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Biodiversity Conservation
Stanislav Gomboc, Natalia Kirichenko
Summary: This article provides a revised checklist of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of Slovenia, including 123 species. Four of these species are new records for the country. The article also includes information, images, and DNA barcodes to assist with species identification.
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Zoology
Ming Lu, Wei Li, Peng Liu, Tengteng Liu
Summary: A new species of Phyllonorycter, named Phyllonorycter bilobae T. Liu sp. n., is described in this study. It was found in Shaanxi and Shandong provinces in China, feeding on Grewia biloba var. biloba G. Don and G. biloba var. parviflora (Bunge) Hand.-Mazz. Detailed distribution data of another Phyllonorycter species, P. issikii, in Shandong province is also provided.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tomoko Katte, Shota Shimoda, Takuya Kobayashi, Ayako Wada-Katsumata, Ritsuo Nishida, Issei Ohshima, Hajime Ono
Summary: This study highlights the role of plant chemistry in the host preferences of the leaf-mining moth Acrocercops transecta. The researchers discovered that females from the Lyonia race are attracted to specific triterpenoid glycosides found in Lyonia plants, while they do not lay eggs on Juglans plants. The findings indicate that plant chemicals play a crucial role in determining the host selection of phytophagous insects.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Entomology
Natalia I. Kirichenko, Natalia N. Karpun, Elena N. Zhuravleva, Elena I. Shoshina, Vasily V. Anikin, Dmitrii L. Musolin
Summary: With the help of volunteers, the secondary range of the invasive alien insect pest, horse-chestnut leaf miner, was determined in European Russia. The pest was confirmed in 24 administrative regions and produced outbreaks in southern Russia in 2021. The DNA analysis showed the presence of two haplotypes, indicating a further range expansion of the pest.
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Zoology
Julia Fochezato, Rosangela Brito, Gislene L. Goncalves, Alexandre Specht, Vitor O. Becker, Gilson R. P. Moreira
Summary: This study describes a new lithocolletine gracillariid insect, Porphyrosela arachisella sp. nov., through the study of its adult, immature stages, and leaf mine, and confirms its status as an independent cluster through DNA barcode sequence analysis. This is the first report of this species in Brazil and the third recognized species in the genus in the Neotropical region.
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Plant Sciences
Rosy Mary dos Santos Isaias, Nina de Castro Jorge, Bruno Garcia Ferreira, Julia Fochezato, Gilson Rudinei Pires Moreira
Summary: Plant cells and tissues respond to the attack of mining herbivores through anatomical and histochemical analyses, regenerating damaged tissues and isolating pathogens. The ability of plants to reconstruct tissues and restore totipotency cells after attack is an important strategy for recovery.
JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Zoology
Virginijus Sruoga, Jurate De Prins
Summary: This study reports 18 new species of Acrocercopinae in Sub-Saharan Africa, with 12 of them being new to science. The new species are diagnosed and illustrated, and a new combination name is proposed. New distribution records for several species in Africa are also reported.
Article
Zoology
Natalia Kirichenko, Evgeny N. Akulov, Paolo Triberti, Sergey A. Belokobylskij
Summary: A new leaf-mining moth species, Micrurapteryx baranchikovi, was discovered in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia, feeding on Thermopsis lanceolata. The study provides morphological, biological, and DNA barcode data of the new species, as well as discussing its pest status in the region. Additionally, several parasitoid wasps were identified, including novel records for the Republic of Khakassia, and a new DNA barcode reference sequence was obtained for A. fuscipennis.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Oksana Kosheleva, Sergey A. Belokobylskij, Natalia Kirichenko
Summary: In this study, new data on the diversity of parasitoids of the lime leaf miner Phyllonorycter issikii were provided. Different parasitoid species were found in the native region of Russian Far East and the invaded region of western Siberia. Novel records and described species were reported, and a checklist of parasitoids for the Palaearctic region was compiled.
Article
Zoology
Sebastian Espinoza-Donoso, Gislene L. Goncalves, Hector A. Vargas, Gilson R. P. Moreira
Summary: Adult and immature stages of a new species Atacamaptilia ambrosiavora are described and illustrated from the Atacama Desert in Chile. It is found to resemble certain Old World genera in wing venation, but can be distinguished as a different genus based on differences in genitalia morphology. COI sequences further support this classification.
