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Insects, Volume 16, Issue 11

November 2025 - 108 articles

Cover Story: Biological invasion by Solenopsis invicta creates very strong competition. We surveyed ant communities in Yunnan, China, along an invasion gradient and measured five functional traits for individual workers. Under high pressure, native ants were filtered into a narrow, shared trait zone, and communities became functionally more similar. Intraspecific trait variation allowed fast, species-specific trait shifts that helped persistence. The invader also showed density-dependent plasticity. By modeling trait distributions and using a hierarchical trait framework, we connect individual variation to clear assembly rules. Looking beyond species means improves prediction of invasion impacts and supports monitoring and management. View this paper
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Laboratory and Field Bioassays of Arthropod Pathogenic Fungi Application for the Control of the Hazelnut Big Bud Mite, Phytoptus avellanae s. l.

  • Domenico Valenzano,
  • Ilaria Laterza,
  • Mario Contarini,
  • Stefano Speranza,
  • Roberto Masturzi,
  • Eustachio Tarasco and
  • Enrico de Lillo
Insects2025, 16(11), 1182;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16111182

20 November 2025

Phytoptus avellanae is a key hazelnut pest, causing the swelling of mixed buds during the autumn–winter period and a compromised nut yield. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of commercial biopesticides based on Beauveria bassiana a...

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A European Début: The Asian Parasitoid Encarsia nipponica Targets the Invasive Aleurocanthus spiniferus in Northern Italy

  • Elena Costi,
  • Daniele Giannetti,
  • Michele Cesari,
  • Carmelo Rapisarda,
  • Andrew Polaszek,
  • Robert L. Kresslein and
  • Lara Maistrello
Insects2025, 16(11), 1181;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16111181

19 November 2025

In this study, the invasive orange spiny whitefly (“OSW”; Aleurocanthus spiniferus) and a species of Encarsia parasitising its puparia were studied in three different areas of the province of Modena (Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy): a pea...

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Further Development and Testing of a Compact Wind Tunnel for Exposing Mosquitoes to Formulated Insecticide Products

  • Stephanie Richards,
  • Sinan Sousan,
  • Qiang Wu,
  • Will Murray,
  • Emma Rush,
  • Raven Slade,
  • Paul Jones,
  • Avian White and
  • Naia Braxton
Insects2025, 16(11), 1180;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16111180

19 November 2025

Insecticide resistance is increasing globally, and tools must be developed to combat this issue facing mosquito control programs that protect public health and inform operational decisions. Field trials to assess insecticide formulated products (FPs)...

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Temporal Variation in Target Site Mutations Is Associated with Diamide Cross-Resistance in Diamondback Moth Populations (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) from Florida and Georgia, USA

  • Thomas P. Dunn,
  • Md. Abdullah Al Baki,
  • Paulo S. G. Cremonez,
  • David G. Riley,
  • Alton N. Sparks,
  • Hugh Smith and
  • Donald E. Champagne
Insects2025, 16(11), 1179;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16111179

19 November 2025

The Diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (L.), the most significant worldwide pest of Brassica crops, is notorious for resistance to a diverse number of insecticides. Field populations bioassayed in Georgia and Florida, USA, in 2018 were resis...

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Discovering the Diversity and Evolution of Danascelinae: A New Genus and Species from Eastern Asia and Insights into the Phylogenetic Placement of This Subfamily in Endomychidae (Coleoptera)

  • Wioletta Tomaszewska and
  • Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela
Insects2025, 16(11), 1178;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16111178

19 November 2025

A new genus and species of the family Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea), Hadroscelis sinensis Tomaszewska and Arriaga-Varela gen. et sp. nov., were described, diagnosed, and illustrated from the south-eastern Palaearctic. In order to test the...

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New West Palaearctic Species of Empis chioptera Group (Diptera: Empididae)

  • Miroslav Barták
Insects2025, 16(11), 1177;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16111177

18 November 2025

The following six new species are described and illustrated: Empis (Empis) lusitanica sp. nov. (Portugal), E. (Empis) manteigasensis sp. nov. (Portugal, Spain), E. (Empis) miroslavi sp. nov. (Portugal), E. (Empis) moceki sp. nov. (Bulgaria), E. (Empi...

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Genetic Characterization and Mating Disruption in Spodoptera Species, a Case Study on Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae): A Systematic Review

  • Carla Tavares,
  • Sílvia Catarino,
  • António Mexia,
  • Elsa Borges da Silva and
  • Filipa Monteiro
Insects2025, 16(11), 1176;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16111176

18 November 2025

The genus Spodoptera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) includes several agricultural pests that cause major losses in global crop production and threaten food security, notably Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797), an invasive pest that is difficult to ma...

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Sustainable Insect Pest Management Options for Rice Production in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Esther Pegalepo,
  • Roland Bocco,
  • Geoffrey Onaga,
  • Francis Nwilene,
  • Manuele Tamò,
  • Abou Togola and
  • Sanjay Kumar Katiyar
Insects2025, 16(11), 1175;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16111175

18 November 2025

Rice production in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces significant challenges due to insect pest infestations, which threaten food security and farmer livelihoods. This review examines the major insect pests affecting rice in SSA and highlights sustainabl...

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Correction: Santori et al. Impact of Salmonella enteritidis Infection and Mechanical Stress on Antimicrobial Peptide Expression in Hermetia illucens. Insects 2025, 16, 692

  • Davide Santori,
  • Anna Maria Fausto,
  • Alessio Gelli,
  • Anna Rita Pifferi,
  • Samuele Dottarelli,
  • Sofia Cucci,
  • Francesca Di Donato,
  • Goffredo Grifoni and
  • Erminia Sezzi
Insects2025, 16(11), 1174;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16111174

18 November 2025

In the original publication [...]

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Questionable Species Names for Distinct Species Clusters: An Empirical Test of the BOLD Molecular Identification Engine

  • Elisaveta V. Yakimenko,
  • Anna E. Romanovich and
  • Vladimir A. Lukhtanov
Insects2025, 16(11), 1172;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16111172

17 November 2025

DNA barcoding is an effective method for species identification, but its practical application, as implemented in the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD), faces numerous challenges. In our work, we conducted an empirical test of this approach using bu...

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