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Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from an individual male Asteroscopus sphinx (the Sprawler moth; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 857.30 megabases.
James Hammond
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Bombykal, a Sex Pheromone of the Sphinx Moth Manduca sexta
Zeitschrift Fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences, 1979 Abstract The first sex pheromone of a Sphinx moth has been isolated from Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) with the aid of an electroantennogram assay. It is attractive to males in a field test where its activity might be augmented by a second component in female extracts. Chemical tests and chromatographic properties identify the
John G. Hildebrand +2 more
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G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2023 The sphinx moth genus HylesHyles lineataHyles lineataH.
R Keating Godfrey +4 more
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A Posthumanist Reading of ‘The Sphinx’ and ‘Mesmeric Revelation’
Current Swedish Archaeology, 2022 This article proposes a new reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s two short stories ‘The Sphinx’ and ‘Mesmeric Revelation’. The moth/monster conversation in ‘The Sphinx’ dramatizes Poe’s speculation of the world. The monster-like cosmos is mysterious and elusive,
Quan Wang
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EDIS, 2005 The tetrio sphinx, Pseudosphinx tetrio (Linnaeus), is a common moth in the American tropics and subtropics that less frequently occurs in southern parts of Florida.
James C. Dunford, Kathryn A. Barbara
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Tobacco Hornworm Manduca sexta (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
EDIS, 2017 The tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (L.), is a common pest of plants in the family Solanaceae, which includes tobacco, tomato, pepper, eggplant, and various ornamentals and weeds (del Campo and Renwick 1999).
Morgan A. Byron +1 more
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Tomato Hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
EDIS, 2018 The tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth), is a common garden pest that feeds on plants in the Solanaceae (nightshade) family including tomato, peppers, eggplant, and potato.
Morgan A. Byron +1 more
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The Canadian Entomologist, 1871 As this moth pretty generally makes its appearance in our plum orchards from year to year, I have thought it advisable to give a short history of its different stages for the benefit of our fruit-growers.It is a member of a family of moths to which the great naturalist Linnæus gave the name of Sphingidæ, on account of the resemblance he conceived some ...
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Evidence of repeated and independent saltational evolution in a peculiar genus of sphinx moths (Proserpinus: Sphingidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 Saltational evolution in which a particular lineage undergoes relatively rapid, significant, and unparalleled change as compared with its closest relatives is rarely invoked as an alternative model to the dominant paradigm of gradualistic evolution ...
Daniel Rubinoff, Johannes J Le Roux
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Revisiting the Labial Pit Organ Pathway in the Noctuid Moth, Helicoverpa armigera
Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 Lepidopteran species detect CO2 via a specialized organ located on the peripheral segment of the labial palps, the labial palp pit organ (LPO). Based on tracing of LPO sensory neurons targeting one distinct antennal-lobe glomerulus, Kent and her ...
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