The true bug, Aspongopus chinensis Dallas, 1851 (Hemiptera: Dinidoridae), is a fascinating
insect with prolonged diapause and medicinal properties but also a notorious pest …

Simple Summary A new chromosome-scale genome assembly for Hermetia illucens was
achieved by combining PacBio and Omni-C proximity ligation technologies. The final …

Abstract Background The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner), is a worldwide,
polyphagous agricultural pest feeding on vegetable, field, and flower crops. However, the …

Abstract Chelonus formosanus Sonan 1932 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a wasp capable
of parasitizing a variety of lepidopteran pests at the “egg-larval” stage which distributes …

The stink bug Arma custos (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is a predatory enemy successfully
used for biocontrol of lepidopteran and coleopteran pests in notorious invasive species. In …

Abstract Background Adelphocoris suturalis (Hemiptera: Miridae) is a notorious agricultural
pest, which causes serious economic losses to a diverse range of agricultural crops around …

Hymenopterans make up about 20% of all animal species, but most are poorly known and
lack high-quality genomic resources. One group of important, yet understudied …

Background Sitobion miscanthi is an ideal model for studying host plant specificity,
parthenogenesis-based phenotypic plasticity, and interactions between insects and other …

Belowground herbivores are overseen and underestimated, even though they can cause
significant economic losses in agriculture. The cabbage root fly Delia radicum …

The green rice leafhopper, Nephotettix cincticeps (Uhler), is an important rice pest and a
vector of the rice dwarf virus in Asia. Here, we produced a high-quality chromosome-level …