The tomato borer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is an invasive pest native to South America and
since its arrival in Europe the tomato production has faced severe yield loss. The complex of …

The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta is extremely difficult to control using chemical
insecticides because larvae mine within plant tissue and are thus protected at least from …

Bacteria in the genus Rickettsia are intracellular symbionts of disparate groups of
organisms. Some Rickettsia strains infect vertebrate animals and plants, where they cause …

The blue-gum chalcid Leptocybe invasa Fisher & LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a
gall wasp pest of Eucalyptus species, likely native to Australia. Over the past 15 years it has …

Abstract The European species of Eupelmus (Macroneura Walker), including the
cosmopolitan and extremely polyphagous species Eupelmus vesicularis (Retzius), are …

Integrative taxonomy is a recently developed approach that uses multiple lines of evidence
such as molecular, morphological, ecological and geographical data to test species limits …

The enemy release hypothesis posits that the initial success of invasive species depends on
the scarcity and poor adaptation of native natural enemies such as predators and …

Collections of parasitoids attacking the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura
(Hemiptera: Aphididae), in South Korea yielded specimens that were originally identified as …

The tomato borer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is an invasive pest that
produces significant damage to tomato crops in the Mediterranean area. Although several …

Simple Summary The class Insecta constitutes the largest group of terrestrial animals, with
more than a million described species. As in all other animals, insect genomes contain …