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Consequences of the Outbreaks of the Poplar Leaf Miner and Other Mining Microlepidoptera in St. Petersburg
AbstractThe poplar leaf miner Phyllonorycter populifoliella , a well-known pest from the Gracillariidae family, was first recorded in St. Petersburg...
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Nesting biology of Tetrapedia amplitarsis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Tetrapediini)
Tetrapedia amplitarsis is an oil-collecting solitary bee that nests in pre-existing cavities and differs from the other species of the genus in...
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Australia’s Moths and Their Habitats
Australia’s diverse moth fauna has long been recognised for its complexity, richness and regional distinctiveness, features fostered by long...
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Conservation Potential for Australia’s Moths: Focus on Wider Diversity
Interest in Australia’s moths has increased considerably over the last few years, with taxonomic overviews of some important conspicuous...
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Introducing Moth Variety and Diversity
Lepidoptera, although by far the smallest of the four megadiverse insect orders with a complete metamorphosis, is also by far the best known....
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Geographic distribution of the Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae) pest, Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Bedelliidae), in Minas Gerais state, Brazil
The microlepidoptera Bedellia somnulentella is a pest insect of Ipomoea batatas leaves, with the first report in South America, in the city of...
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Lepidoptera demonstrate the relevance of Murray’s Law to circulatory systems with tidal flow
BackgroundMurray’s Law, which describes the branching architecture of bifurcating tubes, predicts the morphology of vessels in many amniotes and...
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Causes for Concern: Habitat Change as the Major Imposed Threat to Moths
The wide spectrum of imposed environmental changes that affect insect populations and may link with extinction risk or declines have all been cited...
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Parasitoid Tachinid Flies (Diptera, Tachinidae) of Yakutia: New Records, Landscape Distribution, and Arealogical Analysis
AbstractNew records of 29 species belonging to 24 genera of 4 subfamilies of Tachinidae from Yakutia are presented. Three species, Exorista ( Trycolyga...
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Moth Flagships in Australia: Focus on Single Taxa
The very small number of moth species signalled formally as threatened or endangered in Australia and listed under Commonwealth or more local...
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New method of the preparation of male genitalia of tribe Phycitini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) using a slide dryer
A new method for preparing the males genitalia from the tribe Phycitini using the Slide Dryer BIS-N 209–1 is proposed. The recommended time interval...
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Type Specimens of Plume and Many-Plumed Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Alucitidae) Described by S. N. Alphéraky in the Collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
This paper presents information on the type specimens of four Microlepidoptera species described by S.N. Alphéraky: Leioptilus minutus Alphéraky,...
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Mass Reproduction Outbreaks of Phyllophagous Insects in Forests of the Northwest of European Russia
AbstractData on the species composition and dynamics of outbreaks of needle- and leaf-eating pests that pose a danger to forest stands in...
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Insects and mites feeding on berries of Juniperus foetidissima Willd. on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus
Endemic forests with Juniperus spp. in the Mediterranean are listed as a priority habitat in the EU Habitats Directive, with the stinking juniper...
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Global change drives phenological and spatial shifts in Central European longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) during the past 150 years
Temperature increases and land-use changes induce altered annual activity periods of arthropods. However, sufficiently resolved long-term data sets...
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New approaches for studying the functional anatomy of the phallus in Lepidoptera
Existing techniques for examining the everted vesica (endophallus) of Lepidoptera are based primarily on cuticular preparations macerated with a...
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Contribution to the Microlepidoptera Fauna of the South of Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Republic of Khakassia
This paper provides a list of 125 species from 22 families of Microlepidoptera collected in the south of Krasnoyarsk Territory and in the Republic...
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Floral biology of Passiflora urnifolia Rusby in the Yungas rain forest of Argentina
Passiflora urnifolia is a poorly known species that is distributed in five countries in the centre of South America. In Argentina, it grows in the...
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Phenotypic Variability of Aphantopus hyperantus and Coenonympha arcania (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Vicinity of the Middle Ural Copper Smelter. Part 1. Metal Content and Wing Length
AbstractWe have tested the hypotheses that the satyrs Aphantopus hyperantus and Coenonympha arcania accumulate metals in higher concentrations near...
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Collecting, Rearing, and Preserving Leaf-Mining Insects
Develo** methods to rear phytophagous insects is crucial to reveal the true complexity of interactions between insects and their host plants. Here...