Giant Woolly Bear (larva), Giant or Great Leopard Moth (adult) Hypercompe scribonia (Stoll 1790) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) by Donald W. Hall

“… The giant leopard moth is our largest eastern tiger moth. It was formerly in the family Arctiidae, which now composes the subfamily Arctiinae in the family Erebidae. …”
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Moth Bean, Gelatin, and Murraya Koenigii Leaves Extract-Based Film and Coating: Effect of Coating on Shelf and Quality of Solanum Melongena by Raj Kumar, Naina Gautam, Shashikant Yadav, Venkatesh Thulasiraman, Anil Yadav, Nasir Awol

“…Moth bean starch (MS), gelatin (GA), and Murraya koenigii leaves extract (ME) are blended at different compositions to prepare film and coating according to casting and dipping approaches. …”
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Sex-Pheromone-Mediated Mating Disruption Technology for the Oriental Fruit Moth, Grapholita molesta (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): Overview and Prospects by Wei N. Kong, J. Li, Ren J. Fan, Sheng C. Li, Rui Y. Ma

“…This technology, performed by broadcasting pheromones into orchards to disrupt mate finding, has been successfully implemented in oriental fruit moth control. Reservoir-style dispensers made of polyethylene tubes, which release pheromone throughout the full growing season, are the current industry standard. …”
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Giant Woolly Bear (larva), Giant or Great Leopard Moth (adult) Hypercompe scribonia (Stoll 1790) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) by Donald W. Hall

“… The giant leopard moth is our largest eastern tiger moth. It was formerly in the family Arctiidae, which now composes the subfamily Arctiinae in the family Erebidae. …”
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Puss Caterpillar (Larva), Southern Flannel Moth (Adult), Megalopyge opercularis (J. E. Smith 1797) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea: Megalopygidae) by Donald W. Hall

“…The southern flannel moth is an attractive small moth that is best-known because of its larva, the puss caterpillar, which is one of the most venomous caterpillars in the United States. …”
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Puss Caterpillar (Larva), Southern Flannel Moth (Adult), Megalopyge opercularis (J. E. Smith 1797) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea: Megalopygidae) by Donald W. Hall

“…The southern flannel moth is an attractive small moth that is best-known because of its larva, the puss caterpillar, which is one of the most venomous caterpillars in the United States. …”
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Monitoring of the diamondback moth (<i>Plutella xylostella</i> L.) on the <i>Brassica oleracea</i> L. collection in the vicinity of St. Petersburg by Yu. A. Zakharova, A. N. Frolov, A. M. Artemyeva

“…Background. Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella L.) has now acquired the status of the most dangerous pest of plants from the Brassicaceae family in the world, including Russia. …”
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Morphological and Chemical Changes in the Hemolymph of the Wax Moth <i>Galleria mellonella</i> Infected by the Entomopathogenic Fungus <i>Conidiobolus coronatus</i> by Mieczysława Irena Boguś, Agata Kaczmarek, Anna Katarzyna Wrońska, Mikołaj Drozdowski, Lena Siecińska, Ewelina Mokijewska, Marek Gołębiowski

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RNA Virus Discovery Sheds Light on the Virome of a Major Vineyard Pest, the European Grapevine Moth (<i>Lobesia botrana</i>) by Humberto Debat, Sebastian Gomez-Talquenca, Nicolas Bejerman

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Growth, Development and Reproduction of Meadow Moth <i>Loxostege sticticalis</i> Fed on Pea Seedlings Grown Under Elevated CO₂ by Jingxian Zhou, Zun Xu, Zuoheng Yu, Huirong Mai, Jiacheng Huang, Xiaoli Chang, Fajun Chen

“…To comprehensively investigate the impacts of increased atmospheric CO₂ concentrations on the growth, development and reproduction of the meadow moth <i>Loxostege sticticalis</i> when fed on pea plants (<i>Pisum sativum</i>), in this experiment, we simulated the two CO₂ conditions: ambient CO₂ (i.e., 400 μL/L designated as aCO₂) and elevated CO₂ (i.e., 800 μL/L designated as eCO₂) by using light-CO₂ climate chambers. …”
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Effectiveness of Antioxidants and Resistance to Diamondback Moth Infestation in Green Mustard Plants Using Ethanol Extracts from Millettia pachyloba Drake Leaves: An In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation by Tran Thi Phuong Nhung, Le Pham Tan Quoc

“…This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of MPDE in controlling Diamondback moth (DBM) infestation and enhancing oxidative stress tolerance in green mustard plants. …”
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The structure of egg batches, number of eggs and egg hatching rates of pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) / Thaumetopoea wilkinsoni Tams, 1924 (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) by Cansu Keleş, Saliha Voyvot, Ertuğrul Bilgili

“…Pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Den. & Schiff.) / Thaumetopoea wilkinsoni (Tams)) is an oligofag defoliator in pine forests. …”
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<i>Guium nebulum</i> gen. et sp. nov., a New Cup Moth from Southern China Based on Morphological and Molecular Analysis (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea: Limacodidae) by Jun Wu, Ting-Ting Zhao, Hui Geng, Guang-Ze Jin, Hui-Lin Han

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Wolbachia infection in populations of the coniferous forest pest Dendrolimus superans sibiricus Tschetverikov, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) by M. A. Yudina, V. V. Dubatolov, R. A. Bykov, Yu. Yu. Ilinsky

Subjects: “…siberian silk moth…”
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The genome sequence of Radford’s Flame Shoulder, Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer, 1831) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Mark J. Sterling, David C. Lees

Subjects: “…Radford's Flame Shoulder moth…”
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<i>Cryptoblabes gnidiella</i> Millière (Pyralidae, Phycitinae): An Emerging Grapevine Pest in Greece by Konstantinos B. Simoglou, Iraklis Topalidis, Dimitrios N. Avtzis, Achilleas Kaltsidis, Emmanouil Roditakis

Subjects: “…honeydew moth…”
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A New Hybrid MFO-WO Algorithm and Its Application to Design of FOPID/PID Controller for IoT Applications by Jailsingh Bhookya

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Computational Modeling of Desiccation Properties (CW, LS, and VS) of Waste-Based Activated Ash-Treated Black Cotton Soil for Sustainable Subgrade Using Artificial Neural Network, Gray-Wolf, and Moth-Flame Optimization Techniques by Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Jamshid Shakeri, Hasel Amini-Khoshalan, Thompson F. Usungedo, Mohammadreza Alimoradi-Jazi

“…Artificial neural network (ANN), gray-wolf, and moth-flame optimization (GWO and MFO) techniques have been used in this research work to predict the effect of activated sawdust ash (ASDA) on the crack width (CW), linear shrinkage (LS), and volumetric shrinkage (VS) of a black cotton soil utilized as a subgrade material. …”
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Occurrence and Behavior Analysis of <i>Duponchelia fovealis</i> on Strawberry Plants: Insights for Integrated Pest Management by Rodrimar Barboza Gonçalves, Maria Aparecida Cassilha Zawadneak, Taciana Melissa de Azevedo Kuhn, Thales Fernando Moreno Gulinelli, Ida Chapaval Pimentel, Alex Sandro Poltronieri, Joatan Machado da Rosa, José Manuel Mirás-Avalos, Emily Silva Araujo

Subjects: “…European pepper moth…”
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Harnessing synergy of machine learning and nature-inspired optimization for enhanced compressive strength prediction in concrete by Abba Bashir, Esar Ahmad, Shashivendra Dulawat, Sani I. Abba

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