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Meaning of "lepidopteran"
lepidopteran (noun) - A term referring to an insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera, which includes butterflies and moths. Lepidopterans are characterized by their scaly wings and undergo complete metamorphosis during their life cycle. Scientists often study lepidopterans to understand their biology and ecological roles in different ecosystems
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- Any insect of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths.
- Characteristic of these insects.
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Activity against lepidopteran larvae was tested as follows.
These proteins are toxic to certain lepidopteran insects.
Most of the lepidopteran pests are polyphagous in nature.
A few genera have normal lepidopteran wings.
Lepidopteran insect that is very rare in our country.
A large number of lepidopteran insects feed on birch foliage.
Millieriidae is a small family of insects in the lepidopteran order.
Lepidopteran larvae often require specific species of food plants.
Insect attractants straight chain lepidopteran pheromones sclps.
In cotton field lepidopteran and coleoptera orders are the worldwide major economic problems.
Isolates active against lepidopteran pests.
Rearing on lepidopteran eggs requires large investments in production facilities and thus is very expensive.
Toxins active against nematudes and coleopteran or lepidopteran pests.
The complex is only present in lepidopteran larvae and some beetle species.
Such variants retain pesticidal activity against a lepidopteran insect.
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It is a lepidopteran insect.
Isolate which encode proteins which are active against lepidopteran pests.
Activity of these toxins against certain lepidopteran and certain coleopteran pests was reported.
Combinations of proteins described herein can be used to control lepidopteran pests.
Trichoplusia ni is the primary lepidopteran pest of greenhouse tomatoes in Canada.
The combination surprisingly has increased activity against lepidopteran pests.
Acompsia cinerella is a small lepidopteran species of the twirler moth family Gelechiidae.
Indoxacarb is an oxadiazine pesticide developed by DuPont that acts against lepidopteran larvae.
Lepidopteran larvae and Araneae were the most abundant items in the diet.
It has insecticidal activity against both lepidopteran and dipteran insects.
All Lepidopteran insects were tested from the neonate stage to the second instar.
Galacticidae is a recently recognised and enigmatic family of insects in the lepidopteran order.
Lepidopteran activity against the velvet bean caterpillar Anticarsia gemmatalis was reported in the same study.
Tolerance for such change is attributed to the holokinetic organisation of lepidopteran chromosomes.
Toxin proteins toxic to either Lepidopteran or Coleopteran insects may be used.
The polypeptides of the invention have pesticidal activity against a lepidopteran insect.
Glossary of Lepidopteran terms.
Some annonins are used as the active ingredients in insecticides against lepidopteran pests.
In many of these crops, lepidopteran defoliators also occur.
Combinations of the toxins described in the invention can be used to control lepidopteran pests.
By lepidopteran standards, they are thus still rather primitive micromoths.
These recombinant microbes can be used to control lepidopteran insects in various environments.
The combination of proteins according to the invention provides unexpectedly enhanced toxicity to lepidopteran pests.
Scopariinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae.
This is the first known disclosure of a Paenibacillus protein toxin having activity against a lepidopteran pest.
Numerous strains of Bt are toxic to lepidopteran and dipteran insects.
Prolegs of lepidopteran larvae have a small circle of gripping hooks, called " crochets.
Plants which express this chimeric protein show increased tolerance to lepidopteran larvae.
In fact, only six lepidopteran species have been studied to date.
Kurstaki have been used for many years as commercial insecticides for lepidopteran pests.
As the insect used as a host, a lepidopteran insect is preferably used.
Kurstaki strains have been known only for their insecticidal effect on lepidopteran larvae.
In an embodiment of the first aspect, the lepidopteran attractants include disparlure.
Provided are novel genes that encode proteins having pesticidal activity against a lepidopteran insect.
For this, we recover the sequences of lepidopteran mitogenomes in the ncbi database.
