Moth body size increases with elevation along a complete tropical elevational gradient for two hyperdiverse clades

G Brehm, D Zeuss, RK Colwell - Ecography, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The body size of an animal is probably its most important functional trait. For arthropods,
environmental drivers of body size variation are still poorly documented and understood …

DNA barcoding‐based species delimitation increases species count of Eois (Geometridae) moths in a well‐studied tropical mountain forest by up to 50%

P Strutzenberger, G Brehm, K Fiedler - Insect Science, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The genus Eois comprises an important part of megadiverse assemblages of geometrid
moths in mountain rainforests of southern Ecuador. In this study we report:(i) on the …

DNA Barcode Sequencing from Old Type Specimens as a Tool in Taxonomy: A Case Study in the Diverse Genus Eois (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

P Strutzenberger, G Brehm, K Fiedler - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
In this study we report on the sequencing of the COI barcode region from 96 historical
specimens (92 type specimens+ 4 non-types) of Eois. Eois is a diverse clade of tropical …

Similarity in volatile communities leads to increased herbivory and greater tropical forest diversity

TJ Massad, M Martins de Moraes, C Philbin… - 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A longstanding paradigm in ecology is that there are positive associations between
herbivore diversity, specialization, and plant species diversity, with a focus on taxonomic …

[HTML][HTML] New species and new records of earthworms of the genus Drawida from Kerala part of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India (Oligochaeta …

SP Narayanan, S Sathrumithra, G Christopher… - ZooKeys, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Two new species of Drawida Michaelsen, 1900, namely Drawida polydiverticulata
Narayanan & Julka, sp. n. and Drawida thomasi Narayanan & Julka, sp. n., are described …

Drastic loss of insects (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in urban landscapes in a tropical biodiversity hotspot

FP Gaona, C Iniguez-Armijos, G Brehm… - Journal of Insect …, 2021 - Springer
Accelerating urbanization of natural areasis a particularly important threat to biodiversity in
tropical countries. Understanding how this phenomenon affects different groups of the fauna …

Links between the environment, abundance and diversity of Andean moths

J Beck, G Brehm, K Fiedler - Biotropica, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ideas on the spatial variation of biodiversity often imply a causal link between the
abundance and species richness of organisms. We investigated this 'more individuals …

Phylogenetic diversity of geometrid moths decreases with elevation in the tropical Andes

G Brehm, P Strutzenberger, K Fiedler - Ecography, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Species diversity of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) has previously been
shown to be extremely and constantly high along a continuously forested elevational …

Diversification rates, host plant shifts and an updated molecular phylogeny of Andean Eois moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

P Strutzenberger, G Brehm, B Gottsberger, F Bodner… - PloS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Eois is one of the best-investigated genera of tropical moths. Its close association with Piper
plants has inspired numerous studies on life histories, phylogeny and evolutionary biology …

Two ways to be a myrmecophilous butterfly: natural history and comparative immature-stage morphology of two species of Theope (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)

LA Kaminski, LL Mota, AVL Freitas… - Biological Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Symbiotic interactions between butterfly larvae and ants, termed myrmecophily, require a
range of behavioural and morphological adaptations (ant-organs). Here, using light and …