Keyword

moths

Description: Moths are insects in the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from butterflies by features of their anatomy and behavior.

Primary topic: Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (90%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q1725788

OpenAlex ID: keywords/moths

Animal Physiology

1997 · Knut Schmidt-Nielsen · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 1,140

Pheromones and Animal Behaviour

2003 · Tristram D. Wyatt · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 951

Pheromones and animal behaviour: communication by smell and taste

2003 · Choice Reviews Online · 737

The lepidoptera: form, function and diversity

1993 · Choice Reviews Online · 735

The Forgotten Pollinators

2012 · Stephen L. Buchmann, Gary Paul Nabhan · Princeton University Press eBooks · 600

List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum

1854 · John Edward Gray, Francis Walker · Printed by order of the Trustees eBooks · 585

A minimalist barcode can identify a specimen whose DNA is degraded

2006 · MEHRDAD HAJIBABAEI, M. ALEX SMITH, et al. · Molecular Ecology Notes · 559

preparation of slides of Lepidoptera genitalia with special reference to the Microlepidoptera

1976 · G.S. Robinson · Entomologist s Gazette · 556

Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths

2019 · Akito Y. Kawahara, David Plotkin, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 521

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Climatic warming increases voltinism in European butterflies and moths

2009 · Florian Altermatt · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 496

Life‐history traits predict species responses to habitat area and isolation: a cross‐continental synthesis

2010 · Erik Öckinger, Oliver Schweiger, et al. · Ecology Letters · 476

Mechanisms of animal navigation in odor plumes

2000 · NJ Vickers · Biological Bulletin · 475

Complementarity and the use of indicator groups for reserve selection in Uganda

1998 · Peter C. Howard, Paolo Viskanic, et al. · Nature · 454

Elevation increases in moth assemblages over 42 years on a tropical mountain

2009 · I-Ching Chen, Hau-Jie Shiu, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 448

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On the scent of speciation: the chemosensory system and its role in premating isolation

2008 · C Smadja, R K Butlin · Heredity · 446

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Melanism

1998 · Michael E N Majerus · 428

The impact of artificial light at night on nocturnal insects: A review and synthesis

2018 · Avalon C. S. Owens, Sara M. Lewis · Ecology and Evolution · 401

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Thermoregulation in Endothermic Insects

1974 · Bernd Heinrich · Science · 357

Countryside Biogeography of Moths in a Fragmented Landscape: Biodiversity in Native and Agricultural Habitats

2001 · Taylor H. Ricketts, Gretchen C. Daily, et al. · Conservation Biology · 353

The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland

1980 · L. R. Taylor, J. Heath, et al. · Journal of Animal Ecology · 342

Vitellogenic Blood Protein Synthesis by Insect Fat Body

1969 · M. L. Pan, William J. Bell, et al. · Science · 340

The Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states

1920 · William T. M. Forbes · 339

Timing of Foraging Flights of Three Species of Bats in Relation to Insect Activity and Predation Risk

1996 · Jens Rydell, Abigail Entwistle, et al. · Oikos · 337

The Lepidoptera of Europe: A Distributional Checklist

1996 · Ole Karsholt, Józef Razowski · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 319

Spatial Synchrony in the Dynamics of Moth and Aphid Populations

1993 · Ilkka Hanski, Ian P. Woiwod · Journal of Animal Ecology · 317

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Citation count: 98,510