Eucosma subvittana (Staudinger 1892) stat. rev., a Mediterranean species resurrected by DNA barcodes and morphology (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae).

Eucosma subvittana is resurrected from synonymy with E. cana (Haworth, 1811) and redescribed from extensive material collected in Greece (Crete) and Tunisia. It is distinguished from the similar E.

First 3-D reconstruction of copulation in Lepidoptera: interaction of genitalia in Tortrix viridana (Tortricidae).

Background: The process of copulation in Lepidoptera is understudied and poorly understood from a functional perspective. The purpose of the present paper is to study the interaction of the male and female genitalia of Tortrix viridana Linnaeus, 1758 via three-dimensional models of pairs fixed during copulation. Other techniques (confocal laser scanning microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and histology) were used to clarify the role of the organs involved in the process.

First record of Fain, 1959 (Acari, Cheyletoidea, Psorergatidae) for the Balkan Peninsula with description of the cutaneous lesions on the wing membrane of its hosts (Borkhausen, 1797) and (Tomes, 1857) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae).

Healthy wing membranes are essential for bats. They are critical for maintaining the water balance and, during hibernation, they protect the bat's body from dehydration. Assessing the state of the membrane visually is an easy and effective way to monitor a bat's health and discover abnormal structures and infections in wild bat populations.

Remarkable confusion in some Western Palearctic leads to a revised taxonomic concept (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae).

The taxonomy of some Palearctic species of the genus Guenée, 1845 (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), in particular sensu auctt. and sensu auctt., is revised based on combined characters of external and internal adult morphology, including everted vesicae in male genitalia, and DNA barcodes.

On the vesica of Eucosmini and Grapholitini (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).

Eucosmini and Grapholitini are highly specialised and closely related tribes of the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae. Previous studies have shown that there is considerable similarity in the general shape of the everted vesica and structure of cornuti in these two tribes. In this study the possible function of the vesica during copulation is discussed based on everted vesicae of intact specimens treated with dichlorvos, a compound that causes eversion of the vesica and formation of the spermatophore.