Museomics of a rare taxon: placing Whalleyanidae in the Lepidoptera Tree of Life
We highlight the usefulness of whole‐genome sequencing of museum specimens in order to infer the phylogenetic positions of rare and difficult to collect taxa. We showcase the utility of a museomics approach by providing the first extensive genomic dataset for the enigmatic genus Whalleyana, endemic to Madagascar, and find it to be sister to ...
Victoria G. Twort +3 more
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Description of Prorophora mirra sp. n. from Central Asia and new combination Prorophora ammobia (Falkovitsh, 1999), comb. n. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) [PDF]
A new species, Prorophora mirra sp. n., is described from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (in the nominotypical subgenus). Te species is close to P. albidogilvella Roesler, 1970 in the structure of genitalia, but it is similar in appearance to some other ...
E.V. Tsvetkov
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First record of Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus, 1758 from India (Pyralidae: Pyralinae)
In the present report, we highlight the first occurrence of Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus, 1758 (Pyraloidea: Pyralidae) from India. The specimen was collected from Tehsil Herman, district of Shopian in Kashmir valley, which is situated at the foothills of ...
Muzafar Riyaz, Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu
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An annotated checklist of the Crambidae of the region of Murcia (Spain) with new records, distribution and biological data (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae) [PDF]
The Murcia Region (Southeastern Iberian Peninsula) has a great diversity of Lepidopteran fauna, as a zoogeographical crossroads and biodiversity hotspot with more than 850 butterflies and moth species recorded.In the present paper, based on an ...
Manuel Garre +4 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of a pyraloid species, Palpita hypohomalia, was sequenced and analyzed. This mitochondrial genome is circular, 15,280 bp long, and includes 37 typical metazoan mitochondrial genes (13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal ...
Mingsheng YANG +4 more
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In the first part of the publication, we present the faunal list of Pyraloidea of South Ossetia, including 111 species of 64 genera, belonging to two families. For the first time, 96 species are reported for South Ossetia.
Aleksandr N. Streltzov +2 more
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An annotated checklist of the Pyralidae of the region of Murcia (Spain) with new records, distribution and biological data (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Pyralidae) [PDF]
The Murcia Region (south-eastern Iberian Peninsula) has a great diversity of Lepidopteran fauna, as a zoogeographical crossroads and biodiversity hotspot with more than 850 butterflies and moth species recorded.In the present paper, based on an ...
Manuel Garre +4 more
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On the Pyraloidea fauna of Nicaragua
Article published in the journal Tropical Lepidoptera ...
Landry, Bernard +3 more
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Nocturnal ambush predators and their potential impact on flower‐visiting moths
Ecology, Volume 102, Issue 11, November 2021.
Kota Sakagami +2 more
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The lesser aspen webworm moth, Meroptera pravella, is a small pyralid that uses quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) and related tree species as larval hosts.
Living Prairie Mitogenomics Consortium
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