Background The 1400 species of hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) comprise one of
most conspicuous and well-studied groups of insects, and provide model systems for …

Coevolutionary theory suggests that an arms race between plants and herbivores yields
increased plant specialized metabolite diversity and the geographic mosaic theory of …

The diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (L.) is considered as the most destructive
pest of Brassicaceae crops world-wide. Its migratory capacities and development of …

The dice snake, Natrix tessellata (Laurenti, 1768), is a suitable study organism to address
questions of Eurasian phylogeography due to its wide Palearctic distribution. We analysed …

Simple Summary Butterfly specimens with unusual morphological characters (eg, unusual
wing coloration) have contradictory interpretations in the literature and have been …

We investigated the phylogenetic relationships among the three presently recognized
subspecies of the tadpole shrimp, Triops cancriformis, using mitochondrial 16S and 12S …

The hawkmoth genus Hyles comprises some 29 species with a global distribution. In this
study, we augment the previous taxon sampling with more species and add sequences from …

Plants contain manifold and structurally diverse specialized metabolites, also referred to as
natural products. Many plant compound classes have important biological functions such as …

Honey bee is one of the most important insects considering its role in agriculture, ecology
and economy as a whole. In this study, the genetic diversity of different Iranian honey bee …

Red maple (Acer rubrum) species is one of the most widespread deciduous (hardwood)
trees of eastern North America. It is among the dominant tree species in the Northern Ontario …