Finally it is out 🔎🐜🌏 @peerj.bsky.social
Exploitation of an ant-plant mutualism by a cavity-nesting wasp in Borneo peerj.com/articles/20984

From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High‐Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe High-quality reference genome assemblies have become essential for deepening our understanding of biodiversity, yet obtaining them for many species remains surprisingly challenging. Drawing on experi...

How do you turn many individual experiences, workflows, and challenges into something the whole community can use?

Watch Katja Reichel explaining the writing of doi.org/10.1111/1755...

Link: youtu.be/80cedW-Oc6c

#Genomics #Biodiversity #ReferenceGenomes #ERGA

Stunningly illustrated with photos by Indraneil Das & other leading nature photographers, A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Borneo is an essential travel companion for visitors to the island & a must for anyone interested in reptiles.

Out now!

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Butterflies of Britain and Western Europe and Their Caterpillars: An Identification Guide by Jean-Pierre Moussus. A comprehensive photographic field guide to the butterflies and caterpillars of Britain and Western Europe—as well as the Canaries, the Azores, Madeira, and Cyprus.

Butterflies of Britain and Western Europe and Their Caterpillars is an essential guide for all lepidopterists and entomologists, from amateur enthusiasts to professionals.

Out now in the UK/Europe, & available in North America on February 17!

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Moths of Western North America by Seabrooke Leckie. The first photographic field guide to present the moths of western North America as they are found in nature, making it easy to use for novices and experts alike.

Moths of Western North America by Seabrooke Leckie covers 1,900 of the most commonly occurring species in the region, from the US–Mexico border north to Edmonton, Alberta, & central British Columbia.

Available January 27 (24 March UK pub).

Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Watch a moth drink tears from a bird's eye Strategy appears to be an unusual way to get nutrients

A moth drinking tears from a bird's eye 🔎🦋🐦🌎
www.science.org/content/arti...

From Permits 📜 to Samples🧪🧬

Addressing Key Challenges for High-Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe🧬🇪🇺

Now published in Mol Ecol Res!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Thanks to the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social team!!!🙂

Dry or wet? Comparing black slot trap efficiency in spruce bark beetles control - Journal of Forestry Research Bark beetles are one of the greatest threats to coniferous forests in Europe. Pheromone traps are currently the most effective method of controlling the mass infestations that some of them are known t...

Dry or wet? Comparing black slot trap efficiency in spruce bark beetles control | Journal of Forestry Research link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@forestryjfr.bsky.social @forestryoup.bsky.social

Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found in Europe. Here, we describe t...

🦋 🧬 Feature review @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social: "Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social : reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe", with @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social from @universidadoviedo.bsky.social

www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

🧬 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

Genomics for Biodiversity Conference - from genomes to impact 29–31 October 2025Summary🗓️ Dates:  29 - 31 October 2025 (click to add to your agenda!)🔗 Online venue: ERGA YouTube ChannelWe are excited to announce the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference organised...

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

GBE | Polyommatine Blue Butterflies Reveal Unexpected Integrity of the W Sex Chromosome Amid Extensive Chromosomal Fragmentation Linked to Telomere Restoration

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

Genome sequencing progress for Lepidoptera. Stacked bar charts represent the cumulative number of lepidopteran species with a reference genome per year. The colours represent the different levels of genome assembly quality, ranging from contig to chromosome-level. Numbers in brackets represent the range in numbers of species that have a given assembly level per year. Data derived from GoaT on 05.09.2025.

(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!👇🏽

Butterflies of the World: A Guide to Every Subfamily by Blanca Huertas and Shinichi Nakahara

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...

Group picture of the WG2 in the scientific collection.

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...

👏🏻🔎🧬🦋
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...