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Plant Sciences
Guohua Liu, Isabelle Chuine, Remy Denechere, Frederic Jean, Eric Dufrene, Gaelle Vincent, Daniel Berveiller, Nicolas Delpierre
Summary: This study quantifies the accuracy and precision of ground phenological observations in forest trees for the first time, offering tables to estimate the uncertainty of phenological data. It is shown that reliable estimates of budburst and leaf senescence require larger sample sizes compared to those typically used in phenological studies, calling for increased efforts in observer inter-calibration to improve the accuracy of phenological observations and reduce uncertainty.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2021)
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Entomology
David Gopurenko, Peter S. Gillespie, Rodney Minana, Olivia L. Reynolds
Summary: Genetic diversity of cocoa pod borer (CPB) populations infecting cacao plantations in Papua New Guinea was investigated using DNA barcoding. The study found limited genetic diversity among the C. cramerella populations in PNG, with evidence of population genetic structure between mainland and offshore provinces. Additionally, two additional moth species were identified in the samples, indicating potential impact on the cacao industry in PNG.
AUSTRAL ENTOMOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Entomology
Natalia I. Kirichenko, Nina A. Kolyada, Stanislav Gomboc
Summary: In July 2022, the North American leaf-mining moth Chrysaster ostensackenella was detected for the first time in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It damages the leaves of the introduced North American black locust Robinia pseudoacacia. Characteristics of leaf damage were identified as early indicators of its presence. DNA analysis suggests that Ch. ostensackenella spread directly from the USA to East Asia, and from there to the Russian Far East, particularly Japan.
Article
Zoology
Tengteng Liu, Encui Wang, Yurong Jiang, Zhongfeng Jiang, Bin Jiang, Kaijiang Teng
Summary: The subfamily Parornichinae and the genus Parornix Spuler, 1910 are reported for the first time in China. Two new species, P. sinensis Liu, sp. n. and P. yuliella Liu & Teng, sp. n., feeding on Amygdalus davidiana and Cerasus japonica respectively, are described and illustrated. A Maximum Likelihood tree based on DNA barcodes is provided for species separation, along with reference barcodes for the new species.
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Plant Sciences
Sylvain Schmitt, Marion Boisseaux
Summary: This study explores the intraspecific variability of leaf water-related traits and finds that the variability within species is higher than previously recognized. Carbon-related traits exhibit higher variability than water-related traits, though the latter is still significant. Additionally, part of the intraspecific variability is attributed to variation among leaves within individuals and measurement variations within leaves.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Lucas Sire, Bruno Rasmussen, Rodolphe Rougerie, Christian Wieser, Allaoui Ahamadi Allaoui, Joel Minet, Jeremy R. deWaard, Thibaud Decaens, David C. Lees
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Neus Mari-Mena, Horacio Naveira, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Marta Vila
INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY
(2019)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Sylvain Delabye, Rodolphe Rougerie, Sandrine Bayendi, Myrianne Andeime-Eyene, Evgeny V. Zakharov, Jeremy R. deWaard, Paul D. N. Hebert, Roger Kamgang, Philippe Le Gall, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Jacques-Francois Mavoungou, Ghislain Moussavou, Nicolas Moulin, Richard Oslisly, Nil Rahola, David Sebag, Thibaud Decaens
Article
Zoology
Natalia Kirichenko, Paolo Triberti, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Antoine Guiguet, Issei Ohshima, Seiji Takeda, Francoise Laurans, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, David Giron
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2019)
Article
Zoology
Natalia Kirichenko, Paolo Triberti, Evgeniy Akulow, Margarita Ponomarenko, Svetlana Gorokhova, Viktor Sheiko, Issei Ohshima, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
Article
Forestry
Jeremy Cours, Laurent Larrieu, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Joerg Mueller, Guillem Parmain, Simon Thorn, Christophe Bouget
Summary: The study showed that forest dieback and salvage logging had significant impacts on forest habitat conditions and saproxylic beetle communities. While dieback increased deadwood resources, it did not lead to an increase in total abundance or species richness. Salvage logging in spruce forests greatly reduced the density of large snags and logs, causing stronger contrasts in environmental effects compared to silver fir forests.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Irene Villalta, Romain Ledet, Mathilde Baude, David Genoud, Christophe Bouget, Maxime Cornillon, Sebastien Moreau, Beatrice Courtial, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
