2026 August - 126 articles
The cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a globally distributed polyphagous pest that damages various crops. Pesticides remain a primary and effective strategy for controlling cotton bollworm population...
The long-term efficacy of vector control programs is seriously hampered by the evolution of insecticide resistance. In this scenario, assessing the distribution, frequency, and drivers of resistance spread is crucial to planning effective control pro...
The genus Sigara Fabricius, 1775 (Hemiptera: Corixidae) is an important freshwater bioindicator, but its conservative morphology complicates traditional species identification. This study combines DNA barcoding, traditional taxonomy, and climatic fac...
Aphids are important agricultural pests that interact with diverse bacterial taxa living within or associated with their bodies. Some bacteria, such as the obligate symbiont Buchnera aphidicola, provide essential nutritional functions and are predomi...
Timely and accurate termite detection is essential for effective termite control. To address the challenges posed by the small size of termite individuals and the susceptibility of target features to background texture interference under complex back...
Several phytophagous thrips can act as facultative predators within arthropod food webs, and this trophic flexibility may shape pest population dynamics when thrips co-occur with spider mites or conspecific competitors on shared host plants. Here we...
Agricultural intensification has weakened natural pest regulation by reducing habitat resources for natural enemies and limiting plant-mediated resistance. Here, we conducted field experiments during 2024–2025 to evaluate the combined effects o...
Scarab beetles depend on gut microbes for digestive enzymes. Some species’ microbiomes show taxonomic conservation regardless of diet, while others have conserved functional profiles. We compared the hindgut microbiomes of two Cetoniinae beetle...
Varroa destructor is the leading cause of honey bee colony losses globally and is increasingly implicated in winter colony mortality in New Zealand. This study used data from the New Zealand Colony Loss Survey to evaluate the relationship between spe...
Gene delivery to target cells is required for bioengineering or medical/agricultural applications. However, the hydrophobicity of the cell membrane always makes it resistant to polar nucleic acids. This physicochemical barrier is usually overcome by...
Background: Edible insects constitute a highly nutritious, environmentally sustainable and culturally significant food resource with considerable potential to contribute to food system transformation within academic and broader societal contexts. Alt...
While climate change is a significant pressure point for pollinators and honeybees, its long-term relationship with managed honeybee colonies and honey production remains unclear and context sensitive. This study, using FAOSTAT data from 1961 to 2024...
Since Tenebrio molitor L. was approved by the EU as novel food in 2021, food safety is paramount for both chemically and microbiologically safe products. Since T. molitor larvae are reared on substrates mainly based on cereals, mycotoxins and heavy m...
Phytotelmata are natural water-holding microhabitats that support diverse aquatic communities, including immature mosquitoes. We analyzed the diversity, composition, and interaction network structure of Culicidae associated with two bromeliad species...
Nosema ceranae infection represents one of the major health threats to honey bees (Apis mellifera), contributing to colony weakening, oxidative stress, immune suppression, and increased mortality. Due to restrictions on the use of fumagillin and the...
Background: Animal venoms may alter postmortem carcass conditions and thereby influence carrion-associated insects. However, it remains unclear whether lethal envenomization affects adult Diptera as a broad assemblage-level response or as taxon-speci...
Autophagy is a conserved cellular degradation pathway that plays important roles in insect–virus interactions. In the MED cryptic species of Bemisia tabaci, cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMuV) can persist upon acquisition, yet this vector f...
Trypsin is one of the major digestive proteinases secreted by the insect midgut. It plays important roles in digestion, molting, diapause, zymogen activation, innate immunity, reproduction and insecticide resistance. However, the functions of trypsin...
Under climate warming, bark beetle outbreaks increasingly threaten forest health. Hylurgops longipillus, a native bark beetle in Northeast China, causes patchy mortality in Pinus koraiensis plantations. We developed an integrated emergency control sy...
Light-based trapping is a promising non-chemical approach for sustainable locust management in protected agriculture. However, how polarized light properties influence locust aggregation behavior under shed conditions remains insufficiently character...
Culicoides biting midges are important veterinary vectors, yet reported distributional patterns in Türkiye may reflect both ecological structure and uneven sampling. We synthesized 58 eligible Türkiye-specific reports (50 database-derived a...
Jingpo Lake in Northeast China is a vital aquatic ecosystem, yet it lacks baseline molecular data for its insects. Trichoptera (caddisflies) are excellent ecological bioindicators, but their accurate identification is often hindered by morphological...
Insect protein farming offers sustainable advantages in land efficiency, emission reductions, and bioconversion, yet optimizing the nutrient composition remains a major challenge for cost-effective production. This study investigates the co-regulator...
Clarifying the immune response mechanisms of Tetranychus urticae against Isaria cateniannulata is critical for developing sustainable pest control strategies. In this study, we employed transcriptome sequencing to identify immune-related genes respon...
Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) is a destructive storage pest, causing serious losses to stored legume seeds. The olfactory system of these insects plays an important part in assisting them locate host plants. Olfactory response...
