Passive daytime radiative cooling is regarded as a promising technology to achieve all-day
subambient cooling without energy consumption and pollution. The installation of …

Climate change is altering the abundance and geographic distributions of insects, with
potential consequences for human health, sustainable agriculture, and ecosystem function …

This study examined the morphological characteristics and mechanical properties of the
wings of Tirumala limniace. The wings of this butterfly, including the forewings and …

As ectotherms, insects need heat-sensitive receptors to monitor environmental temperatures
and facilitate thermoregulation. We show that TRPA5, a class of ankyrin transient receptor …

Tropical pollinators are expected to experience substantial effects due to climate change,
but aspects of their thermal biology remain largely unknown. We investigated the thermal …

Temperature is thought to be a key factor influencing global species richness patterns. We
investigate the link between temperature and diversification in the butterfly family Pieridae …

A large fraction of dorsal wing surface ground scales show an unusual granulated nature,
composed of material apparently extruded from the scale lumen in male individuals of both …

The scale arrangement in the large region of the lepidopteran wing can be classified into
two types: first, the scales form rows in the anteroposterior direction of the wing, and those …

Among lepidopterans whose mating behaviors involve sex pheromones, the female sex
pheromone emitted from the gland located at the female abdominal tip has been mainly …

Most wings of butterflies and moths, or lepidopterans, are completely covered with a large
number of common scales and fringed with marginal scales, which is the main feature …