Lepidoptera

Many bat species in Europe have undergone severe population declines during the last century and one of the driving causes is believed to be the loss of roosting and foraging habitat through agricultural expansion and intensification. Modern agricultural practices have also had …

Visual signals in the form of wing color, size, shape, pattern, and UV reflectance play an important role in the mating and reproductive strategies of diurnal butterflies. Wing-based visual signals are linked to different functions and can be acted on by a variety of selective p…

Interactions among the insect herbivore Plutella xylostella (L.), various plant species, and its parasitoids Diadegma insulare (Cresson) and Microplitis plutellae (Muesebeck) were studied in experiments designed to investigate bitrophic and tritrophic responses to soil fertility…