Frontiers in Insect Science | New and Recent Articles https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/insect-science RSS Feed for Frontiers in Insect Science | New and Recent Articles en-us Frontiers Feed Generator,version:1 2026-05-04T22:57:14.913+00:00 60 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1806215 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1806215 <![CDATA[Population genetic structure of the African sugarcane stalk borer (Eldana saccharina Walker, Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Tanzania]]> 2026-05-04T00:00:00Z Original Research Hamis D. WamburaGration M. RwegasiraMartin J. Martin https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1811042 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1811042 <![CDATA[Evaluation of dsRNA produced in E. coli for controlling Japanese beetle]]> 2026-04-29T00:00:00Z Original Research Jeffrey L. HowellRamesh Kumar DhandapaniSundararajan BalasubramaniJun Seok RyooSubba Reddy Palli https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1802110 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1802110 <![CDATA[From suboptimal prey to optimal performance: selective breeding improves Orius laevigatus performance on a low-cost mite diet]]> 2026-04-27T00:00:00Z Original Research Amador Rodríguez-GómezVirginia BalanzaMaría del Carmen RecheAna Belén AbelairaAlberto GarrePablo Bielza https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1726127 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1726127 <![CDATA[Challenging the long-held “pied piper” hypothesis: evidence of southward migration of corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) in North America]]> 2026-04-24T00:00:00Z Original Research Amina A. TwaibuEduardo S. CalixtoJulien M. BeuzelinIsaac L. EsquivelSilvana V. Paula-Moraes https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1817242 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1817242 <![CDATA[Anise (Pimpinella anisum) and fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) essential oils and their combination as natural and safe housefly (Musca domestica) ovicides]]> 2026-04-23T00:00:00Z Original Research Hataichanok PassaraChamroon LaosinwattanaTanapoom MoungthipmalaiKouhei MurataMayura Soonwera https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1847113 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1847113 <![CDATA[Editorial: Women in insect science, volume II]]> 2026-04-23T00:00:00Z Editorial Immacolata IovinellaEmma J. HudginsMariana BulgarellaSudeshna Mazumdar-Leighton https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1811511 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1811511 <![CDATA[Performance of different spatial repellents (spatial emanators) against vector mosquito species in Mali, West Africa: a field trial using a non-human test method]]> 2026-04-21T00:00:00Z Original Research Edita E. RevayKaren McKenzieAmy JunnilaKristine StyerAlexey M. ProzorovMohamed M. TraoreLiwang CuiRoman V. YakovlevAidas SaldaitisSekou F. TraoreAbdoul Habib BeavoguiTatiana A. ProzorovaGergely PetrányiUrsula BenzRui-De XueGünter C. Müller https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1774983 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1774983 <![CDATA[Responses of cotton jassid (Amrasca biguttula) to synthetic insecticides recommended in Tanzania]]> 2026-04-20T00:00:00Z Original Research Joseph Elias NyesseGration Mutashoberwa RwegasiraLuseko Amos Chilagane https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1806523 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1806523 <![CDATA[Coexistence and distribution patterns of Anastrepha dentata and Anastrepha pallens (Diptera: Tephritidae) associated with fruits of Sideroxylon celastrinum (Sapotaceae) along an altitudinal gradient in East-central Mexico]]> 2026-04-20T00:00:00Z Original Research Maurilio López-OrtegaJaime C. PiñeroDiego M. Gómez-GonzálezArmando J. MartínezVicente Hernández-Ortiz https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1780864 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1780864 <![CDATA[Integrative transcriptomic and microbiome analyses reveal thermal adaptation mechanisms in green and red color morphs of Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae)]]> 2026-04-17T00:00:00Z Original Research Yan PangYifan WangQuan DengXinwei WangJitao WangWenxin Xue https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1766919 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1766919 <![CDATA[Establishing and sustaining mosquito colonies: insights into morphology, bionomics, and advances in the rearing of Anopheles, Culex, and Aedes]]> 2026-04-17T00:00:00Z Review Irrusappan HariPrajwal GaikwadSanket Kumar RayJose Antony JenishTharani Priya PKalichamy AlagarasuBalasubramanian RathinamBalachandar VellingiriDevakumar DineshKalpana Baruah https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1814368 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1814368 <![CDATA[Sergentomyia (Neophlebotomus) chattiensis n. sp.: morphological and molecular description of a new sand fly species from Himachal Pradesh, India]]> 2026-04-10T00:00:00Z Original Research Harish Kumar ShahP. A. FathimaManju RahiPrasanta Saini https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1778418 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1778418 <![CDATA[Phylogenetic insights into the diversification of cutting strategies in leaf-cutting ants]]> 2026-04-07T00:00:00Z Original Research Andrés F. Sánchez–RestrepoViviana A. ConfalonieriLuis A. Calcaterra https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1787016 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1787016 <![CDATA[Effects of essential oils on foulbrood bacteria and honey bee workers (Apis mellifera) under laboratory conditions]]> 2026-04-01T00:00:00Z Original Research Cinzia MarianelliLaura Narciso https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1770055 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1770055 <![CDATA[Enhancing the delivery and stability of lipid nanoparticle–dsRNA formulations in the RNAi-recalcitrant fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)]]> 2026-03-26T00:00:00Z Original Research Marcel KaarowLeonie GraserEileen KnorrAnton WindfelderPascal GeislerFrank SteinigerMarkus OberpaulAndreas VilcinskasChristoph Hellmann https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1772436 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1772436 <![CDATA[Proteomic analysis of dimorphic sperm in the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae]]> 2026-03-25T00:00:00Z Original Research Melissa PlakkeKatherine McLaughlinTimothy L. KarrJames R. Walters https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1678964 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1678964 <![CDATA[Preventing spread of the invasive spotted lanternfly via texture-based automated egg detection]]> 2026-03-23T00:00:00Z Brief Research Report Karla NegreteRhys ButlerEmily WallisEmily MagnaniMelissa Benzinger McglynnMatthew McDonaldNicolas J. AlvarezMaureen Tang https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1666444 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1666444 <![CDATA[Sensitivity to cuticular hydrocarbons across the odorant receptor family in the Indian jumping ant, Harpegnathos saltator]]> 2026-03-23T00:00:00Z Original Research Røskva TórhalsdóttirBenjamin I. MorrisAiden MastersBogdan SieriebriennikovAmatullah TawawallaLydia F. NaughtonDeanna CannizzaroJenna LongoKendall HamBri PomonisAlex LyfordJocelyn G. MillarGregory M. Pask https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1789891 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1789891 <![CDATA[Fruit fly species (Diptera: Tephritidae) associated with fruit orchards in the province of Luya, Amazonas, Peru]]> 2026-03-18T00:00:00Z Original Research Enistein Reyna-RiveraVilma Aguilar-RafaelWagner Meza-MaiceloHenry W. Santillan-CulquimbozDuber Banda-MartinezLuis Cubas-VasquezSantos Leiva-Espinoza https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1716183 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/finsc.2026.1716183 <![CDATA[Morphometric and molecular insights into Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel, 1912) (Diptera: Tephritidae) infestation on Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk. (Indian Jujube)]]> 2026-03-17T00:00:00Z Original Research Kavin PalaniveluUsharani BalakrishnanKamala Jayanthi Pagadala DamodharamSuresh KrishnasamySandeep SinghArul Dhayalan