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Macias-Muñoz, Aide, Aline G. Rangel Olguin, and Adriana D. Briscoe. "Evolution of Phototransduction Genes in Lepidoptera." Genome Biology and Evolution 11, no. 8 (July 12, 2019): 2107–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz150.

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Abstract Vision is underpinned by phototransduction, a signaling cascade that converts light energy into an electrical signal. Among insects, phototransduction is best understood in Drosophila melanogaster. Comparison of D. melanogaster against three insect species found several phototransduction gene gains and losses, however, lepidopterans were not examined. Diurnal butterflies and nocturnal moths occupy different light environments and have distinct eye morphologies, which might impact the expression of their phototransduction genes. Here we investigated: 1) how phototransduction genes vary in gene gain or loss between D. melanogaster and Lepidoptera, and 2) variations in phototransduction genes between moths and butterflies. To test our prediction of phototransduction differences due to distinct visual ecologies, we used insect reference genomes, phylogenetics, and moth and butterfly head RNA-Seq and transcriptome data. As expected, most phototransduction genes were conserved between D. melanogaster and Lepidoptera, with some exceptions. Notably, we found two lepidopteran opsins lacking a D. melanogaster ortholog. Using antibodies we found that one of these opsins, a candidate retinochrome, which we refer to as unclassified opsin (UnRh), is expressed in the crystalline cone cells and the pigment cells of the butterfly, Heliconius melpomene. Our results also show that butterflies express similar amounts of trp and trpl channel mRNAs, whereas moths express ∼50× less trp, a potential adaptation to darkness. Our findings suggest that while many single-copy D. melanogaster phototransduction genes are conserved in lepidopterans, phototransduction gene expression differences exist between moths and butterflies that may be linked to their visual light environment.
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Gupta, Manish Kumar, and Dr Anupama Jain. "Diversity and Distribution of Lepidopteran Butterflies in Kota District, Rajasthan." International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Configuration 1, no. 2 (April 28, 2021): 24–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.52984/ijomrc1206.

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Understanding the standing point of biodiversity is an integral part of studying habitat ecology in the arena of the applied ecology and conservation biology. Considering this, a study was conducted to understand the biodiversity of the single species, i.e. Lepidoptera in four different sites of Kota district. Four distinct habitat fragmentation sites, Chambal Garden, Ganesh Udhyan, Industrial Area and agriculture land were selected to understand the diversity and distribution of lepidopteran butterfly. As this group of butterfly is considered as “umbrella taxa”, detailed study of its assemblages could be directly correlated with the changes in microclimates in the selected regions. Therefore, diversity of the Lepidoptera was calculated by Simpson’s index of diversity and Shannon-Weiner Index. Among these four areas, Chambal Garden and Ganesh Udhyan are dominated with the Lepidoptera whereas, decline in abundance could be observed remaining two areas. This study indicated a rich and diverse butterfly habitat in the selected survey area, which could be served a s a future referral for measuring and monitoring biological diversity.
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Yu, Wenhua, Yan Zhou, Jianglong Guo, Kris A. G. Wyckhuys, Xiujing Shen, Xiaokang Li, Shishuai Ge, Dazhong Liu, and Kongming Wu. "Interspecific and Seasonal Variation in Wingbeat Frequency Among Migratory Lepidoptera in Northern China." Journal of Economic Entomology 113, no. 5 (July 1, 2020): 2134–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa134.

