The emerging field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicines utilising artificial
polymers is facing many problems. Despite having mechanical stability, non-toxicity and …

Highlights•Despite being an ecologically diverse and speciose insect order, genomes are
available for< 10 of the 43 Lepidoptera superfamilies.•Genome-scale data are advancing …

Mythimna separata and Mythimna loreyi are global pests of gramineous cereals, heavily
controlled with synthetic insecticides. Here, we generated two high‐quality chromosome …

Arthropod silk is known as a versatile tool, and its variability makes it an attractive
biomaterial. Eumeta variegata is a bagworm moth (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) that uses silk …

The black cutworm (BCW), Agrotis ipsilon, is a worldwide polyphagous and underground
pest that causes a high level of economic loss to a wide range of crops through the damage …

Samia ricini, a gigantic saturniid moth, has the potential to be a novel lepidopteran model
species. Samia ricini is far more resistant to diseases than the current model species …

Antheraea pernyi is a semi‐domesticated lepidopteran insect species valuable to the silk
industry, human health, and ecological tourism. Owing to its economic influence and …

BACKGROUND Dastarcus helophoroides is an important natural enemy of cerambycids,
and is wildly used in biological control of pests. Nevertheless, the absence of complete …

The insect brain is the central part of the neurosecretory system, which controls morphology,
physiology, and behavior during the insect's lifecycle. Lepidoptera are holometabolous …

Opisina arenosella is one of the main pests harming coconut trees. To date, there have been
few studies on the molecular genetics, biochemistry and physiology of O. arenosella at the …