Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)

Autor: Richard Mally, Anastasia Korycinska, David J. L. Agassiz, Jayne Hall, Jennifer Hodgetts, Matthias Nuss

Publikováno v: ZooKeys, Vol 472, Pp 117-162 (2015)

The larvae of the Old World genera Leucinodes Guenée, 1854 and Sceliodes Guenée, 1854 are internal feeders in the fruits of Solanaceae, causing economic damage to cultivated plants like Solanum melongena and S. aethiopicum. In sub-Saharan Africa fi

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Convergent Evolution of Wingbeat-Powered Anti-Bat Ultrasound in the Microlepidoptera

Autor: Brogan J. Harris, Marc W. Holderied, David J. L. Agassiz, Liam J. O’Reilly

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 9 (2021)
O'Reilly, L J, Harris, B J, Agassiz, D & Holderied, M W 2021, ' Convergent Evolution of Wingbeat-Powered Anti-Bat Ultrasound in the Microlepidoptera ', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 9, 648223 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.648223

Certain moth taxa can produce ultrasound to defend themselves against echolocating bats; most do so actively in response to detecting an approaching bat. Species of the deaf microlepidopteran genus Yponomeuta were recently shown to constantly produce

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https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.648223

Do small ermine moths sing? Possible stridulatory sound production in Yponomeutidae (Lepidoptera)

Autor: David J. L. Agassiz

Publikováno v: Journal of Natural History. 51:1229-1236

In the hind wings of Yponomeuta and related genera there are transparent patches without scales; within these are arrays of ridges and it is suggested these may be used to produce sounds, with the adjacent membrane acting as a resonator. Avenues for

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1324063

Deaf moths employ acoustic Müllerian mimicry against bats using wingbeat-powered tymbals

Autor: Liam J. O’Reilly, David J. L. Agassiz, Marc W. Holderied, Thomas R. Neil

Publikováno v: O'Reilly, L, Agassiz, D, Neil, T & Holderied, M 2019, ' Deaf moths employ acoustic Müllerian mimicry against bats using wingbeat-powered tymbals ', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 1444 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37812-z
Scientific Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019)
Scientific Reports

Emitting ultrasound upon hearing an attacking bat is an effective defence strategy used by several moth taxa. Here we reveal how Yponomeuta moths acquire sophisticated acoustic protection despite being deaf themselves and hence unable to respond to b

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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85061120976&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Review of the genus Aphanostola Meyrick, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Anomologinae) with description of 19 new species from the Afrotropical Region

Autor: David J. L. Agassiz, Oleksiy Bidzilya, Wolfram Mey

Publikováno v: Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 63(1): 45-74
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63(1): 45-74

New diagnosis of the genus Aphanostola is provided, and its position within Gelechiidae is briefly discussed. 19 species are described from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia: A. acaciae Bidzilya & Mey, sp. n., A.

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