The vast majority of lepidopterans, about 90%, are moths. Some moths, particularly their
caterpillars, are major agricultural and forestry pests in many parts of the world. However …

Background A large number of insect chemosensory genes from different gene subfamilies
have been identified and annotated, but their functional diversity and complexity are largely …

Insect chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are proposed to capture and transport hydrophobic
chemicals across the sensillum lymph to olfactory receptors (ORs), but this has not been …

Background Over the last 60 years, synthetic chemical pesticides have served as a main
tactic in the field of crop protection, but their availability is now declining as a result of the …

Latrophilin (LPH) is an adhesion G protein-coupled receptor (aGPCR) that participates in
multiple essential physiological processes. Our previous studies have shown that lph is not …

Rhopalosiphum padi is a worldwide agricultural pest. Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are
considered to be a type of transporters which can bind chemicals from external …

In moths, the interactions between chemosensory proteins (CSPs) and sex pheromones
have yet to be comprehensively investigated. Here, we examined the function of AlepCSP2 …

Chemical senses are crucial for all organisms to detect various environmental information.
Different protein families, expressed in chemosensory organs, are involved in the detection …

Insect chemosensory genes have been considered as potential molecular targets to develop
alternative strategies for pest control. However, in Spodoptera exigua, a seriously …

The common cutworm, Spodoptera litura, is a polyandrous moth with high reproductive
ability. Sexual reproduction is a unique strategy for survival and reproduction of population …