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Genome assembly of a nocturnal butterfly (Macrosoma leucophasiata) reveals convergent adaptation of visual genes

Communications Biology
Nearly all animals exhibit a preferred period of daily activity (diel-niche), strongly influenced by the light environment. Vision is a sensory system that is strongly adapted to light, and evolutionary transitions to novel light environments can impose ...
Rachit Pratap Singh, Yi-Ming Weng, Yash Sondhi, David Plotkin, Paul B. Frandsen, Akito Y. Kawahara   +5 more
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An Effector TaCRVP From Tuta Absoluta Oral Secretion Impairs H2O2‐Mediated Plant Defense by Targeting Tomato SlCAT2

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The Tuta absoluta salivary effector TaCRVP subverts tomato immunity by hijacking host catalase SlCAT2. Through a sophisticated dual mechanism, TaCRVP simultaneously promotes SlCAT2 tetramerization for activation and blocks its SlAdBiL‐mediated degradation for stabilization.
Jianquan Yan, Youdan Zhang, Zhujun Wang, Huatao Tang, Huiping Liu, Zi Chen, Shuai Liu, Jiayi Shi, Lu Peng, Youming Hou   +9 more
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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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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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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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Symbiont‐Induced HSP83 Establishes Two‐Tiered Control of Antifungal Immunity in an Invasive Beetle–Fungus Complex

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In an invasive beetle–fungus complex, the mutualist Leptographium procerum induces host HSP83 and modulates Toll‐dependent antifungal immunity. HSP83 mediates two‐tiered control by associating with selected fungal recognition receptors and restraining Dorsal‐driven antimicrobial peptide transcription.
Qingtai Yang, Zhudong Liu, Yuqiao Yin, Jing Su, Dunyang Yu, Longsheng Xing, Zhen Zou, Le Kang, Jianghua Sun   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new species of sack-bearer moth (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae) from Florida [PDF]

ZooKeys
A rarely reported new species of Mimallonidae from Florida, USA, is described. Remarkably, the distinctive new species has not been seen across much of its historical range since the 1960s, and all records come from six somewhat isolated white sand ...
Ryan A. St Laurent, Scott Wehrly, Jeffrey Slotten   +2 more
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Butterfly abundances but not patch occupancy buffered by vegetation heterogeneity during climatic extremes

Ecography, EarlyView.
As extreme climatic events are becoming more frequent, we need to understand what mechanisms could buffer populations to ensure their persistence. Fragmented populations may be especially vulnerable, as exemplified by species with metapopulation dynamics whose persistence is determined by a precarious balance between frequent local extinctions and ...
Natalie E. van Dis, Mirkka M. Jones, Pekka Niittynen, Miska Luoto, Jukka Sirén, Marjo Saastamoinen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lepidoptera: Micro-Lepidoptera

, 1927
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +1 more source