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Insects, Volume 13, Issue 10

October 2022 - 110 articles

Cover Story: The paper wasp Polistes chinensis is one of several invasive eusocial wasps causing significant population declines in native invertebrate communities in New Zealand and around the world. With no effective methods for the management of paper wasp populations, options for biological control agents are a current focus of research. During an ecological study of Polistes chinensis in New Zealand’s South Island, two species of entomopathogenic fungi were found to be fatally infecting these wasps. In our work we identified these fungal species by combining molecular and morphological methods, and estimated the prevalence of fungal infections in the studied wasp population. We were able to infect caged nests of these wasps with these pathogens in the laboratory. View this paper
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Articles (110)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,621 Views
18 Pages

21 October 2022

To protect vulnerable trees from native and invasive wood wasps, the mating behavior of these two woodwasp species (S. noctilio and S. nitobei, respectively) and factors influencing this behavior were investigated in cages outdoors. Male-produced phe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,247 Views
16 Pages

Survey of Candidatus Liberibacter Solanacearum and Its Associated Vectors in Potato Crop in Spain

  • M. Carmen Asensio-S.-Manzanera,
  • Yolanda Santiago-Calvo,
  • José Luis Palomo-Gómez,
  • Raquel Marquínez-Ramírez,
  • Saskia Bastin,
  • Eva María García-Méndez,
  • Estrella Hernández-Suárez and
  • Felipe Siverio-de-la-Rosa

21 October 2022

‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (CaLsol), the etiological agent of potato zebra chip (ZC), is transmitted to potato plants by the psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc, 1909) in North and Central America and New Zealand. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,880 Views
13 Pages

Cyclosporin A as a Potential Insecticide to Control the Asian Corn Borer Ostrinia furnacalis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

  • Chengxian Sun,
  • Shunjia Li,
  • Kai Wang,
  • Xinming Yin,
  • Yanmei Wang,
  • Mengfang Du,
  • Jizhen Wei and
  • Shiheng An

21 October 2022

The long-term use of chemical insecticides has caused serious problems of insect resistance and environmental pollution; new insecticides are needed to solve this problem. Cyclosporin A (CsA) is a polypeptide produced by many fungi, which is used to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,149 Views
12 Pages

Detection of Chitin Synthase Mutations in Lufenuron-Resistant Spodoptera frugiperda in China

  • Sheng-Lan Lv,
  • Zheng-Yi Xu,
  • Ming-Jian Li,
  • Amosi Leonard Mbuji,
  • Meng Gu,
  • Lei Zhang and
  • Xi-Wu Gao

20 October 2022

Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), is commonly known as fall armyworm, native to tropical and subtropical regions of America, is an important migratory agricultural pest. It is important to understand the resistance and internal mechanism of action...

  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
14,010 Views
24 Pages

Mosquito Vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) and Mosquito-Borne Diseases in North Africa

  • Amira Nebbak,
  • Lionel Almeras,
  • Philippe Parola and
  • Idir Bitam

20 October 2022

Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are of significant public health importance because of their ability to transmit major diseases to humans and animals, and are considered as the world’s most deadly arthropods. In recent decades, climate change a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,823 Views
19 Pages

20 October 2022

The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, transmits ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ (CLas), a phloem-limited bacterium associated with the severe Asian form of huanglongbing (HLB), and the most destructive disease of...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,204 Views
9 Pages

Survival Rate of the Neotropical Stingless Bees Nannotrigona perilampoides and Frieseomelitta nigra after Exposure to Five Selected Insecticides, under Controlled Conditions

  • Cristian Góngora-Gamboa,
  • Esaú Ruiz-Sánchez,
  • Horacio S. Ballina-Gómez,
  • Alejandra González-Moreno and
  • Roberto Zamora-Bustillos

20 October 2022

Insecticides used in agricultural pest management pose survival risks to the stingless bees that forage on crops in tropical and subtropical regions. In the present study, we evaluated, under laboratory conditions, the acute oral toxicity of five sel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,332 Views
13 Pages

20 October 2022

Embryos of the sunflower moth, Homoeosoma electellum (Hulst), were cryopreserved after modification to the method that was previously described for Pectinophora gossipiella. The workflow to develop the protocol consisted of methods to weaken the embr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,154 Views
10 Pages

Antimicrobial Activity of Apidermin 2 from the Honeybee Apis mellifera

  • Bo-Yeon Kim,
  • Yun-Hui Kim,
  • Yong-Soo Choi,
  • Man-Young Lee,
  • Kwang-Sik Lee and
  • Byung-Rae Jin

20 October 2022

Apidermins (APDs) are known as structural cuticular proteins in insects, but their additional roles are poorly understood. In this study, we characterized the honeybee, Apis mellifera, APD 2 (AmAPD 2), which displays activity suggesting antimicrobial...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,928 Views
11 Pages

20 October 2022

The spotted-wing Drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii, is native species in Southeast Asia. For over a decade, this invasive pest has been globally expanding. The economic losses to soft fruits and stoned fruits in the United States are increasing ev...

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