Crambidae is a group of moths with more than 10,000 species occurring worldwide that
evolved diverse morphological and ecological habits. They can be best recognized by …

Forest canopies are complex and highly diverse environments. Their diversity is affected by
pronounced gradients in abiotic and biotic conditions, including variation in leaf chemistry …

The study of herbivorous insects underpins much of the theory that concerns the evolution of
species interactions. In particular, Pieridae butterflies and their host plants have served as a …

Two of the largest subfamilies of Crambidae, Pyraustinae and Spilomelinae, have 341
species recorded in Japan, but their natural relationships are poorly understood. We …

Highlights•Large plant genera harbour a substantial share of the global insect diversity.•This
is because of their chemical diversity, promoted by divergence and escalation.•This primarily …

Research has repeatedly shown that ongoing habitat loss and the increasing frequency of
extreme climatic events have altered fundamental biological processes, threatening …

Polyphagous insect herbivores feed on multiple host‐plant species and face a highly
variable chemical landscape. Comparative studies of polyphagous herbivore metabolism …

In the tropics, antagonistic seed predation networks may have different properties than
mutualistic pollination and seed dispersal networks, but the former have been considerably …

Patterns of phytochemistry localisation in plant tissues are diverse within and across leaves.
These spatial heterogeneities are important to the fitness of herbivores, but their effects on …

In arthropod community ecology, species richness studies tend to be prioritised over those
investigating patterns of abundance. Consequently, the biotic and abiotic drivers of arboreal …