Ecological contexts shape sexual selection on male color morphs in wood tiger moths. [PDF]
Behav EcolColor polymorphisms in natural populations often reflect the interplay between various selective pressures, such as natural and sexual selection. In this study, we investigate the dynamics of sexual selection operating on color polymorphism in wood tiger
Selenius E +5 more
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Tiger moths and the threat of bats: decision-making based on the activity of a single sensory neuron. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2009 Echolocating bats and eared moths are a model system of predator–prey interaction within an almost exclusively auditory world. Through selective pressures from aerial-hawking bats, noctuoid moths have evolved simple ears that contain one to two auditory ...
Ratcliffe JM +3 more
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Acoustic Aposematism and Evasive Action in Select Chemically Defended Arctiine (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) Species: Nonchalant or Not? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Tiger moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae) have experienced intense selective pressure from echolocating, insectivorous bats for over 65 million years. One outcome has been the evolution of acoustic signals that advertise the presence of toxins sequestered from ...
Nicolas J Dowdy, William E Conner
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Biotemas, 2020 This study evaluated the Arctiini fauna of the Amazônia National Park (Pará, Brazil) collected in four expeditions between July 11 to 15 and October 02 to 06, 2013 (dry season), and March 01 to 05 and June 25 to 29, 2014 (rainy season).
José Augusto Teston +3 more
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First record of Toulgoetarctia nigripuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1918) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2017 This note reports the first record of Toulgoetarctia nigripuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1918) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Brazil. The specimens was found in the Amazônia National Park, Pará state, Eastern Amazon.
José Augusto Teston
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First record of Nyctemera adversata (Schaller, 1788) and N. carissima (Swinhoe, 1891) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Myanmar [PDF]
Check List, 2015 We report the first record of Nyctemera adversata (Schaller, 1788) and N. carissima (Swinhoe, 1891) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Kachin state, northern Myanmar.
Vitaly Spitsyn +4 more
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Multimodal Aposematic Defenses Through the Predation Sequence
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Aposematic organisms warn predators of their unprofitability using a combination of defenses, including visual warning signals, startling sounds, noxious odors, or aversive tastes.
Anne E. Winters +6 more
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Malagasy Polka Dot Moths (Noctuoidea: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini) of Ambohitantely—endemism in the most important relict of Central Plateau rainforest in Madagascar [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Malagasy Syntomini (Polka Dot Moths) are one of the largest endemic lineages of Lepidoptera on the island, belonging to the Tiger Moth subfamily (Arctiinae). This diverse radiation comprises nearly 100 valid described species that share a single ancestor.
Marcin Wiorek +3 more
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F1000Research, 2020 Background: Studies of heparin effects on Lepidoptera wing patterns have been restricted to a small number of species. I report observations from experiments on a broader range of taxa, including first results from swallowtails, tiger moths and ...
Andrei Sourakov
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 We report the assembly and annotation of the complete mitochondrial genome of the warningly-coloured wood tiger moth (Arctia plantaginis) and investigate its phylogenetic position within Arctiinae.
Juan A. Galarza, Johanna Mappes
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