Exploring fauna of Microlepidoptera in South Siberia: novel regional records and interception of quarantine species [PDF]
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2019 We report the results of a faunistic study of Microlepidoptera performed in Southern Siberia using diverse sampling techniques allowing to cover various taxonomic groups.
Natalia Kirichenko +1 more
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Convergent Evolution of Wingbeat-Powered Anti-Bat Ultrasound in the Microlepidoptera [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Bats and moths provide a textbook example of predator-prey evolutionary arms races, demonstrating adaptations, and counter adaptations on both sides. The evolutionary responses of moths to the biosonar-led hunting strategies of insectivorous bats include
Liam Joseph O’Reilly +4 more
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Rediscovering a species not seen for a hundred years, Stathmopoda tacita (Meyrick, 1913) (Lepidoptera, Stathmopodidae), with its unusual fern-spore-feeding life history [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Despite being the second largest group of vascular plants, ferns are scarcely reported being fed by insects when compared to angiosperms. Within these fern-feeding insects, lepidopterans are poorly represented and are restricted only to specific groups ...
Zong-Yu Shen, Yu-Feng Hsu
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A first, provisional, annotated checklist of the microlepidoptera of Albania (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
SHILAPAll available published data on the microlepidoptera fauna of Albania are collated and combined with the results of modern sampling to form the first known checklist of Albanian microlepidoptera.
Colin W. Plant +7 more
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Biology of Bedellia somnulentella (Lepidoptera: Bedelliidae) Associated with Wild Ipomoea spp. (Convolvulaceae) as Host Plants [PDF]
InsectsBedellia somnulentella (Lepidoptera: Bedelliidae) is an invasive, leaf-mining, and defoliating pest of sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas L.) that has recently established in Brazil.
Maria Jéssica dos Santos Cabral +5 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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Microlepidoptera of Omsk Region (Russia). Communication 2. Families: Eriocraniidae, Nepticulidae, Opostegidae, Adelidae, Prodoxidae, Incurvariidae, Psychidae, Tineidae, Roeslerstammiidae, Bucculatricidae, Yponomeutidae, Argyresthiidae, Plutellidae, Acrolepiidae, Glyphipterigidae, Ypsolophidae, Lyonetiidae, Bedelliidae, Elachistidae, Parametriotidae, Scythrididae, Momphidae, Blastobasidae, Batrachedridae, Cosmopterigidae, Epermeniidae, Choreutidae [PDF]
Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2021 The second сommunication on the Microlepidoptera fauna of Omsk Region of Russia includes information about 115 species. Most part of them is new to the regional fauna.
Sergey Yu. Sinev, Svyatoslav A. Knyazev
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Four newly recorded species of Microlepidoptera (Lepidoptera) in Korea
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2023 In this study, four species of the families Praydidae and Tortricidae, Prays kappa Moriuti, 1977, P. lambda Moriuti, 1977, Matsumuraeses vicina Kuznetzov, 1973, and Phaecasiophora walsinghami Diakonoff, 1959, are reported for the first time from Korea ...
Sol-Moon Na +3 more
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Using DNA barcoding to improve invasive pest identification at U.S. ports-of-entry. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Interception of potential invasive species at ports-of-entry is essential for effective biosecurity and biosurveillance programs. However, taxonomic assessment of the immature stages of most arthropods is challenging; characters for identification are ...
Mary J L Madden +5 more
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Eighteen species of microlepidoptera (Lepidoptera) new to Korea [PDF]
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2022 Ga-Eun Lee, Yong Chull Jeun
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