Thanks to the fast development of sequencing techniques and bioinformatics tools,
sequencing the genome of an insect species for specific research purposes has become an …

Despite the huge human and economic costs of invasive insects, which are the main group
of invasive species, their environmental impacts through various mechanisms remain …

Abstract Background Hylurgus ligniperda (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a worldwide forest
quarantine pest. It is widely distributed, has many host tree species, and possesses strong …

Abstract The Japanese sawyer beetle, Monochamus alternatus, is not only one of the most
important wood boring pest itself, but also a major vector of the invasive pinewood …

Abstract Microplitis manilae Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is an important parasitoid
of agricultural pests in lepidopteran species. So far, two extant genome assembles from the …

Abstract Background Pagiophloeus tsushimanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), an emerging
forest pest exclusively infesting camphor trees, has recently caused severe ecological and …

Background Chemoreception is crucial for insect fitness, underlying for instance food-, host-,
and mate finding. Chemicals in the environment are detected by receptors from three …

Bark and ambrosia beetles are among the most ecologically and economically damaging
introduced plant pests worldwide. Life history traits including polyphagy, haplodiploidy …

Dendroctonus-bark beetles are natural components and key ecological agents of coniferous
forests. They spend most of their lives under the bark, where they are exposed to highly toxic …

Dendroctonus frontalis also known as southern pine beetle (SPB), is the most damaging
insect forest pest in the southeastern United States. Genomic data are important to provide …