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RNA Interference in Moths: Mechanisms, Applications, and Progress

open access: yesGenes, 2016
The vast majority of lepidopterans, about 90%, are moths. Some moths, particularly their caterpillars, are major agricultural and forestry pests in many parts of the world.
Jin Xu, Peng Chen, Hui Ye
exaly   +2 more sources

Tabwecala robinsoni gen. nov., sp. nov., from Vanuatu and its systematic position in the ‘Ophiusini-Poaphilini’ clade (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) [PDF]

open access: yesNota Lepidopterologica, 2021
A new erebid, Tabwecala robinsoni gen. nov., sp. nov., from the Vanuatu Islands (Espiritu Santo) (West Pacific Ocean) is described. The new species, superficially resembling species of the genera Artena, Achaea or Leistera, shows a peculiar combination ...
Alberto Zilli
doaj   +3 more sources

Climate change effects on animal ecology: butterflies and moths as a case study

open access: yesBiological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2021
Butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) are one of the most studied, diverse, and widespread animal groups, making them an ideal model for climate change research.
Geena M Hill   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Are the Interactions between Oaks and Pre-Dispersal Seed Predators Retained in Urban Environments? An Analysis of Two Quercus Species in Southern Mexico City

open access: yesDiversity, 2022
As urbanization proceeds, natural ecosystems surrounding cities are transformed, but usually some elements persist, notably trees from forest ecosystems.
Hilda Díaz-Guzmán   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A database and checklist of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera) from Colombia [PDF]

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2021
Molecular DNA sequence data allow unprecedented advances in biodiversity assessments, monitoring schemes, and taxonomic works, particularly in poorly explored areas.
Leidys Murillo-Ramos   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Bogong moths [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2016
A quick guide to the Australian Bogong moth, the nocturnal counterpart of the migratory Monarch butterfly.
Stanley, Heinze, Eric, Warrant
openaire   +2 more sources

Moths are strongly attracted to ultraviolet and blue radiation

open access: yes, 2021
We carried out three choice experiments with 6116 nocturnal lepidopteran individuals (95 species, 7 families, 32 075 counts), each replicated 105 times during the seasons of 2 years.
G. Brehm   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The development of an unsupervised hierarchical clustering analysis of dual‐polarization weather surveillance radar observations to assess nocturnal insect abundance and diversity

open access: yesRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Contemporary analyses of insect population trends are based, for the most part, on a large body of heterogeneous and short‐term datasets of diurnal species that are representative of limited spatial domains.
Maryna Lukach   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phenology of the Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) in the UK and provision of decision support for brassica growers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In the UK, severe infestations by Plutella xylostella occur sporadically and are due mainly to the immigration of moths. The aim of this study was to develop a more detailed understanding of the phenology of P.
Collier, Rosemary   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

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