🧬 New paper in Systematics and Biodiversity!
Rindoš 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. untangle the molecular phylogeny of 𝙏𝙖𝙢𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙖—East Africa’s cryptic tussock moths—revealing hidden diversity and clarifying their systematic home within Erebidae
🔗 buff.ly/ppJ7nGP
#Entomology #Moths #Systematics #Biodiversity #Lepidoptera

It’s almost time for the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference — happening next week!
🗓️ 29–31 October
💻 Fully online & free of charge
Find all the details, including the full programme 👇
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...

@biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social #genomics #biodiversity

Hospodářská, @petrnguyen.bsky.social et al. investigated genome size and karyotype in Polyommatus and Lysandra butterflies, rejecting polyploidy to confirm karyotypic diversification via chromosome fragmentation in Polyommatinae butterflies.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf157

#genome #evolution

(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe!
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!👇🏽

A lavishly illustrated guide to the diversity of the world’s butterflies.

Butterflies of the World by Blanca Huertas and Shinichi Nakahara is out now. Learn more and order your copy today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

After a productive day of work, the WG1 visited the archive and scientific collection of the Senckenberg Institute 👀🦋 All eyes on Maria Sibylla Merian 🥹 #10KLepGenomes

David Wagner's Moths of the World is a marvelously illustrated guide to the world’s moths.

Out now! Learn more and explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/boo...

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Come and join fellow lepidopterists at the 24th European Congress of Lepidopterology in the Czech Republic August 18-23, 2025! Abstract submission deadline April 30, registration deadline May 31. See you :-) sel.entu.cas.cz/important-da...