Adipokinetic hormones of Polyphaga beetles (minus Cucujiformia series) were sequenced and confirmed via mass spectrometry. Schgr‐AKH‐II is assumed as ancestral AKH in Coleoptera. Radiation of AKH diversity during the evolution of Scarabaeoidea. ABSTRACT Beetles are the largest animal group, in general.
Gerd Gäde+2 more
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Elliptic Fourier analysis of the form of genitalia in two Spodoptera species and their hybrids (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) [PDF]
Laurence Monti
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Carpenter-moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) of the Korean peninsula with a new record of species
We present eight species in seven genera of the family Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from Korea, including one newly recorded species, Cossus siniaevi. Two females of C.
Sung-Soo Kim+3 more
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In 2006 the U.S. National Park Service initiated a long term study of the Lepidoptera at White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico. Sparkia immacula (Grote, 1883), previously known only from historical specimens collected in Arizona and New
Eric Metzler, Gregory Forbes
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CRISPR/Cas: An emerging molecular technology for biological control of fall armyworm
The application of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR‐associated (Cas) for controlling agricultural pests, including fall armyworm, is still facing technological, ethical, and biosafety challenges. This review briefly discusses some major challenges and highlights ongoing multidisciplinary progress made to enable ...
Ehab El‐Awaad, Hans Merzendorfer
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A New Species of \u3ci\u3eLaspeyresia\u3c/i\u3e from Michigan (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae) [PDF]
Laspeyresia lacustrina is described from four specimens, all female, captured in flight at two locations in Lower Michigan. On the exterior, the moth most resembles L.
Miller, William E
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A new species of Herpetogramma (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) from eastern North America
Herpetogramma sphingealis sp. n., a new species of Crambidae (Lepidoptera), is described from Québec, Canada. The species is included in the genus Herpetogramma Led., 1863, a genus in the subfamily Spilomelinae.
Louis Handfield, Daniel Handfield
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The review explores the latest updates (2013–2024) and information about pesticidal plants (22 plant species) that are distributed across Africa and offers insights into the integration of nanoformulated natural compounds as a more sustainable option to control desert locust invasions.
Patrick Mangundu+6 more
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The Distribution of Three Broadly Sympatric Species of \u3ci\u3eSymmerista\u3c/i\u3e Moths (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) in the Great Lakes and Midwest Regions of the United States. [PDF]
All three superficially inseparable species of Symmerista known to occur in eastern North America are sympatric in, and reach their western limit of distribution in, the southern Great Lakes and Midwest Regions of the United States. In this region two of
Donahue, Julian P
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Variation in male genitalia of <i>Coleophora vacciniella</i> H.-S. (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
We studied 105 genitalia of mostly Finnish male Coleophora vacciniella Herrich-Schäffer, 1861, in order to inspect the variation in certain features: the number of chitinous teeth on the dorsal side of the phallotheca, the number of spines at the distal end of it, and the number of cornuti in the vesica.
Juhani Itämies, Jukka Tabell
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