Gregariousness in lepidopteran larvae

C Qian, C Wen, X Guo, X Yang, X Wen, T Ma… - Insect …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The gregarious lifestyle of lepidopteran larvae is diverse and shaped by a complex interplay
of ecological and evolutionary factors. Our review showed that the larval‐aggregation …

Reduced Compsilura concinnata parasitism of New England saturniid larvae

AK Baranowski, C Conroy, GH Boettner… - Agricultural and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the northeastern USA, the non‐native generalist parasitoid Compsilura concinnata,
introduced in the early 20th Century to control forest pests, has been linked to the decline of …

MmoSTI restriction endonuclease, isolated from Morganella morganii infecting a tropical moth, Actias selene, cleaving 5′-|CCNGG-3′ sequences

MA Skowron, J Zebrowska, G Wegrzyn… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Springer
A type II restriction endonuclease, MmoSTI, from the pathogenic bacterium Morganella
morganii infecting a tropical moth, Actias selene, has been detected and biochemically …