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Genetics of flight in spongy moths (Lymantria dispar ssp.): functionally integrated profiling of a complex invasive trait [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Background Flight can drastically enhance dispersal capacity and is a key trait defining the potential of exotic insect species to spread and invade new habitats.
Gwylim S. Blackburn, Christopher I. Keeling, Julien Prunier, Melody A. Keena, Catherine Béliveau, Richard Hamelin, Nathan P. Havill, Francois Olivier Hebert, Roger C. Levesque, Michel Cusson, Ilga Porth   +10 more
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Infestation Patterns and Climate-Based Projections for European Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar) in Whirlpool Forest, Ontario, Canada [PDF]

Biology
This study investigates spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) infestation patterns in Whirlpool Forest, Ontario, offering a region-specific perspective while largely corroborating existing findings.
Xiaolong Guo, Qianqian Wang
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Rock Microhabitats Provide Suitable Thermal Conditions for Overwintering Insects: A Case Study of the Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar L.) Population in the Altai Mountains [PDF]

Insects, 2022
Many insect species overwinter in various rock shelters (cavities and crevices), but the microclimates of rock biotopes remain poorly understood. We investigated the temperature dynamics in rock microhabitats where clusters of egg masses of the wintering
Grigory G. Ananko, Aleksei V. Kolosov, Vyacheslav V. Martemyanov   +2 more
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Asian spongy moths Lymantria dispar asiatica

Scientific Data, 2023
The Asian spongy moth, Lymantria dispar asiatica, is one of the most devastating forestry defoliators. The absence of a high-quality genome limited the understanding of its adaptive evolution. Here, we conducted the first chromosome-level genome assembly
Zhe Xu, Jianyang Bai, Yue Zhang, Lu Li, Mengru Min, Jingyu Cao, Jingxin Cao, Yanchun Xu, Fei Li, Ling Ma   +9 more
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The Genetic Diversity of the Asian Spongy Moth, Lymantria dispar asiatica Vnukovskii (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), in Korea Based on Mitochondrial COI Analysis [PDF]

Insects
In this study, we assessed the genetic diversity of the Asian spongy moth, Lymantria dispar asiatica Vnukovskii (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), in Korea. We obtained 123 sequences of the species, including those from 26 regions in Korea. We analyzed the genetic
Jongmin Bae, Hye-Min Byun, Subin Choi, Geunho Jang, Minjoon Kang, Eunji Kim, Jaekook Park, Heung-Sik Lee, Sunghoon Jung   +8 more
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Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar dispar Linnaeus) [PDF]

, 2022
Spongy moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) are invasive leaf-eating (defoliating) pests that threaten trees and shrubs in urban, suburban, and rural landscapes. The spongy moth was accidentally introduced to the U.S.
Mull, Ann, Spears, Lori R.
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Identification of differentially expressed genes and proteins related to diapause in Lymantria dispar: Insights for the mechanism of diapause from transcriptome and proteome analyses. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Spongy moth (Lymantria dispar Linnaeus) is a globally recognized quarantine leaf-eating pest. Spongy moths typically enter diapause after completing embryonic development and overwinter in the egg stage.
Qing Xie, Xiaofan Ma, Yafei Li, Wenzhuai Ji, Fengrui Dou, Xiue Zhu, Juan Shi, Yixia Cao   +7 more
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New Insights into the Phenology and Overwintering Biology of Glyptapanteles porthetriae, a Parasitoid of Lymantria dispar [PDF]

Insects
Glyptapanteles porthetriae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a solitary larval endoparasitoid of the spongy moth, Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). Previous studies suggested that only the spring generation of the wasp parasitizes early instars of L ...
Thomas Zankl, Christa Schafellner
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Feasting on the ordinary or starving for the exceptional in a warming climate: Phenological synchrony between spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) and budburst of six European tree species [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Global warming is affecting the phenological cycles of plants and animals, altering the complex synchronization that has co‐evolved over thousands of years between interacting species and trophic levels.
Yann Vitasse, Nora Pohl, Manuel G. Walde, Hannah Nadel, Martin M. Gossner, Frederik Baumgarten   +5 more
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Assessment of spongy moth infestation impacts on forest productivity and carbon loss using the Sentinel-2 satellite remote sensing and eddy covariance flux data [PDF]

Ecological Processes
Background Deciduous forests in eastern North America experienced a widespread and intense spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) infestation in 2021. This study quantified the impact of this spongy moth infestation on carbon (C) cycle in forests across the ...
Nur Hussain, Alemu Gonsamo, Shusen Wang, M. Altaf Arain   +3 more
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