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Better Understanding the Potential Importance of Florida Roadside Breeding Habitat for the Monarch
Insects, 2018 The North American monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) population has declined significantly over the past two decades. Among the many other factors, loss of breeding habitat has been implicated as a potential leading driver.
Jaret Daniels +5 more
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Phylogeny and Evolution of Lepidoptera.
Annual Review of Entomology, 2017 Until recently, deep-level phylogeny in Lepidoptera, the largest single radiation of plant-feeding insects, was very poorly understood. Over the past two decades, building on a preceding era of morphological cladistic studies, molecular data have yielded
C. Mitter, D. Davis, M. P. Cummings
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The Canadian Entomologist, 1876 The larva of Thyreus Abbottii possesses a peculiar interest to the Entomologist, as it is the only species of which the sex is supposed to be indicated by the coloration. Frequent reference to this is found in works of different authors, and nowhere have I seen any doubt expressed about the validity of the distinguishing markings between ♂ and ♀ (vide ...
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A new species of Psaphis Walker (Zygaenidae: Chalcosiinae) from India
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2023 A new species, Psaphis gerhardi N. Singh, Ahmad & Joshi, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from the Great Nicobar Island, India. The new species represents the second species of Psaphis Walker, 1854 from India and also the first record of the ...
Navneet Singh, Jalil Ahmad, Rahul Joshi
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Geometra papilionaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): a new species for the fauna of Greece [PDF]
Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, 2017 The first record of Geometra papilionaria L. from Greece is provided, extending the known area of the species in the Balkan Peninsula and raising the Geometrinae fauna of Greece to 18 species. A brief characterisation of the collecting site is also given.
Tóth, Balázs
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Comparative genomics reveals the dynamics of chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera
Nature Ecology & EvolutionChromosomes are a central unit of genome organization. One-tenth of all described species on Earth are butterflies and moths, the Lepidoptera, which generally possess 31 chromosomes.
Charlotte J. Wright +4 more
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Advances and Challenges of Using the Sterile Insect Technique for the Management of Pest Lepidoptera
Insects, 2019 Over the past 30 years, the sterile insect technique (SIT) has become a regular component of area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programs against several major agricultural pests and vectors of severe diseases.
F. Marec, M. Vreysen
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, 2011 Other Lepidoptera pests Other species of Lepidoptera have been occasionally recorded on avocado in California (M. Epstein, pers. comm.); although we are unaware of other species reaching pest status in the state. Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Papilionidae, Hesperiidae, and Psychidae have been reported on avocado in México (Waite and Barrera 2002, USDA 2004 ...
Gilligan, Todd M. +2 more
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Phylogeny and divergence time estimation of Io moths and relatives (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Automeris) [PDF]
PeerJThe saturniid moth genus Automeris includes 145 described species. Their geographic distribution ranges from the eastern half of North America to as far south as Peru. Automeris moths are cryptically colored, with forewings that resemble dead leaves, and
Chelsea Skojec +4 more
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Automated Visual Monitoring of Nocturnal Insects with Light-based Camera Traps [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Automatic camera-assisted monitoring of insects for abundance estimations is crucial to understand and counteract ongoing insect decline. In this paper, we present two datasets of nocturnal insects, especially moths as a subset of Lepidoptera, photographed in Central Europe.
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