The cotton‐melon aphid Aphis gossypii is a sap‐sucking insect that is considered a serious
global pest. The species is distributed over a large geographical range and uses a wide …

Abstract The Blaps rhynchopetera Fairmaire is a significant medicinal resource in
southwestern China. We utilized Nanopore and Hi-C technologies in combination to …

Antheraea pernyi is a semi‐domesticated lepidopteran insect species valuable to the silk
industry, human health, and ecological tourism. Owing to its economic influence and …

As a polyphagous soil-dwelling predatory mite, Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Womersley)(Acari:
Laelapidae), formerly known as Stratiolaelaps miles (Berlese), is native to the Northern …

The establishment of a complete genomic sequence of silkworm, the model species of
Lepidoptera, laid a foundation for its functional genomics. A more complete annotation of the …

The brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens, white‐backed planthopper Sogatella furcifera,
and small brown planthopper Laodelphax striatellus are three major insect pests of rice …

Haematobia irritans, commonly known as the horn fly, is a globally distributed blood-feeding
pest of cattle that is responsible for significant economic losses to cattle producers. Chemical …

Beetles represent the largest insect order and they display extreme morphological,
ecological and behavioral diversity, which makes them ideal models for evolutionary …

Background Adaptations by arthropod pests to host plant defenses of crops determine their
impacts on agricultural production. The larval host range of western corn rootworm …

Grasshoppers are common pests but also have high nutritional and commercial potential.
Xenocatantops brachycerus Willemse (Orthoptera: Acrididae) is an economically important …