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A review of edible saturniidae (Lepidoptera) caterpillars in Africa
BackgroundEdible saturniids constitute an important component of traditional diets in sub-Saharan Africa. They are also a source of livelihood for...
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Exploring community knowledge, perception and practices of entomophagy in Kenya
In recent years, community’s perceptions and acceptance of edible insects as novel foods has gained momentum worldwide. Despite the importance of...
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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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Molecular organization of fibroin heavy chain and mechanism of fibre formation in Bombyx mori
Fibroins’ transition from liquid to solid is fundamental to spinning and underpins the impressive native properties of silk. Herein, we establish a...
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Conserving one of the important species of oak tasar silk worm Antheraea proylei (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in western Himalyan region of Uttarakhand, India to sustain the livelihood of local population
The present study was conducted to record the complete life cycle of oak tasar silk worm Anthraea proylei in the western Himalayan region of...
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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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The bagworm genome reveals a unique fibroin gene that provides high tensile strength
Arthropod silk is known as a versatile tool, and its variability makes it an attractive biomaterial. Eumeta variegata is a bagworm moth (Lepidoptera,...
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Causes for Concern: Confounding Threats to Moths
Many factors influence habitat availability and suitability for moths, and the major categories of additional threats are noted here. Most flow...
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Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives
BackgroundSilkmoths and their relatives constitute the ecologically and taxonomically diverse superfamily Bombycoidea, which includes some of the...
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On Being a Caterpillar: Structure, Function, Ecology, and Behavior
In nearly all terrestrial biomes, and especially those dominated by woody plants, caterpillars make up much of the above-ground insect biomass,...
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Can Saturniidae moths be bioindicators? Spatial and temporal distribution in the Brazilian savannah
Some moths species are considered good indicators of habitat quality because they are very responsive to human disturbance, vegetation type, and...
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Natural History and Comparative Morphology of Immatures of Gamelia anableps (C. Felder & R. Felder) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Hemileucinae)
Egg, larva, and pupa of Gamelia anableps (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874) are described for the first time and the chaetotaxy of the first instar...
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Adult feeding moths (Sphingidae) differ from non-adult feeding ones (Saturniidae) in activity-timing overlap and temporal niche width
According to classic ecology, resource partitioning by segregation along at least one of the three main niche axes (time, food, and space) must take...
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Insect Silks and Cocoons: Structural and Molecular Aspects
In this chapter, we extensively describe insect-secreting silk proteins. Silk proteins are produced in the labial glands (functioning as silk...
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Stay Out (Almost) All Night: Contrasting Responses in Flight Activity Among Tropical Moth Assemblages
Variations in diel activity among hyperdiverse tropical communities of moths, despite representing a key component of niche partitioning between...
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Alien Insects and Insect Conservation
The vast numbers of alien arthropods across the world collectively impose major conservation concerns. Many insect invaders are presumed to be pests...
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Evolutionary Divergence of Lepidopteran and Trichopteran Fibroins
Lepidopteran insects produce and secrete silk proteins mainly for cocoon formation. The lepidopteran silks generally consist of several components....
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Establishment and dominance of an introduced herbivore has limited impact on native host-parasitoid food webs
The gypsy moth is considered one of the most harmful invasive forest insects in North America. It has been suggested that gypsy moth may indirectly...
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Biotechnologies Based on Silk
Natural silks are fibrous polymers built of several protein components. Commercial silk fibers are obtained from the cocoons of a handful of moth...
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Drosophila intersex orthologue in the silkworm, Bombyx mori and related species
Intersex ( ix ), a gene required for female sexual development in Drosophila , acts in concert with doublesex (dsx) at the end of the sex determination...
