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Hector A. Vargas
Summary: This study describes a new species of flightless female in a South American genus of the tribe Boarmiini of the geometrid moth family, providing a new opportunity to understand the evolution of wing reduction in geometrid moths through DNA sequence analysis.
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Kari Nupponen, Pasi Sihvonen
Summary: This article acknowledges various individuals and organizations for their assistance and support in field work, specimen photography, DNA analysis, comments and criticism, as well as funding. The acknowledgements highlight the collaborative nature of research and the importance of various contributions to its success.
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Leidys Murillo-Ramos, Nicolas Chazot, Pasi Sihvonen, Erki Ounap, Nan Jiang, Hongxiang Han, John T. Clarke, Robert B. Davis, Toomas Tammaru, Niklas Wahlberg
Summary: This study investigates the diversification patterns and historical biogeography of a hyperdiverse lineage of Lepidoptera, the geometrid moths. The research reveals the rapid initial diversification and transcontinental dispersal events of Boarmiini moths, as well as the difficulties in studying species-rich groups outside of Europe. The results contribute significantly to understanding the evolutionary origin of Boarmiini moths.
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Biao-Sheng Huang, You-Jie Zhao, Yu-Peng Wu
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MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES
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Ecology
Carlo L. Seifert, Patrick Strutzenberger, Konrad Fiedler
Summary: We studied the relationship between life history traits and adult body size in European geometrid moths. Our results showed that species associated with woody plants tend to be larger and increase in size with broader diet breadth. Additionally, univoltine species are larger than multivoltine species and attain larger sizes when their larvae occur in the early season. Moreover, species overwintering as pupae have smaller adult body size compared to those overwintering as eggs or caterpillars.
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2023)
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Ecology
Ci Tang, Xicui Du
Summary: The complete mitochondrial genomes of two Prophantis species in the tribe Trichaeini were sequenced and analyzed. The genomes displayed consistent features with other species in the Spilomelinae subfamily. Phylogenetic analysis showed the monophyly of Trichaeini within Spilomelinae, but the relationships between other subfamilies in Crambidae remained uncertain. High-throughput sequencing technology was effective in obtaining mitochondrial genome sequences for further evolutionary studies in Lepidoptera.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Priscila Tunes, Maria Gabriela Gutierrez Camargo, Elza Guimaraes
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(2021)
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Agronomy
Patrick M. Dourado, Laura M. Pantoja-Gomez, Renato J. Horikoshi, Renato A. Carvalho, Celso Omoto, Alberto S. Correa, Jae H. Kim, Samuel Martinelli, Graham P. Head
Summary: The Old-World bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, showed higher viability on cotton, followed by other crops commonly cultivated in Brazil. Noncotton C(3)hosts were the major source of H. armigera moths in all regions, with C(4)hosts being important in regions where winter maize is cultivated. Regional differences in host use and population dynamics may be attributed to variation in alternative host utilization and the possible occurrence of facultative diapause and migration.
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Arnaud Cannet, Camille Simon-Chane, Mohammad Akhoundi, Aymeric Histace, Olivier Romain, Marc Souchaud, Pierre Jacob, Darian Sereno, Karine Mouline, Christian Barnabe, Frederic Lardeux, Philippe Bousses, Denis Sereno
Summary: This study presents a new identification method using deep learning that can accurately classify and assign Anopheles species based on their wing interferential patterns. The method achieves high accuracy, including 100% accuracy for morphologically indistinguishable species within the Gambiae complex.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Zoology
Jonas R. Stonis, Arunas Diskus, Andrius Remeikis, Jose L. Fernandez-Alonso, Svetlana Baryshnikova, M. Alma Solis
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Parasitology
Lucie Seidlova, Michal Benovics, Andrea Simkova
Summary: This article explores the coevolution of host-parasite interactions and the species diversity of parasites in cichlid fish. The study finds that the parasite fauna of cichlids in Neotropical America is still poorly explored. Phylogenetic analyses of the parasites reveal a significant coevolutionary signal in the host-parasite system.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Cyrille Claudel, Oriane Loiseau, Daniele Silvestro, Simcha Lev-Yadun, Alexandre Antonelli
Summary: By studying 119 measurements of the thermogenic patterns in the inflorescences of 80 Amorphophallus species, it has been found that the ability to generate metabolic heat is conserved and associated with inflorescence thickness. This study provides new insights into the ecological and evolutionary advantages of thermogenesis in plants.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zhengyang Wang, Naomi E. Pierce
Summary: This study used RADseq to investigate the genetic structure of Thitarodes shambalaensis populations in the Hengduan Mountains. The results showed that the historical influence of landscape and glaciation played a significant role in the genetic differentiation of this species.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Aleksi Lehikoinen, Pekka Pohjola, Jari Valkama, Marko Mutanen, Jaakko L. O. Pohjoismaki
Summary: Ectoparasites such as louse flies show tendencies for host specialization driven by host biology and competition avoidance, but certain bird-specific louse fly species exhibit a wide range of suitable hosts. Factors such as host size, habitat, and breeding strategy influence host preference among bird louse fly species. DNA barcodes for Finnish Hippoboscidae species are provided as a resource for future species identification and metabarcoding studies.