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Abstract Many lepidopteran species rely upon active flight to migrate over long distances, thus pursuing ephemeral resources, colonizing new habitats, or escaping adverse meteorological conditions. Though their biology and ecology are often well studied, there is only scant information on their wingbeat frequency (WBF), a key aerodynamic determinant of insect flight. In this study, we assessed interspecific and seasonal variability in WBF for 85 different migratory species of Lepidoptera (11 families) under the laboratory conditions of 25 ± 1°C and 75 ± 5% RH. WBF of migrant individuals ranged between 6.7 and 84.5 Hz and substantial interspecific differences were recorded, with members of the Bombycidae exhibiting the highest mean WBFs (i.e., 55.1 ± 1.0 Hz) and Saturniidae the lowest (8.5 ± 0.2 Hz). At a species level, seasonal variation was observed in WBF for Mythimna separata (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Scotogramma trifolii Rottemberg (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Our findings add to the scientific knowledge on flight biology of migratory insects, facilitate (automatic) monitoring and population forecasting, and can have broader implications for insect pest management or biodiversity conservation.
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Khan, Muhammad Hassaan, Georg Jander, Zahid Mukhtar, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Sarwar, and Shaheen Asad. "Comparison of in Vitro and in Planta Toxicity of Vip3A for Lepidopteran Herbivores." Journal of Economic Entomology 113, no. 6 (October 20, 2020): 2959–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa211.

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Abstract Agricultural pest infestation is as old as domestication of food crops and contributes a major share to the cost of crop production. In a transgenic pest control approach, plant production of Vip3A, an insecticidal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis, is effective against lepidopteran pests. A synthetic Vip3A gene was evaluated for efficacy against Spodoptera litura Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; cotton leafworm), Spodoptera exigua Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; beet armyworm), Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; fall armyworm), Helicoverpa armigera Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; cotton bollworm), Helicoverpa zea Boddie (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; corn earworm), Heliothis virescens Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; tobacco budworm), and Manduca sexta L. (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae; tobacco hornworm) in tobacco. In artificial diet assays, the concentration required to achieve 50% mortality was highest for H. zea followed by H. virescens > S. exigua > H. armigera > M. sexta > S. frugiperda > S. litura. By contrast, in bioassays with detached leaves from Vip3A transgenic tobacco, the time until 50% lethality was M. sexta > H. virescens > S. litura > H. zea > H. armigera > S. exigua. There was no significant correlation between the artificial diet and transgenic plant bioassay results. Notably, the two insect species that are best-adapted for growth on tobacco, M. sexta and H. virescens, showed the greatest time to 50% mortality on Vip3A-transgenic tobacco. Together, our results suggest that artificial diet assays may be a poor predictor of Vip3A efficacy in transgenic plants, lepidopteran species vary in their sensitivity to Vip3A in diet-dependent manner, and host plant adaptation of the targeted herbivores should be considered when designing transgenic plants for pest control.
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Jones, Anne C., Irmgard Seidl-Adams, Jurgen Engelberth, Charles T. Hunter, Hans Alborn, and James H. Tumlinson. "Herbivorous Caterpillars Can Utilize Three Mechanisms to Alter Green Leaf Volatile Emission." Environmental Entomology 48, no. 2 (January 19, 2019): 419–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvy191.

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Abstract Green plants emit green leaf volatiles (GLVs) as a general damage response. These compounds act as signals for the emitter plant, neighboring plants, and even for insects in the ecosystem. However, when oral secretions from certain caterpillars are applied to wounded leaves, GLV emissions are significantly decreased or modified. We examined four caterpillar species representing two lepidopteran families for their capacity to decrease GLV emissions from Zea mays leaf tissue. We also investigated the source of the GLV modifying components in the alimentary tract of the various caterpillars. In Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and Manduca sexta (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), we found three distinct mechanisms to modify GLV emission: a heat-stable compound in the gut, a heat-labile enzyme in salivary gland homogenate (previously described in Bombyx mori (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae), and an isomerase in the salivary gland homogenate, which catalyzes the conversion of (Z)-3-hexenal to (E)-2-hexenal (previously described in M. sexta). These mechanisms employed by caterpillars to suppress or modify GLV emission suggest a counteraction against the induced indirect volatile defenses of a plant and provides further insights into the ecological functions of GLVs.
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Wedell, N. "ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION: Learning from Lepidoptera." Science 303, no. 5655 (January 9, 2004): 174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1092867.

