly diverse group of Hymenoptera and the most common parasitoids, being associated to more than 15 hexapod orders. The identification of species in this superfamily is considerably difficult due to their small size, lack of ...
A. Lucía Pérez-Benavides, Fernando Hernández-Baz, Jorge M. González, Jesús Romero-Nápoles, Paul E. Hanson, Alejandro Zaldivar-Riverón   +5 more
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Phylogeography and population genetics of pine butterflies: Sky islands increase genetic divergence

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
The sky islands of southeastern Arizona (AZ) mark a major transition zone between tropical and temperate biota and are considered a neglected biodiversity hotspot.
Dale A. Halbritter, Caroline G. Storer, Akito Y. Kawahara, Jaret C. Daniels   +3 more
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Foraging Behavior of the Blue Morpho and Other Tropical Butterflies: The Chemical and Electrophysiological Basis of Olfactory Preferences and the Role of Color

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012
Inside a live butterfly exhibit, we conducted bioassays to determine whether the presence of color would facilitate the location of attractants by the butterflies.
Alexandra Sourakov, Adrian Duehl, Andrei Sourakov   +2 more
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Giving eyespots a shiner: Pharmacologic manipulation of the Io moth wing pattern [version 2; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Our knowledge of wing pattern formation in Lepidoptera has advanced significantly in recent years due to the careful examination of several groups of butterflies.
Andrei Sourakov
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