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Genetics & Heredity
Deng Zou, Jun Yuan, Jie Ding, Jun Li, Haijun Zhang
Summary: This study sequenced the mitochondrial genome of S. cinerearia and found its classification is closely related to Macaria notata.
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES
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Entomology
Britta Uhl, Mirko Woelfling, Konrad Fiedler
Summary: This study investigates the sensitivity of different subsets of moths to reflect responses to subtle variation in vegetation. Host plant specialists are found to be particularly sensitive to small-scaled variation in vegetation composition, while macro-moths are highly prone to local weather conditions and inter-annual abundance fluctuations. Therefore, focusing on host-specialists and micro-moths is the best way to analyze the relationships between shallow environmental gradients and insect communities.
ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY
(2022)
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Entomology
Julia Niermann, Gunnar Brehm
Summary: This study compared the performance of three different entomological LED lamps in attracting nocturnal Lepidoptera. The results showed that a lamp with higher radiant flux attracted more moths and species compared to lamps with lower radiant flux or only UV radiation. The effectiveness of the lamps varied in different habitats. The number of individuals and species caught was higher in the dry grassland habitat compared to the orchard meadow, and higher in moderately sheltered sites compared to sheltered and exposed sites.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY
(2022)
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Ecology
Patrick Strutzenberger, Konrad Fiedler
Summary: The study found that plant growth form has the greatest influence on the phylogenetic structure of herbivore assemblages in the nemoral and boreal regions of the Western Palaearctic, with higher plant systematics or secondary metabolites playing a lesser role at this macroecological scale. The approach used in the study successfully identified patterns in the phylogenetic structure of herbivore assemblages, supporting the classical plant apparency hypothesis. Plant secondary compounds had limited explanatory power on the analyzed scale.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2022)
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Ecology
Carlo L. Seifert, Patrick Strutzenberger, Axel Hausmann, Konrad Fiedler
Summary: Our study found that the range size and fundamental dietary breadth of European geometrid moths vary with latitude, and these two characteristics may be drivers of increased species richness towards lower latitudes. This supports the idea that both characteristics should be studied simultaneously in order to uncover mechanisms structuring biodiversity patterns at the macroecological scale.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2022)
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Ecology
Carlo L. Seifert, Patrick Strutzenberger, Konrad Fiedler
Summary: The body size of adult insects is affected by environmental factors during growth and development. This study explores the relationship between the ecological niche breadth of holometabolous insect species and their intraspecific body size variation. The research finds that latitudinal range size and larval diet breadth are positively correlated with intraspecific body size variation, and multivoltine species exhibit greater heterogeneity in body size compared to univoltine species.
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Entomology
Rachit Pratap Singh, Dennis Bottger, Gunnar Brehm
Summary: This study compares the performance of three different trap designs and evaluates the impact of vanes and their color on trapping efficiency. The results show that traps with white vanes perform best, and the color of vanes may also play a role. This study is significant for improving trapping efficiency.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Elia Guariento, Johannes Ruedisser, Konrad Fiedler, Chiara Paniccia, Simon Stifter, Ulrike Tappeiner, Julia Seeber, Andreas Hilpold
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Guariento Elia, Ruedisser Johannes, Fiedler Konrad, Paniccia Chiara, Stifter Simon, Tappeiner Ulrike, Seeber Julia, Hilpold Andreas
Summary: The severe decline in biodiversity in European agricultural landscapes has negatively affected the butterfly populations. Extensive meadows and pastures have the highest butterfly diversity, while other land-use types, including urban areas, show poor ecological states for butterfly communities. Agri-Environmental Measures and conservation schemes focusing on the preservation of high nature-conservation value grasslands are effective in butterfly conservation.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
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Ecology
Johannes Hausharter, Sonia Rashid, Johannes Wessely, Patrick Strutzenberger, Dietmar Moser, Andreas Gattringer, Konrad Fiedler, Karl Huelber, Stefan Dullinger
Summary: This study found that climate niche breadth is the most important factor determining the range sizes of European butterflies, while dispersal ability and wingspan are not related to range size. The effects of predictors varied across different butterfly families and genera.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
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Ecology
Carlo L. Seifert, Patrick Strutzenberger, Konrad Fiedler
Summary: We studied the relationship between life history traits and adult body size in European geometrid moths. Our results showed that species associated with woody plants tend to be larger and increase in size with broader diet breadth. Additionally, univoltine species are larger than multivoltine species and attain larger sizes when their larvae occur in the early season. Moreover, species overwintering as pupae have smaller adult body size compared to those overwintering as eggs or caterpillars.
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2023)
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Entomology
Patrick Strutzenberger, Gottsberger Brigitte, Florian Bodner, Bartusel Fabian, Jerga Daniel, Konrad Fiedler
Summary: DNA metabarcoding is a commonly used tool for biodiversity assessment and monitoring, but its comparison with traditional morphological species identification is still unclear. This study investigated the concordance between morphological species lists and results obtained from COI metabarcoding. The results showed that species detection rates were influenced by amplicon length and biomass, and there was also evidence of taxonomic bias. However, in terms of community ecology, the overall pattern obtained from metabarcoding results was mostly preserved.
ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)