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Pabis, Krzysztof. "What is a moth doing under water? Ecology of aquatic and semi-aquatic Lepidoptera." Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, no. 419 (2018): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018030.

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This paper reviews the current knowledge on the ecology of aquatic and semi-aquatic moths, and discusses possible pre-adaptations of the moths to the aquatic environment. It also highlights major gaps in our understanding of this group of aquatic insects. Aquatic and semi-aquatic moths represent only a tiny fraction of the total lepidopteran diversity. Only about 0.5% of 165 000 known lepidopterans are aquatic; mostly in the preimaginal stages. Truly aquatic species can be found only among the Crambidae, Cosmopterigidae and Erebidae, while semi-aquatic forms associated with amphibious or marsh plants are known in thirteen other families. These lepidopterans have developed various strategies and adaptations that have allowed them to stay under water or in close proximity to water. Problems of respiratory adaptations, locomotor abilities, influence of predators and parasitoids, as well as feeding preferences are discussed. Nevertheless, the poor knowledge on their biology, life cycles, genomics and phylogenetic relationships preclude the generation of fully comprehensive evolutionary scenarios.
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Grehan, JR. "A panbiogeographic perspective for pre-cretaceous angiosperm–Lepidoptera coevolution." Australian Systematic Botany 4, no. 1 (1991): 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sb9910091.

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The coevolutionary history of Lepidoptera and angiosperms is evaluated in relation to Croizat's panbiogeographic synthesis of angiosperm evolution. The panbiogeographic method of ocean basin classification is used to identify major patterns of trans-oceanic distribution for lepidopteran families and genera (principally non-ditrysian). The Pacific basin is identified as a major evolutionary centre for several 'primitive non-ditrysian Lepidoptera, including Zeugloptera, Aglossata, Heterobathmiina, Neopsuestina, Palaephatidae, Prodoxidae, and possibly the Dacnonypha. The ditrysian Ithomiidae are similarly classified with the Pacific while the related Daniidae are identified as Indian Ocean. An Indian Ocean baseline is proposed for the Callidulidae, Tinissimae and Perissomasticini (Tineidae). A 'coevolutionary' history is supported in terms of Lepidoptera and angiosperms sharing common biogeographic (spatiotemporal) characters associated with the pre-Cretaceous tectonic history of major ocean and sea basins. The lack of congruent higher level Lepidoptera-angiosperm phylogenies emerging from systematic studies may be due to a lack of cospeciation events, but this does not exclude a close ecological and evolutionary relationship through the history of both groups.
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Navarro, Lionel, Anne-Élizabeth Harvey, and Hubert Morin. "Lepidoptera wing scales: a new paleoecological indicator for reconstructing spruce budworm abundance." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48, no. 3 (March 2018): 302–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2017-0009.

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Natural disturbances have a major impact on boreal forest landscape dynamics, and although fire history is well documented at the Holocene scale, spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens)) (SBW) dynamics have only been known for the last three centuries. This is likely due to the difficulty in using and interpreting existing indicators (cephalic head capsules and feces). In this methodological study, we present an original approach using lepidopteran wing scales to reconstruct insect abundance. We analyzed two sediment cores from the boreal forest in central Quebec and extracted wing scales at every stratigraphic level. The required quantity of sediment for paleoecological analysis is relatively small given the large quantity of wing scales produced by Lepidoptera and their small size. Scales are well preserved due to their chitinous structure and their great variety of shapes offer a high potential for taxonomic identification. A statistical model based on the shape of scales of the three major epidemic lepidopterans in Quebec discriminated 68% of SBW scales. This indicator allows a more efficient and more precise reconstruction of SBW history with respect to the use of cephalic head capsules or feces.
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Whitaker, Melissa R. L., and Shayla Salzman. "Ecology and evolution of cycad‐feeding Lepidoptera." Ecology Letters 23, no. 12 (September 24, 2020): 1862–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13581.

