This study reports a new pest, Phykodes radiata (Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea) from poorly known family of moths, the Brachodidae on Ficus Western Ghats India.

Three new species of parasitic wasps (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from southern India are described and illustrated. Glyptapanteles clanisae sp. nov., a remarkable gregarious endoparasitoid, was bred from the caterpillar of Clanis phalaris Cramer (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) on the host plant Pongamia pinnata (L.) (Leguminosae) along with a hyperparasitoid, Eurytoma sp. (Eurytomidae). Glyptapantel...

The social wasps are predators of many insect species and the study of their preys can reveal the potential of these natural enemies in biological control programs. A total of 240h of collections of preys in 32 nests of Polistes versicolor (Olivier) was carried on in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, from March 2000 to February 2001. The preys captured by P. versicolor were mainly those...

Intraguild predation (IGP) is common in food web when two natural enemies share the same resources and prey. It may affect the success or failure of a biological control attempt. The role of intraguild predation by Geocoris ochropterus Fieber (Heteroptera: Geocoridae) on Trichogramma chilonis Ishii (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) developed on eggs of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera:...

On the basis of an assemblage of fossilized wing scales recovered from latest Triassic and earliest Jurassic sediments from northern Germany, we provide the earliest evidence for Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). The diverse scales confirm a (Late) Triassic radiation of lepidopteran lineages, including the divergence of the Glossata, the clade that comprises the vast multitude of extant moth...

Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), infestations in most of North America arise from annual migrations of populations that overwinter in southern Texas and Florida. Cytochrome oxidase I haplotype profiles within the fall armyworm corn strain, the subgroup that preferentially infests corn (Zea mays L.), can differentiate the Texas and Florida populations....

The article describes for the first time female of Wittoecia brehmi (Yakovlev & Witt, 2016) (Lepidoptera, Cossidae: Zeuzerinae), and provides photos adult specimen genitalia.

Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), the spotted lanternfly, native to China, invaded and established in northeast U.S. 2014. Since this time, populations have grown spread rapidly, invasion bridgeheads been detected mid-western states (i.e., Indiana 2021). This invasive pest presents a significant threat Californian agriculture. Therefore, proactive classical biological control program ...

Приводятся сведения о первой находке Nemophora dumerilella (Duponchel, 1839) (Lepidoptera, Adelidae) на территории Крымского полуострова. Вид был обнаружен в окрестностях Феодосии.

Proboscis structure and sensilla types are important morphological characters for the systematic analysis of Lepidoptera families. There is no study on proboscis Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) despite fact that it an pest. For this purpose, A. were investigated by using stereomicroscope scanning electron microscope in detail. The results show has three sensillum (sensi...