This study presents the first case of an ectoparasitic fungal infection of ants from southern Russia with the description of a new species Xenomorphomyces formicartus V.A. Iliushin & I.Y. Kirtsideli, sp. nov. of a new genus Xenomorphomyces g...
This study investigated whether carbohydrate source and the persistence of nutrient availability influence the life-history and reproductive performance of Trichogramma chilonis. Seven experimental treatments were evaluated: continuous supply of 20%...
The Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri, ACP) is the primary vector of citrus huanglongbing and exhibits positive phototactic behavior. Octopamine (OA) is a critical neuromodulator of diverse insect behaviors, yet its regulatory mechanism in ACP p...
Invasive species pose increasing threats, particularly in agriculture. Here we assess the open-field distribution, population density, and phenology of Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), an invasive pest rapidly expanding its range into open-f...
Insects periodically undergo molting to replace their old epidermis for growth and morphological adaptation. Muscleblind-like (MBNL) is a multifunctional protein involved in miRNA processing. To explore the role of miRNA processing in insect molting,...
Biological control using parasitoids is a key strategy for managing psyllid pests in horticultural crops. This study investigated the parasitoid complex associated with Bactericera tremblayi and Bactericera trigonica, two economically important psyll...
As the global population ages rapidly, demand for safe and effective strategies to promote healthy aging grows markedly. Natural bioactive compounds, with favorable biosafety profiles and multi-target regulatory properties, have become a core focus i...
Gametocyte-specific factor 1 (Gtsf1) plays a pivotal role in the gonadal development by transposon silencing via the piRNA pathway in Drosophila melanogaster and Bombyx mori, and is implicated in the female sex determination in B. mori. However, its...
Aquatic insects are well-adapted to freshwater habitats; however, the contribution of miRNA-mediated post-transcriptional regulation to freshwater adaptation remains unexplored. Here, 12 miRNAomes for larval and adult aquatic (Aquatica leii) and terr...
Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) and Bactrocera correcta (Bezzi) are two globally concerning quarantine pests within the genus Bactrocera (Tephritidae). Both species inflict severe damage on the agricultural industry and international export trade. Their...
Climate change is reshaping species distributions worldwide, making reliable prediction of invasive species increasingly important for ecological risk assessment and pest management. However, species distribution models (SDMs) calibrated with regiona...
The growing demand for sustainable and nutritionally optimized protein sources has positioned edible insects as promising platforms for next-generation food and feed systems. Although insect composition varies with diet, the deliberate engineering of...
Laterite is an acidic tropical soil enriched in iron and manganese. It is common at tropical death scenes, yet its effect on necrophagous insect development is unstudied. We raised the forensically important blow fly Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius,...
The hawthorn spider mite, Amphitetranychus viennensis, can damage various Rosaceae fruit trees. When using predatory natural enemies for biological control, the effects of the physical characteristics of host plant leaves (such as trichomes) on the f...
20-Hydroxyecdysone (20E) is the active form of the steroid hormone ecdysone and is responsible for regulating insect development, molting, and metamorphosis. Infection with the entomopathogenic Beauveria bassiana enhances innate immunity and reduces...
Ips hauseri Reitter is the most important wood-boring pest of natural Tianshan spruce (Picea schrenkiana) forests and is listed as an A2 quarantine pest by the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO). Because the beetle is sma...
Investigating alternatives to synthetic chemicals in pest management is essential. The bioactivity of Artemisia absinthium and A. dracunculus essential oils (EOs) was evaluated against two stored-product insect pests (Sitophilus granaries and Triboli...
Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) is a notoriously destructive and invasive agricultural pest, causing substantial economic losses worldwide. Research has shown that cytochrome P450s play an important role in detoxifying insecticides. However, the p...
Previous molecular and morphological analyses have suggested that the family Parastrachiidae and the subfamily Sehirinae of the family Cydnidae may be more closely related than previously thought. However, no conclusive study has yet been conducted t...
Eocanthecona furcellata Wolff, a predatory stinkbug, has garnered much attention as a biological control against Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Hemiptera pests across various crops. The continuous and high-quality supply of prey is essential for its la...
Arachnids evade predation by intentionally sacrificing body parts, with leg autotomy playing a crucial role in their survival and reproductive strategies. Our study primarily employed field surveys and laboratory experiments to examine the frequency...
Early adult life represents a critical developmental window during which insects undergo profound physiological reorganization. Despite the economic importance of the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor L., this transition remains poorly characterized/...
The coloring process in cherry fruit affects both fruit quality and the cherry fly (Rhagoletis cerasi). This is critically important for host preferences of major pests such as cherry fly. In this study, a randomized classification method was used to...
Mantidae exhibits the most extensive adaptive radiation within the order Mantodea; however, studies elucidating their internal phylogenetic relationships and spatio-temporal diversification patterns remain scarce. This study aims to resolve the long-...
Electroantennography (EAG) is a valuable approach for monitoring insect antennal responses to insecticidal and test compounds and may provide a preliminary screening method for identifying compounds with potential activity against medically important...
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