A window to the world of global insect declines: Moth biodiversity trends are complex and heterogeneous

To us insectometers, it is clear that insect decline in our Costa Rican tropics is real, so let’s be kind to the survivors

(2021) Daniel H. Janzen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Agricultural intensification and climate change are rapidly decreasing insect biodiversity

(2021) Peter H. Raven et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Opinion: Eight simple actions that individuals can take to save insects from global declines

(2021) Akito Y. Kawahara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Solutions for humanity on how to conserve insects

(2020) Michael J. Samways et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Latitudinal clines in the timing and temperature‐sensitivity of photoperiodic reproductive diapause in Drosophila montana

(2020) Venera Tyukmaeva et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Contrasting latitudinal patterns in diversity and stability in a high‐latitude species‐rich moth community

(2020) Laura H. Antão et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Are insects declining and at what rate? An analysis of standardised, systematic catches of aphid and moth abundances across Great Britain

(2020) James R. Bell et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Interpreting insect declines: seven challenges and a way forward

(2020) Raphael K. Didham et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Loss of dominant caterpillar genera in a protected tropical forest

(2020) Danielle M. Salcido et al.   Scientific Reports

International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery

(2020) Jeffrey A. Harvey et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Complex long-term biodiversity change among invertebrates, bryophytes and lichens

(2020) Charlotte L. Outhwaite et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Beta diversity patterns reveal positive effects of farmland abandonment on moth communities

(2019) Murilo Dantas de Miranda et al.   Scientific Reports

A balance of winners and losers in the Anthropocene

(2019) Maria Dornelas et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Long‐term declines of European insectivorous bird populations and potential causes

(2019) Diana E. Bowler et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Ecological traits predict population changes in moths

(2019) Emma Coulthard et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Over a century of data reveal more than 80% decline in butterflies in the Netherlands

(2019) Arco J. van Strien et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Wildfire alters the structure and seasonal dynamics of nocturnal pollen‐transport networks

(2019) Paula Banza et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Urbanization‐driven homogenization is more pronounced and happens at wider spatial scales in nocturnal and mobile flying insects

(2019) Thomas Merckx et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Decline of the North American avifauna

(2019) Kenneth V. Rosenberg et al.   SCIENCE

Insect Declines in the Anthropocene

(2019) David L. Wagner   Annual Review of Entomology

Is the insect apocalypse upon us? How to find out

(2019) Graham A. Montgomery et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

(2019) Sebastian Seibold et al.   NATURE

Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths

(2019) Akito Y. Kawahara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Long-term large-scale decline in relative abundances of butterfly and burnet moth species across south-western Germany

(2019) Jan Christian Habel et al.   Scientific Reports

Moth biomass increases and decreases over 50 years in Britain

(2019) Callum J. Macgregor et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Declines and Resilience of Communities of Leaf Chewing Insects on Missouri Oaks Following Spring Frost and Summer Drought

(2019) Robert J. Marquis et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Vegetation encroachment drives changes in the composition of butterfly assemblages and species loss in Mediterranean ecosystems

(2019) Andreu Ubach et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition in terrestrial ecosystems: Its impact on plant communities and consequences across trophic levels

(2018) Carly J. Stevens et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Declines in moth populations stress the need for conserving dark nights

(2018) Frank van Langevelde et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Quantifying the unquantifiable: why Hymenoptera, not Coleoptera, is the most speciose animal order

(2018) Andrew A. Forbes et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Multidimensional diversity associated with plants: a view from a plant-insect interaction ecologist

(2018) Lee A. Dyer   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Context-dependent mutualisms in the Joshua tree-yucca moth system shift along a climate gradient

(2018) Jennifer Harrower et al.   Ecosphere

Nitrogen enrichment in host plants increases the mortality of common Lepidoptera species

(2018) Susanne Kurze et al.   OECOLOGIA

The environmental risks of neonicotinoid pesticides: a review of the evidence post 2013

(2017) Thomas James Wood et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Long-term species loss and homogenization of moth communities in Central Europe

(2017) Anu Valtonen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Climate change, climatic variation and extreme biological responses

(2017) Georgina Palmer et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Are pollinating hawk moths declining in the Northeastern United States? An analysis of collection records

(2017) Bruce E. Young et al.   PLoS One

Colour pattern variation can inform about extinction risk in moths

(2016) P.-E. Betzholtz et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Increasing neonicotinoid use and the declining butterfly fauna of lowland California

(2016) Matthew L. Forister et al.   Biology Letters

Butterfly community shifts over two centuries

(2016) Jan Christian Habel et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Impacts of climate change on national biodiversity population trends

(2016) B. Martay et al.   ECOGRAPHY

The effects of soil eutrophication propagate to higher trophic levels

(2016) Juha Pöyry et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Sensitivity of UK butterflies to local climatic extremes: which life stages are most at risk?

(2016) Osgur McDermott Long et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The effects of agrochemicals on Lepidoptera, with a focus on moths, and their pollination service in field margin habitats

(2015) Melanie Hahn et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Geographical range margins of many taxonomic groups continue to shift polewards

(2015) Suzanna C. Mason et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Land management impacts on European butterflies of conservation concern: a review

(2015) Terezie Bubová et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Stasis and Flux among Saturniidae and Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) on Massachusetts' Offshore Islands and the Possible Role ofCompsilura concinnata(Meigen) (Diptera: Tachinidae) as an Agent of Mainland New England Moth Declines

(2015) Paul Z. Goldstein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination

(2015) Romina Rader et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Interacting effects of climate change and habitat fragmentation on drought-sensitive butterflies

(2015) Tom H. Oliver et al.   Nature Climate Change

Pollination by nocturnal Lepidoptera, and the effects of light pollution: a review

(2014) CALLUM J. MACGREGOR et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Complementarity and redundancy of interactions enhance attack rates and spatial stability in host–parasitoid food webs

(2014) Guadalupe Peralta et al.   ECOLOGY

Long-term changes to the frequency of occurrence of British moths are consistent with opposing and synergistic effects of climate and land-use changes

(2014) Richard Fox et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Garden and Landscape-Scale Correlates of Moths of Differing Conservation Status: Significant Effects of Urbanization and Habitat Diversity

(2014) Adam J. Bates et al.   PLoS One

The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores

(2014) Matthew L. Forister et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

(2014) R. Dirzo et al.   SCIENCE

Land-use changes, farm management and the decline of butterflies associated with semi-natural grasslands in southern Sweden

(2013) Lars Pettersson et al.   Nature Conservation-Bulgaria

The decline of moths in Great Britain: a review of possible causes

(2012) RICHARD FOX   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Climate-driven changes in northeastern US butterfly communities

(2012) Greg A. Breed et al.   Nature Climate Change

Asymmetric boundary shifts of tropical montane Lepidoptera over four decades of climate warming

(2010) I-Ching Chen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The state of the Dutch larger moth fauna

(2010) D. Groenendijk et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Threats Posed to Rare or Endangered Insects by Invasions of Nonnative Species

(2009) David L. Wagner et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Interactions between Ecological Traits and Host Plant Type Explain Distribution Change in Noctuid Moths

(2008) NIINA MATTILA et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY