Fossil leaf-mining caterpillars from amber are firstly described as the new species Phyllocnistis cretacea Upper Cretaceous Myanmar and Phyllonorycter inopinata Eocene Baltic amber. Both show typical traits of leaf-miners, specifically, later instars their respective genera. The findings give further evidence for these being quite old conservative genera Gracillariidae. These basal Ditrysia whi...

Direct density-dependence through intraspecific competition may be an important mechanism permitting sustained herbivore outbreaks. In theory, interference competition could allow a relatively stable number of herbivore individuals to survive while moderating host plant damage. This research examined the potential role of intraspecific competition in permitting a decadelong outbreak of the aspe...

Arboreta serve as effective tools for identifying alien insect pests and novel trophic associations. In this study, we used an arboretum in Slovenia to survey woody plants identify both native leaf miners. The leaves twigs of 50 plant species their cultivars were examined characteristic damage. We integrative approach that combined identification based on mines DNA barcoding the larvae pupae fo...

Gracillariidae is one of the richest families leaf mining moths, known by its ornamental and orchard plant pests expanding their primary ranges. We here provide a revised checklist (Lepidoptera) Slovenia that presently accounts for 123 species. Among them, four species, Dialectica imperialella (Zeller, 1847), Phyllonorycter abrasella (Duponchel, 1843), Ph. trifoliella (Gerasimov, 1933), Phylloc...

Cacao (Theobroma cacao) and copoazú (T. grandiflorum) agroecosystems represent a common source of income or many small-scale farmers in the Colombian Amazon basin. Most these systems are set low disturbance environments; they considered biodiversity-friendly ecosystems inhabited by several groups insects. In this study, we carried out preliminary taxonomic inventory microhymenopteran parasitoid...