Sperm quality and sperm competition play important roles in determining the efficiency of genetic methods for suppression of lepidopteran populations. Herein we have examined competitiveness of mutant ...

It’s a little after 6:30 on a brisk July morning in a stone hut high in the Italian Alps. A gently hissing wood fire is leaking some warmth out of a brick oven. Gathered near it, around a big wooden ...

Lepidoptera are key pests that require control measures to avoid significant losses in many cropping systems worldwide. Failure to control key species can result in significant losses that impact the ...

Roe, Amanda D., Weller, Susan J., Baixeras, Joaquin, Brown, John, Cummings, Michael P., Davis, Donald R., Kawahara, Akito Y., Parr, Cynthia Sims, Regier, Jerome C ...

The scent of blooming flowers and fresh plant life is not just a perk of springtime; it is a key driver in the survival and evolution of butterflies and moths. New research led by scientists at Penn ...

Fully refereed scientific journal devoted to butterflies and moths from all regions of the world. Papers include descriptions of new Lepidoptera genera and species, taxonomic revisions, and papers on ...