Floral attributes often influence the foraging choices of nectar‐feeding butterflies, given the
close association between plants and these butterfly pollinators. The diversity of butterflies is …

Insects have evolved unique structures that host a diversity of material and mechanical
properties, and the mouthparts (proboscis) of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) are no …

In spite of the high relevance of lumbricid earthworms ('Oligochaeta': Lumbricidae) for soil
structure and functioning, the taxonomy of this group of terrestrial invertebrates remains in a …

Female Pangoniinae in the tabanid fly genus Philoliche can display remarkably elongated
proboscis lengths, which are adapted for both blood-and nectar-feeding. Apart from their …

Most butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) use modified mouthparts, the proboscis, to acquire
fluids. We quantified the proboscis architecture of five butterfly species in three families to …

Flowe r-feeding ecology of tropical butterflies remains poorly studied, particularly in
transformed landscapes, despite that flower availability and quality affect important life …

The morphology of the proboscis and associated feeding organs was studied in several
nectar‐feeding hawk moths, as well as a specialized honey‐feeder and two supposedly …

The mouthparts of most specialized fluid-feeding insects consist of more or less elongated
components forming a proboscis. Functional types of mouthparts evolved as adaptations to …

Although anthophilous Coleoptera are regarded to be unspecialised flower-visiting insects,
monkey beetles (Scarabaeidae: Hopliini) represent one of the most important groups of …

Intraspecific morphological variation fundamentally influences individual resource
exploitation. In plant–pollinator systems, variation in floral morphologies and pollinator …