Experiments conducted in a pasture agroecosystem in central Florida showed that two-component lures composed of acetic acid and 3-methyl-1-butanol placed in Unitraps collected adults of three species ...

older) did not appear to influence oviposition on any of the plant species tested. Moths exhibited a wide host oviposition ... ovoposición de Spodoptera latisfacia (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) en ...

containing over 23,000 described species. The peppered moth is one of the most well-known. Notodontidae — (1046 individuals) Megalopygidae — (316 individuals) Noctuidae — (236 individuals ...

From moths eating their own mothers to carnivorous caterpillars on the rampage, the world of insects isn't always as it seems. Some species of moth have developed dark and unusual habits in the fight ...

The scientific name for butterflies and moths is Lepidoptera. Museum curator David Lees specialises in the smallest species, microlepidoptera, and guides us through the intricate world of mini moths.

A new study led by NatureServe reveals that more than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at an elevated risk of ...

Miguel Baixauli via Unsplash In the middle of the 20th century, researchers studying insects along the southern coast of India collected a never-before-seen species of moth. The year was 1951 ...

This was at the same time as he was formulating his own revolutionary ideas on the origins of species that he would go on to share with Charles Darwin. The small white moth, Topiris candidella ...