Can anyone suggest me Reference book/s for Pyraloidea identification?

I have collection of Pyraloidea moths from Bhutan (Most of them are in Photographs). Can anyone suggest me a good reference books to help in identification of these group of moths from Bhutan.

01 February 2016 5,299 4 View

To Kill moth which chemical is better, Ethyl acetate or Chloroform?

I have started using Ethyl Acetate for killing moths recently, but I found that chemical affects on the body of moths. The chemical makes the abdomen soften so during setting sometimes abdomen...

05 June 2015 475 14 View

Can anyone please confirm the ID of the following Lemyra sp. (Erebidae; Arctiinae)?

Collected from Bhutan. No. 1 is a probably a female and 2a & 2b ia a male sp.

08 September 2014 2,752 3 View

Why do Swallowtail butterflies release water from abdomen during Gully bottoming? Do all the species have this characteristic?

08 September 2014 4,137 8 View

Can anyone please help me to identify and verify the species identifications of moths belonging to the family Erebidae?

All these moths (Family Erebidae) were photographed from Bhutan. About 140 species were photographed, of which around 120 has been identified. I am looking for a person who can help me to...

08 September 2014 3,999 12 View

Please suggest me the possible ID of the attached moth?

01 January 1970 8,758 4 View

Do they belong to Cricula trifenestrata?

All the materials were collected from the same location, Shirui National Park, Manipur during July 2016.

01 January 1970 3,369 2 View

Please help to ID these Loepa sp. Saturniidae?

Here I have attached to genitalia photograph of 2 Loepa sp. Location: Naga Hills, Manipur, NE India. Date of collection: July 2016

01 January 1970 2,970 5 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 View

How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View

Is this moth a Diatraea saccharalis?

The caterpillars of this moth were found in stems of Echinochloa polystachia grass as stem borers. The length of the caterpillars are something about 1.7 cm. I have compared images from the...

24 February 2021 309 3 View

How do you mesh a thin solid in Fluent?

Hello, I have used the shell function on SpaceClaim to create thin solids for the model I am studying. These are contained within an enclosure for my study. I chose this approach as it avoids the...

24 February 2021 8,856 3 View

Are these moths Spodoptera frugiperda?

The caterpillars of the moths were collected as fruitborers in pepper at a farmer. I reared them till the adults hatched and compared them with pictures and descriptions on the internet. Are these...

24 February 2021 7,785 5 View

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View