Using 30 gene fragments and sampling nearly 50% of the genera, we provide a well‐resolved phylogeny of Zygaenidae; Zygaenidae are recovered as monophyletic as are most of the subfamilies. The lineage leading to the extant Zygaenidae diverged in Late Cretaceous, while the divergence among the subfamilies occurred a little before the Cretaceous–Paleogene
Mirela Mirić +6 more
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The multiple strategies of an insect herbivore to overcome plant cyanogenic glucoside defence [PDF]
Cyanogenic glucosides (CNglcs) are widespread plant defence compounds that release toxic hydrogen cyanide by plant β-glucosidase activity after tissue damage.
Bak, Søren +4 more
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DNA metabarcoding of light trap samples vs. morphological species identification
Five light trap samples of different complexities were subjected to COI metabarcode sequencing. Species detection rates of metabarcoding versus manual identification were compared between the samples and two different amplicons. Metabarcoding was able to detect between 46% and 69% of manually identified species.
Patrick Strutzenberger +5 more
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The Trophic Relationships of the Rhopalocera Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea) in Xerophilous Meadow-Steppe and Shrub Ecosystems of the Kamenetz Transdniestri [PDF]
Трофічні зв’язки булавовусих лускокрилих на личинковій та імагінальній стадіях є специфічними та дуже різноманітними. Досі вивчення трофічних зв’язків булавовусих лускокрилих у Кам’янецькому Придністров’ї не проводилось, тому дослідження за цим аспектом ...
Gordiy, N. M., Гордій, Н. М.
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The present paper provides a checklist of 51 species in 37 genera of moths belonging to the family Limacodidae from Bhutan, of which, six genera, Setora Walker, 1855, Tennya Solovyev & Witt, 2009, Iraga Matsumura, 1927, Vanlangia Solovyev & Witt 2009 ...
Jatishwor Singh Irungbam +2 more
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Presentamos en este trabajo un catálogo razonado de los Lepidoptera de la región de Castilla y León, España. Se incluyen las siguientes superfamilias: Hepialoidea Stephens, 1829, Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyroidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846, Cossoidea ...
R. Magro, J. A. Jambrina
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Effect of different mowing regimes on butterflies and diurnal moths on road verges [PDF]
In northern and central Europe road verges offer alternative habitats for declining plant and invertebrate species of semi-natural grasslands. The quality of road verges as habitats depends on several factors, of which the mowing regime is one of the ...
Jantunen, J., Saarinen, K., Valtonen, A.
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The richness and diversity of Lepidoptera species in different habitats of the national Park Theniet El Had (Algeria) [PDF]
The diversity of Lepidoptera in several habitats of the National Park Theniet El Had (P.N.T.E.H.) was studied during twelve months of the years 2015 and 2016 in several habitats and totalising 851 specimens belonging to 17 families, 9 super families and ...
Adamou-Djerbaoui, M +3 more
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Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study [PDF]
Background In the mega-diverse insect order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths; 165,000 described species), deeper relationships are little understood within the clade Ditrysia, to which 98% of the species belong.
Baixeras Almela, Joaquín +19 more
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Entomo-venomics: the evolution, biology and biochemistry of insect venoms [PDF]
The insects are a hyperdiverse class containing more species than all other animal groups combined-many of which employ venom to capture prey, deter predators and micro-organisms, or facilitate parasitism or extra-oral digestion.
Baumann, Kate +7 more
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