🦋First stable population of protected #butterfly Papilio alexanor found in southern Italy (Campania-Basilicata border), previously unknown outside Liguria/Piedmont. New host plant recorded (Ferula glauca). Full research in @notalepido.bsky.social: 👇 doi.org/10.3897/nl.4...

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🦋Happy #InsectWeek from Pensoft Publishers! 🐝The @royentsoc.bsky.social #StandTallForTheSmall campaign is a timely reminder of just how much depends on the smallest members of our #ecosystems and just how much work still needs to be done to protect them. 🧵(1/3) #PollinatorWeek #insect

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🦋Two new notodontid #moths from the genus Benbowia have been described in China. Meet Benbowia uncusplana, found in Yunnan, Chongqing, and Fujian, as well as Benbowia motuoensis, found in Yunnan, Nepal, India, and Vietnam. Learn more in our #OA journal: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.... #Lepidoptera

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A rare new species of #moth has been discovered - 𝘊𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘴 - which lives only in the fragile scrub #habitats of Florida and hasn't been seen in most of its #historical range since the 1960s. 🦋 Read the full study ➡️ doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1273.181781 #endemic #taxonomy

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🐝🐞🐦🦇 What is #pollinator #health, and why does it matter now more than ever? 🔎Discover the scope of the field, our mission and more as a new 💎 #OpenAccess #journal in our very first editorial 👇 ✒️ We are powered by @arphahub.com doi.org/10.3897/apr....

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