Background Protaetia brevitarsis, commonly known as the white-spotted flower chafer, is an
important Scarabaeidae insect that is distributed in most Asian countries. Recently, research …

Tephritidae pests are significant agricultural pests with a notable impact on the economy,
with a wide range of species and most having broad host ranges and strong reproductive …

Background: Sogatella furcifera is an important phloem sap-sucking and plant virus-
transmitting migratory insect of rice. Because of its high reproductive potential, dispersal …

Background Fireflies are a family of insects within the beetle order Coleoptera, or winged
beetles, and they are one of the most well-known and loved insect species because of their …

Abstract Background Yellowhorn (Xanthoceras sorbifolium) is a species of the Sapindaceae
family native to China and is an oil tree that can withstand cold and drought conditions. A …

Abstract Background The Chinese white wax scale insect, Ericerus pela, is best known for
producing wax, which has been widely used in candle production, casting, Chinese …

Despite the rapid advances in sequencing technology, limited genomic resources are
currently available for phytophagous spider mites, which include many important agricultural …

Abstract Background Laodelphax striatellus Fallén (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) is one of the
most destructive rice pests. L. striatellus is different from 2 other rice planthoppers with a …

Background Commonly known as blister beetles or Spanish fly, there are more than 1500
species in the Meloidae family (Hexapoda: Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) that produce the …

Despite intense interest in bees, no genomes are available for the bee family Colletidae.
Colletes gigas, one of the largest species of the genus Colletes in the world, is an ideal …