Summary: The decline of wild bees poses risks to important ecosystem services like pollination. Effective insect monitoring requires mass-trapping methods and accurate identifications, with DNA barcoding proving as a reliable tool for identifying the majority of wild bee species.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Natalia Kirichenko, Alain Cama, Camiel Doorenweerd, H. Charles J. Godfray, Antoine Guiguet, Stanislav Gomboc, Peter Huemer, Jean-Francois Landry, Ales Lastuvka, Zdenek Lastuvka, Kyung Min Lee, David C. Lees, Marko Mutanen, Erik J. van Nieukerken, Andreas H. Segerer, Paolo Triberti, Christian Wieser, Rodolphe Rougerie
Summary: Gracillariidae is the most species-rich leaf-mining moth family with over 2,000 described species worldwide. In this study, DNA barcodes were used for identification and species discovery in European gracillariids, showing high congruence between morphology and barcodes, and successful species discrimination based on the Barcode Index Number system for 93% of species.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Marion Javal, John S. Terblanche, Desmond E. Conlong, Norbert Delahaye, Elizabeth Grobbelaar, Laure Benoit, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Julien M. Haran
Summary: DNA barcoding has been successfully applied in temperate regions for bio-surveillance of forest and agricultural pests, with limited applications in the tropics and Africa. The study identified the damaging pest Cacosceles newmannii in sugarcane plantations in South Africa and emphasized the need for a reliable tool for identification and monitoring. The research also established a DNA barcoding reference library and found two highly divergent genetic clusters in C. newmannii, indicating potential new cryptic species.
BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Wang Cai, Chunyan Yang, Xiaoyang Wang, Chunying Wu, Laurent Larrieu, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Qingzhong Wen, Douglas W. Yu
Summary: The study found that bark-beetle induced forest dieback in Pinus yunnanensis monocultures in Yunnan province did not significantly affect insect species diversity, but resulted in compositional changes. In low-infestation forests, the insect community showed a stochastic assembly, while in high-infestation forests, the community structure was consistent with niche assembly. This suggests that strategies to accelerate the succession of plantations into heterogeneous forests in Yunnan, given predicted increases in bark-beetle dieback severity and frequency, should include anthropogenic treatments such as deadwood enhancement and planting multiple tree species.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Jeremy Cours, Lucas Sire, Sylvie Ladet, Hilaire Martin, Guillem Parmain, Laurent Larrieu, Carl Moliard, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Christophe Bouget
Summary: The study found that forest dieback benefits the taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of saproxylic beetle assemblages at both local and landscape scales. Increased landscape-scale dieback also leads to functional specialization of beetle assemblages, favoring species related to large and well-decayed deadwood.
Article
Entomology
Jurij Rekelj, Zeljko Predovnik, Peter Huemer, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
Summary: This study revises the subgenus Brevantennia species in Slovenia, including confirming and synonymizing species, and excluding a species from the checklist of Slovenian Lepidoptera fauna.
NOTA LEPIDOPTEROLOGICA
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Arthur Fauviau, Mathilde Baude, Nicolas Bazin, William Fiordaliso, Alessandro Fisogni, Laura Fortel, Joseph Garrigue, Benoit Geslin, Jeremie Goulnik, Laurent Guilbaud, Nina Hautekeete, Charlene Heiniger, Michael Kuhlmann, Olivier Lambert, Dominique Langlois, Violette Le Feon, Carlos Lopez Vaamonde, Gregory Maillet, Francois Massol, Nadia Michel, Alice Michelot-Antalik, Denis Michez, Hugues Mouret, Yves Piquot, Simon G. Potts, Stuart Roberts, Lise Ropars, Lucie Schurr, Colin Van Reeth, Irene Villalta, Vincent Zaninotto, Isabelle Dajoz, Mickael Henry
Summary: Urban expansion has negative impacts on the diversity of wild bees, but some wild bee species can thrive in cities.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Review
Ecology
Aurelien Salle, Jeremy Cours, Elodie Le Souchu, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Sylvain Pincebourde, Christophe Bouget
Summary: Global change poses challenges to the adaptive potential of forests, particularly impacting canopy-dwelling insect communities. Forest decline can have significant effects on canopy structure, microhabitats, trophic resources, and microclimates, with potential detrimental or beneficial impacts on different insect guilds depending on their ecological requirements. Further research and interdisciplinary collaboration are needed to better understand the mechanisms at play and address ongoing functional and conservation issues in temperate forest ecosystems.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2021)