A Revision of North American Lactura (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 The Lactura Walker, 1854 fauna north of Mexico is revised. Six species are documented, one new species Lactura nalli Matson & Wagner, sp. n. is described, and two new synonymies are proposed: Lactura psammitis (Zeller, 1872), syn. n.
Tanner A. Matson +2 more
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A New Cryptic Lactura from Texas (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2017 A new species of Lactura is described from Texas: Lactura rubritegula sp. n. Identity of the new species can be reliably determined by both larval and adult characters, CO1 haplotypes, and its late-spring period of flight activity.
Tanner Matson, David L. Wagner
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Three species of Limacodidae (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea), new to Korea
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2018 Three species of Limacodidae, Ceratonema butleri Kawada, 1930, Microleon decolatus Sasaki, 2016, and Isopenthocrates japona Yoshimoto, 2004, are recorded for the first time from Korea.
Sei-Woong Choi, Jae-Cheon Sohn
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Evolution and losses of spines in slug caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Larvae of the cosmopolitan family Limacodidae, commonly known as “slug” caterpillars, are well known because of the widespread occurrence of spines with urticating properties, a morpho‐chemical adaptive trait that has been demonstrated to protect the ...
Yu‐Chi Lin +3 more
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Parasitoids of Heterogynis Rambur (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea, Heterogynidae) [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2018 Nine parasitoids of the moth genus Heterogynis are presented: six species of Hymenoptera from the families Chalcididae, Eulophidae and Ichneumonidae (Agrothereutes hospes (Tschek), Baryscapus endemus (Walker), Brachymeria inermis (Fonscolombe), Diplazon ...
Žikić Vladimir +4 more
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EDIS, 2015 This EDIS publication is an alternate version of a page published first on the Featured Creatures website. The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida.
Donald W. Hall
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EntomoBrasilis, 2021 A new species of Aididae is described and illustrated based on adults (male and female) and immature (last instar larvae). The larvae were found infesting leaves of Inga edulis Martius (Fabaceae) in the municipality of Autazes, State of Amazonas ...
Gilcélia Melo Lourido
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The anti-bat strategy of ultrasound absorption: the wings of nocturnal moths (Bombycoidea: Saturniidae) absorb more ultrasound than the wings of diurnal moths (Chalcosiinae: Zygaenoidea: Zygaenidae) [PDF]
Biology Open, 2017 The selection pressure from echolocating bats has driven the development of a diverse range of anti-bat strategies in insects. For instance, several studies have proposed that the wings of some moths absorb a large portion of the sound energy contained ...
Athanasios Ntelezos +2 more
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The mitochondrial genomes of the Geometroidea (Lepidoptera) and their phylogenetic implications. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 In this study, we determined nine mitochondrial genomes for the Geometridae for the first time. A tRNA gene rearrangement was recognized in S. indicataria, which represents the first gene rearrangement reported for Geometroidea and is also unique in Lepidoptera.
Ding W +6 more
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An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Lepidoptera (Insecta) housed in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH): Part I. superfamilies Hepialoidea, Cossoidea, and Zygaenoidea [PDF]
Evolutionary Systematics, 2021 Zoological collections remain the main archive of animal biodiversity on Earth, and especially in times of large-scale declines of many groups represent important resources for biodiversity and conservation research.
Reza Zahiri +9 more
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