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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The coffee leaf miner, Leucoptera coffeella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae): identification of the larval instars and description of male and female genitalia [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2021 The coffee leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Mèneville & Perrottet) is a key pest in coffee producing countries. During their development, the larvae feed on the palisade parenchyma of the leaves, forming mines and necrotic areas.
Isabela O. Motta +5 more
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ZooKeys, 2016 The genus Diatraea Guilding is one of the most economically important groups of moths in the Western Hemisphere. The larvae are stem borers that feed on species of Poaceae, or grasses, such as sugarcane, corn, rice, and sorghum, as well as many other ...
M. Alma Solís, Mark A. Metz
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First 3-D reconstruction of copulation in Lepidoptera: interaction of genitalia in Tortrix viridana (Tortricidae) [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2023 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 ...
Boyan Zlatkov +3 more
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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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Zootaxa, 2019 Amerila is one of the most studied Afrotropical genera of Arctiinae. However, based on a regionally constrained sample of specimens from Mount Cameroon, we show how superficial our knowledge on these tiger moths is. Among six collected Amerila species, A.
Łukasz Przybyłowicz +4 more
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Ecologica MontenegrinaThe present paper briefly describes the Lithosiini genitalia and discusses their terminology. Twelve new terms are introduced: medius, introrsum, conjuga, collis, iuba, jugum basalis, jugum distalis, arcus, intersaccular bridge, lamella centralis ...
Anton V. Volynkin
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The Genitalia of the Group Noctuidae of the Lepidoptera of the British Islands An Account of the Morphology of the Male Clasping Organs [PDF]
Nature, 1909 W. F. K.
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A new species of Elegia (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) from the Balkan Peninsula [PDF]
Nota Lepidopterologica, 2020 Elegia occultalis Plant, sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) is described from the Balkans and compared with related species. Adults and male and female genitalia of the new species are illustrated.
Colin W. Plant +2 more
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A Comparison of the Genitalia of Male Hymenoptera, Mecoptera, Neuroptera, Diptera, Trichoptera, Lepidoptera, Homoptera, and Strepsiptera, With Those of Lower Insects [PDF]
, 1920 G. C. Crampton
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