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Jones, Carys Wynn. "Habitat and rest site selection in polymorphic Lepidoptera." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358332.

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Lees, David Conway. "Systematics and biogeography of Madagascan mycalesine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae)." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267759.

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Bédard, Caroline. "Chemical ecology of spruce seed moth, Cydia strobilella, L., Lepidoptera, tortricidae." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq37482.pdf.

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Roque-Albelo, Lazaro. "Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2006. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/56156/.

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In this thesis the diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera fauna of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador are investigated. The study covers aspects of Lepidoptera diversity, their interactions with host plant and their seasonality. Diversity: The Galapagos Lepidoptera fauna is characterized by low diversification, a high level of endemism and prolonged geographic isolation. To date, 313 species of Lepidoptera are known to occur on the Archipelago and 64% of the native component of this fauna is endemic. Humans have introduced 62 species accidentally to the Islands. All Galapagos Lepidoptera are of American origin except the few introduced Old World species that are nearly cosmopolitan. Host plant relationships: Host plant data covering 155 species Galapagos species are reviewed, and new records of larvae of 113 species collected in the study area are presented. Most of the species are herbivores (272), with a few detritivores (13) and carnivores (3). Plants of the families Leguminosae and Asteraceae are the most common hosts for Galapagos species. Monophagy at the plant family level appears to be widespread in Galapagos Lepidoptera. Seasonality: The phenology of adult Sphingidae was studied at one locality in the arid zone of the southern slope of Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos for a period of 28 months (April 1999--August 2001). A total of 14 species, representing eight genera, was recorded during this study period. Sphingidae moths were more abundant in the wet season (December-May) with peaks occurring mid season. The number of specimens recorded decreased in the dry season (June-November) with the lowest numbers found in August. The seasonality and temporal stability (in terms of species diversity, population abundance and niche breadth) of this community is analysed.
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Engler, Helene Sari. "Chemical ecology of passion vine butterflies : sequestration of cyanogenic glycosides and patterns of host plant specialization by Heliconius butterflies /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Ringwood, Zoë K. "The ecology and conservation of Gortyna borelii lunata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Britain." Thesis, University of Essex, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397739.

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Fielding, Carol. "Aspects of the ecology of the Lepidoptera associated with heather Calluna vulgaris." Thesis, Durham University, 1992. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/962/.

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Abbasipour, Habib. "Biology of grass-feeding Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) and their parasitoids in North East England." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318543.

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Shreeve, T. G. "The population biology of the speckled wood butterfly Pararge aegeria (L.) (Lepidoptera : Satyridae)." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.353595.

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Walton, Angela Jasmin. "Radiation biology of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6685.

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Cungs, Jos. Beitrag zur Faunistik und Ökologie der Schmetterlinge im ehemaligen Erzabbaugebiet "Haardt" bei Düdelingen (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Luxembourg: Musée national d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg, 1991.

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Patočka, Ján. Lepidoptera of Slovakia: Bionomics and ecology = Motýle Slovenska : bionómia a ekológia. Bratislava: VEDA, 2009.

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Reiprich, Andrej. Dodatky k Prodromu Lepidopter Slovenska. Bratislava: Veda, 1988.

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Wiesen und Brachland als Lebensraum für Schmetterlinge: Eine Feldstudie im Tavetsch (GR). Basel: Birkhäuser, 1985.

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Charles, Dewhurst, Page Bill, and Natural Resources Institute, eds. The African armyworm handbook: The status, biology, ecology, epidemiology and management of Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). 2nd ed. Chatham: University of Greenwich, Natural Resources Institute, 2000.

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1941-, Cadiou Jean-Marie, ed. Hawkmoths of the world: An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). London: Natural History Museum, 2000.

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Rose, D. J. W. The African armyworm handbook: The status, biology, ecology, epidemiology and management of Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with particular reference to Eastern Africa. Addis Ababa: Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa, 1997.

