Over the past 30 years, the sterile insect technique (SIT) has become a regular component
of area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programs against several major …

The codling moth Cydia pomonella, a major invasive pest of pome fruit, has spread around
the globe in the last half century. We generated a chromosome-level scaffold assembly …

Previous studies have reported that chromosome synteny in Lepidoptera has been well
conserved, yet the number of haploid chromosomes varies widely from 5 to 223. Here we …

The subfamily Triatominae, vectors of Chagas disease, represents one of the most
cytogenetically studied subfamilies within the true bugs. To date, the chromosome numbers …

Tandem repeats are important parts of eukaryotic genomes being crucial eg, for centromere
and telomere function and chromatin modulation. In Lepidoptera, knowledge of tandem …

Background Chromosomal rearrangements have the potential to limit the rate and pattern of
gene flow within and between species and thus play a direct role in promoting and …

Abstract The subfamily Triatominae (Hemiptera‐Reduviidae) includes more than 150 blood‐
sucking species, potential vectors of the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, causative agent of …

Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) represent the most diverse group of animals with
heterogametic females. Although the vast majority of species has a WZ/ZZ (female/male) sex …

In butterflies and moths, which exhibit highly variable sex determination mechanisms, the
homogametic Z chromosome is deeply conserved and is featured in many genome …

Discovering cryptic species in well‐studied areas and taxonomic groups can have profound
implications in understanding eco‐evolutionary processes and in nature conservation …