Conserving energy through winter is important for the fitness of temperate insects. While
insects can use buffered microhabitats, metabolic suppression or decreases in the thermal …

European pepper moth, Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is an invasive
polyphagous pest that causes economic losses in strawberry production. This study …

The western bean cutworm (WBC), Striacosta albicosta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), can be a
severe pest of transgenic corn in the western Plains and Great Lakes regions of North …

The efficacy of aerial application and chemigation of insecticides is not well explored for
western bean cutworm, Striacosta albicosta (Smith), management in corn. In the short term …

Simple Summary The planting of genetically modified crops that express insecticidal
proteins is central to modern pest management, particularly for maize and cotton in the …

Striacosta albicosta (Smith) is a maize pest that has recently expanded its geographical
range into the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. Aerial application of …

Information on the cutworm Praina temperata (Schaus, 1894) is restricted to data obtained
from adults and two larval host plants. Based on a data set of systematized collections in …

Striacosta albicosta is a crop pest that causes economic damage in the United States and
Canada. Only maize and dry beans are shown to be suitable hosts, since larval …

Functional insect vector colonies are essential for the study of their biology, evolution,
behavior as well as control strategies of these organisms that transmit pathogens of medical …

While insects harbor gut microbial associates that perform various functions for the host,
lepidopterans have not been considered as prime examples of having such relationships …