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Sergeevich, Medvedev Gleb, Zoologicheskiĭ institut (Akademii͡a nauk SSSR), and Vsesoi͡uznoe ėntomologicheskoe obshchestvo, eds. Uspekhi ėntomologii v SSSR.: Materialy X sʺezda Vsesoi͡uznogo obshchestva, 11-15 senti͡abri͡a 1989 g. Leningrad: Zoologicheskiĭ in-t AN SSSR, 1991.

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Sʺezd, Vsesoi͡uznoe ėntomologicheskoe obshchestvo. Uspekhi ėntomologii v SSSR.: Materialy X sʺezda Vsesoi͡uznogo ėntomologicheskogo obshchestva 11-15 senti͡abri͡a 1989 g. Leningrad: Zoologicheskiĭ in-t AN SSSR, 1990.

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Sergeevich, Medvedev Gleb, Vsesoi͡uznoe ėntomologicheskoe obshchestvo, and Zoologicheskiĭ institut (Akademii͡a nauk SSSR), eds. Uspekhi ėntomologii v SSSR.: Materialy X sʺezda Vsesoi͡uznogo ėntomologicheskogo obshchestva 11-15 senti͡abri͡a 1989 g. Leningrad: Zoologicheskiĭ in-t AN SSSR, 1990.

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Erhardt, A. "Ecology and conservation of alpine Lepidoptera." In Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies, 258–76. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1282-6_18.

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Schulze, Christian H., K. Eduard Linsenmair, and Konrad Fiedler. "Understorey versus canopy: patterns of vertical stratification and diversity among Lepidoptera in a Bornean rain forest." In Tropical Forest Canopies: Ecology and Management, 133–52. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3606-0_11.

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Yoshinaga, Naoko, and Naoki Mori. "Function of the Lepidopteran Larval Midgut in Plant Defense Mechanisms." In Chemical Ecology of Insects, 28–54. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.: CRC Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781351228398-2.

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Lasa, Rodrigo, Andrea Birke, Larissa Guillén, Martín Aluja, and Daniel Carrillo. "Pests." In Guava: botany, production and uses, 249–69. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789247022.0013.

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Abstract This chapter focuses on major pests of guava in the different production areas of the world. The most important insects and mites have been grouped into six categories that have been divided according to different species and their importance across the different guava-producing regions. The chapter also emphasizes the basic features of each group related to their feeding damage, biology, behaviour, ecology and biorational pest management strategies. Minor pests are also listed. It is suggested that the main focus of pest control measures should be targeted towards fruit flies, some coleopteran and lepidopteran species that bore fruit and stems, and some minor pests that include scales, mealybugs, thrips, whiteflies and mites that increase guava production costs and reduce fruit quality and yields.
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Quicke, Donald L. J., Buntika A. Butcher, and Rachel A. Kruft Welton. "Food webs and simple graphics." In Practical R for biologists: an introduction, 326–31. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789245349.0326.

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Abstract Food webs are fundamental in much of ecology and there has been a steady increase in studying their structure and properties over the past 50 years, nowadays often utilizing molecular methods too. First, this chapter will create code to draw a food web, then it will introduce the package cheddar. The reason for learning how to produce your own is not just to improve programming skill and logical thinking, it also means you are in a position to customize your diagrams in ways that perhaps are not available in pre-written packages. A parasitoid foodweb example is given. In this example from Thailand, 22 braconid parasitoid wasps, representing a total of 9 species were associated with 22 lepidopteran hosts representing a total of 11 species using DNA barcoding.
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Quicke, Donald L. J., Buntika A. Butcher, and Rachel A. Kruft Welton. "Food webs and simple graphics." In Practical R for biologists: an introduction, 326–31. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789245349.0028.

