Molecular methods to detect Spodoptera frugiperda in Ghana, and implications for monitoring the spread of invasive species in developing countries

MJW Cock, PK Beseh, AG Buddie, G Cafá, J Crozier - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a polyphagous pest
indigenous throughout the Americas, which recently appeared in Africa, first reported from …

Adding leaves to the Lepidoptera tree: capturing hundreds of nuclear genes from old museum specimens

C Mayer, L Dietz, E Call, S Kukowka… - Systematic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Museum collections around the world contain billions of specimens, including rare and
extinct species. If their genetic information could be retrieved at a large scale, this would …

A novel reference dated phylogeny for the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae): new insights into the evolution of a pest-rich genus

GJ Kergoat, PZ Goldstein, B Le Ru… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The noctuid genus Spodoptera currently consists of 31 species with varied host plant
breadths, ranging from monophagous and oligophagous non-pest species to polyphagous …

Toward a stable global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) taxonomy

KL Keegan, J Rota, R Zahiri, A Zilli… - Insect Systematics …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Noctuidae are one of the world's most diverse, ecologically successful, and economically
important animal lineages with over 12,000 species in~ 1,150 genera. We inferred a …

Phylogenetic relatedness, functional traits, and spatial scale determine herbivore co‐occurrence in a subtropical forest

MQ Wang, C Yan, A Luo, Y Li, D Chesters… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanisms driving species co‐occurrence are varied and include biotic interactions,
abiotic factors, and scale‐dependent processes. Based on a comprehensive dataset of …

Host functional and phylogenetic composition rather than host diversity structure plant–herbivore networks

MQ Wang, YI Li, D Chesters, H Bruelheide… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Declining plant diversity alters ecological networks, such as plant–herbivore interactions.
However, our knowledge of the potential mechanisms underlying effects of plant species …

Expanding the menu: are polyphagy and gene family expansions linked across Lepidoptera?

T Breeschoten, CFH van der Linden… - Genome Biology and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Evolutionary expansions and contractions of gene families are often correlated with key
innovations and/or ecological characteristics. In butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) …

[HTML][HTML] A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera)

N Singh, R Joshi, JS Kirti, SS Bisht, HS Param - Zootaxa, 2021 - biotaxa.org
We present a catalogue of 673 species and nine subspecies of Indian Arctiinae in 175
genera which represents 6.11% of the global Arctiinae. Out of 673 species, a monogeneric …

Phylogenetic systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cerurinae (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) and a description of a new genus

RA St Laurent, PZ Goldstein, JS Miller… - Insect systematics …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present the first dated molecular phylogeny of the Cerurinae moths (Notodontidae),
based on sequence data for 666 loci generated by anchored hybrid enrichment. Monophyly …

The (non) accuracy of mitochondrial genomes for family‐level phylogenetics in Erebidae (Lepidoptera)

HR Ghanavi, V Twort, TJ Hartman, R Zahiri… - Zoologica …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The use of molecular data to study the evolutionary history of organisms has revolutionized
the field of systematics. Now with the appearance of high throughput sequencing (HTS) …