Larval diets of tropical Lepidoptera are more specialized than those of their temperate forest counterparts: tropical species on average feed on fewer plant species, genera and families than do ...

Fossil Lepidoptera have been reported from a few exceptional deposits. For example, butterflies are known from the famous Florissant fossil beds of North America dating from the Eocene epoch, 34 ...

Héctor A. Vargas, Marcelo Duarte, FIRST HOST PLANT RECORD FOR THAEIDES MUELA (LEPIDOPTERA, LYCAENIDAE: THECLINAE: EUMAEINI), The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 97, No. 1 (March, 2014), pp. 288-290 Free ...

Examples of fossilized Lepidoptera scales: The oldest wing and body scales of primitive moths from the Schandelah-1 core photographed with transmitted light (magnification 630x). The scales are part ...

The oviposition behavior of Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) and natural parasitism of this pest by Trichogramma spp. at different phenological stages of corn were evaluated under field conditions.

Previous coordinated research projects (CRP) have addressed a number of constraints. Despite excellent progress by a previous CRP, there remains a need for progress in several practical areas that ...