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

open access: yesCommunications 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   +5 more
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A new species of Oxyptilus Zeller from the southwestern United States (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)

open access: yesZooKeys, 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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NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA [PDF]

open access: yesThe Canadian Entomologist, 1880
Euchaetes collaris. Fitch.On Jnne 7th, 1879, I obtained some eggs from a ♀ captured the day before. The eggs were smooth, pale green, spherical in shape and inch in diameter. The eggs hatched on the 12th. Larva ⅛ inch long, pale green, largest at middle of the body and tapering slightly towards both ends.
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List of the Lepidoptera of Black Sturgeon Lake, Northwestern Ontario, and Dates of Adult Occurrence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
From May to September each year from 1960 through 1968, a collection of Lepidoptera was made at Black Sturgeon Lake, northwestern Ontario, from speci­ mens captured in a light trap and from specimens netted during the day.
Sanders, C. J
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Integrative taxonomy to assess the species richness of chalcidoid parasitoids (Hymenoptera) associated to Bruchinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Mexico

open access: yesRevista 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   +5 more
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Gene-flow between populations of cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is highly variable between years [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Both large and small scale migrations of Helicoverpa armigera Hübner in Australia were investigated using AMOVA analysis and genetic assignment tests. Five microsatellite loci were screened across 3142 individuals from 16 localities in eight major cotton
A.J. Lowe   +16 more
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Target-site mutations (AChE and kdr), and PSMO activity in codling moth (Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)) populations from Spain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) is a key pest of global importance that affects apple fruit production and whose populations have developed resistance to insecticides in many apple production areas.
Avilla Hernández, Jesús   +3 more
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Mating Frequency of European Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Minnesota, Kansas, and Texas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The frequency of mating and polyandry in natural populations are important parameters for understanding evolutionary dynamics. Mating frequency among natural populations of Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) [Lepidoptera: Crambidae] are quite variable.
Andow, D. A, Hinton, J. L
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A Pyralid Moth (Lepidoptera) as Pollinator of Blunt-Leaf Orchid [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
(excerpt) As early as 1912, mosquitoes were observed bearing the pollen masses (pollinia) of the blunt-leaf orchid, Habenaria obtusata (Pursh) Richardson, in Reese\u27s Bog, a cedar swamp at the north end of Burt Lake, Cheboygan County, Michigan, near ...
Riefner, Richard E, Jr., Voss, Edward G
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Lepidoptera – A Baseline Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
To provide a benchmark view of the species of butterflies and moths present at Sheepdrove Organic Farm, using repeatable, well-known methods to produce a set of results which can be referred to, and compared in ...
Ball, Jason
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