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Abstract Food webs are fundamental in much of ecology and there has been a steady increase in studying their structure and properties over the past 50 years, nowadays often utilizing molecular methods too. First, this chapter will create code to draw a food web, then it will introduce the package cheddar. The reason for learning how to produce your own is not just to improve programming skill and logical thinking, it also means you are in a position to customize your diagrams in ways that perhaps are not available in pre-written packages. A parasitoid foodweb example is given. In this example from Thailand, 22 braconid parasitoid wasps, representing a total of 9 species were associated with 22 lepidopteran hosts representing a total of 11 species using DNA barcoding.
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Willmer, Pat. "Pollination by Butterflies and Moths." In Pollination and Floral Ecology. Princeton University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691128610.003.0014.

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This chapter focuses on pollination by butterflies and moths, which belong to the order Lepidoptera. Lepidopterans are split into four suborders, but all the flower visitors occur in about sixteen families within the largest of these, Ditrysia. Ditrysia incorporates many superfamilies, mostly consisting of large moths and yet more micromoths, but two contain the evolutionarily more recent butterflies. The chapter first provides an overview of the feeding apparatus of moths and butterflies before discussing their sensory and behavioral capacities. It then considers the butterfly flower syndrome known as psychophily and the general moth syndrome termed phalaenophily, along with sphingophily involving hawkmoth flowers. It suggests that butterflies and moths are reasonably effective as flower pollinators, with some more specialist and probably more effective examples among the larger and partially endothermic sphingid species.
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Mengersen, Kerrie, Christopher H. Schmid, Michael D. Jennions, and Jessica Gurevitch. "Statistical Models and Approaches to Inference." In Handbook of Meta-analysis in Ecology and Evolution. Princeton University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691137285.003.0008.

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This chapter provides an introduction and overview of the three statistical components of the meta-analysis: (1) the statistical model that describes how the study-specific estimates of interest will be combined; (2) the key statistical approaches for meta-analysis; and (3) the corresponding estimates, inferences, and decisions that arise from a meta-analysis. First, it describes common statistical models used in ecological meta-analyses and the relationships between these models, showing how they are all variations of the same general structure. It then discusses the three main approaches to analysis and inference, again with the aim of providing a general understanding of these methods. Finally, it briefly considers a number of statistical considerations which arise in meta-analysis. In order to illustrate the concepts described, the chapter considers the Lepidoptera mating example described in Appendix 8.1. This is a meta-analysis of 25 studies of the association between male mating history and female fecundity in Lepidoptera.
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Opler, Paul A. "Ecological and Behavioral Aspects of Seasonal Diphenism in Eurema Daira (Pieridae, Lepidoptera)." In The Evolutionary Ecology of Plants, 515–33. CRC Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429310720-32.

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Willmer, Pat. "Pollination Using Florivores: From Brood Site Mutualism to Active Pollination." In Pollination and Floral Ecology. Princeton University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691128610.003.0026.

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This chapter examines brood site mutualisms, where the pollinators are florivores. In brood site mutualisms, the pollinators are sometimes referred to as nursery pollinators. Here pollination success affects not only plant fitness but also pollinator fitness, and the balance between costs and benefits may be highly variable from place to place and across seasons. There are at least thirteen known nursery pollination systems, and this phenomenon can be divided into three categories. Two of these are relatively unspecialized, where beetle or lepidopteran larvae develop in decomposing flower heads, or where thrips feed in flowers as pollen parasites. The third category is termed “active pollination,” also known as “seed-eating pollination syndrome.” The chapter first considers nursery pollination and thrips as pollen parasites before discussing active pollination, where active pollen transfer occurs and a clear mutualism results.
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Conference papers on the topic "Lepidoptera ecology"

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Niogret, Jerome. "Ecology of the cocoa pod borer,Conopomorpha cramerella(Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a major pest for the cocoa industry." In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ice.2016.110279.

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Torrance, Leigh A. I. "The bio-ecology of the cape grapevine leafminer,Holocacista capensis(Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae), in the Western Cape, South Africa." In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ice.2016.112467.

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