Alternative techniques to study characters of the genitalia in Lepidoptera [PDF]
Neotropical Entomology, 2010 The present note aims to describe two alternative methods for observing genitalia in Lepidoptera. The first one provides means to examine both male and female genitalia without spoiling the scales of the abdomen, preserving it attached to the thorax and aesthetically similar to an unexamined specimen.
Fernando Maia Silva Dias +2 more
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On genitalia of some southern African Phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Phycitinae) [PDF]
South African Journal of Zoology, 1991 The male and female genitalia of 28 previously known species of sothern Africa phycilinae (Lepidoptera pyralidae) are describe. Two new species, characterized by their gentalia, are described; Epicrocis varri, and Trachypteryx victoriota.
B. I. Balinsky
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Female genitalia of Pero obtusaria Prout, 1928 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2019 The female genitalia of Pero obtusaria Prout, 1928 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) are described and illustrated for the first time and compared to congenerics.
Héctor A. Vargas
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The First Neotropical Record of the Genus Urodeta (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) with Keys to the World Species and a Description of a New Species from Honduras [PDF]
InsectsThe genus Urodeta Stainton (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) is recorded for the first time from the Neotropical region, with the description of a new species, Urodeta inerme sp. nov., from Honduras.
Virginijus Sruoga
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An effective method for the close up photography of insect genitalia during dissection: a case study on the Lepidoptera [PDF]
Nota Lepidopterologica, 2018 Characters of male and female genitalia in insects in general, especially in Lepidoptera, are essential for species identification as they display extensive morphological variation.
Dominic Wanke, Hossein Rajaei
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Phylogenetic Trends in the Dissymmetrisation of Genitalia in Hadenini (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) [PDF]
DiversityThe external genital appendages of Noctuidae represent correlated–coevolved elements of a complex structure. The pathways of changes are delimited by some constraints, and they are parallelly evolved in different phyletic lines. Asymmetrical male external genitalia were found in Hadenini, in Polia and its closely related genera, but also in Anarta (s ...
Zoltán Varga +2 more
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Teratological male genitalia among Coleophora species (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
Entomologica Fennica, 1999 The author has studied and determined Coleophora species occurring in Finland through examining their genitalia. Several thousands of microscopic slides have been prepared representing more than one hundred different species. More than thirty specimens with completely or partly undeveloped male genitalia representing 11 species have been discovered.
Bo Wikström
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Allometry of male genitalia in a lepidopteran species, Ostrinia latipennis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Applied Entomology and Zoology, 2003 In species of several insect orders and spiders, it has been shown that the size of male genitalia relative to body size decreases as the body becomes larger (negative allometry), while the relative size of other morphological traits tends to be constant.
Suguru Ohno +4 more
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The lock-and-key mechanisms of the internal genitalia of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera): How are they selected for? [PDF]
European Journal of Entomology, 2008 In the Noctuidae, the owlet moths, the internal genitalia, i.e. the aedeagus and vesica (penis) in the males, and the bursa copulatrix in the females, together form a lock-and-key mechanism (LKM). The species-specific structures have their counterparts in the opposite sex.
Kauri Mikkola
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First 3-D reconstruction of copulation in Lepidoptera: interaction of genitalia in Tortrix viridana (Tortricidae) [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2023 Abstract Background The process of copulation in Lepidoptera is understudied and poorly understood from a functional perspective. The purpose of the present paper is to study the interaction of the male and female genitalia of Tortrix viridana Linnaeus, 1758 via three-dimensional models of pairs fixed during copulation ...
Boyan Zlatkov +3 more
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