Key Plant, Key Pests: Azalea (Rhododendron spp.) by Juanita Popenoe, Caroline Roper Warwick, Jacqueline Bourdon, David J. Norman

“…This publication provides information and general management recommendations for the azalea caterpillar, azalea lace bug, azalea leafminer, rhododendron gall midge, azalea gall, cercospora leaf spot, mushroom root rot, ovulinia petal blight, wet root rots, and iron chlorosis. …”
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Key Plant, Key Pests: Azalea (Rhododendron spp.) by Juanita Popenoe, Caroline Roper Warwick, Jacqueline Bourdon, David J. Norman

“…This publication provides information and general management recommendations for the azalea caterpillar, azalea lace bug, azalea leafminer, rhododendron gall midge, azalea gall, cercospora leaf spot, mushroom root rot, ovulinia petal blight, wet root rots, and iron chlorosis. …”
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Studies on Microbial Quality, Protein Yield, and Antioxidant Properties of Some Frozen Edible Insects by Peter Kurdi, Patspon Chaowiwat, Jirathit Weston, Chanida Hansawasdi

“…This research investigated the microbial quality and the protein contents of Thai commercial frozen products of silkworm (Bombyx mori), bamboo caterpillar (Omphisa fuscidentalis), and field cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus). …”
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El Gusano Tejedor de la Caoba, Macalla thyrsisalis Walker (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) by Forrest W. Howard, Sergio Gallo, Bryan Steinberg

“…It describes this strikingly colored caterpillar pest of West Indies mahogany, its distribution, description, biology, host plants, damage and economic importance, management, and selected references. …”
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El Gusano Tejedor de la Caoba, Macalla thyrsisalis Walker (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) by Forrest W. Howard, Sergio Gallo, Bryan Steinberg

“…It describes this strikingly colored caterpillar pest of West Indies mahogany, its distribution, description, biology, host plants, damage and economic importance, management, and selected references. …”
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A Ground Beetle, Calleida decora (Fabricius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) by D. L. Harris, W. H. Whitcomb

“…It is believed to be a major factor in suppression of several lepidopterous pests, e.g., velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner, on soybeans. …”
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A Ground Beetle, Calleida decora (Fabricius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) by D. L. Harris, W. H. Whitcomb

“…It is believed to be a major factor in suppression of several lepidopterous pests, e.g., velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner, on soybeans. …”
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A Lipocalin-Derived Peptide Modulating Fibroblasts and Extracellular Matrix Proteins by Linda Christian Carrijo-Carvalho, Durvanei A. Maria, Janaina S. Ventura, Kátia L. P. Morais, Robson L. Melo, Consuelo Junqueira Rodrigues, Ana Marisa Chudzinski-Tavassi

“…Interestingly, these proteins are found abundant in the venom of the Lonomia obliqua caterpillar. Lipocalins are β-barrel proteins, which have three conserved motifs in their amino acid sequence. …”
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Isolation of Cellulose-Degrading Bacteria and Determination of Their Cellulolytic Potential by Pratima Gupta, Kalpana Samant, Avinash Sahu

“…Eight isolates of cellulose-degrading bacteria (CDB) were isolated from four different invertebrates (termite, snail, caterpillar, and bookworm) by enriching the basal culture medium with filter paper as substrate for cellulose degradation. …”
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Natural Occurrence of Metarhizium rileyi on Darna diducta as a Biological Control for Oil Palm Pests in Poso, Central Sulawesi by Henny Hendarjanti, Henik Sukorini

“…The nettle caterpillar, Darna diducta, is a significant pest in oil palm plantations, causing damage to palm fronds that impacts overall plant health and yield. …”
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Principal component analysis and its generalizations for any type of sequence (PCA-Seq) by V. M. Efimov, K. V. Efimov, V. Y. Kovaleva

“…This method has many times been independently developed and applied in practice under various names (EOF, SSA, Caterpillar, etc.). Nowadays, the name ‘SSA’ (Singular Spectral Analysis) is the most often used. …”
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Areawide management of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), using selected cover crop plants by Robert L. Meagher, Rodney N. Nagoshi, Shelby J. Fleischer, John K. Westbrook, David L. Wright, J. Bradley Morris, James T. Brown, Amy J. Rowley

“…Smith) is a migratory moth that annually migrates northward each spring from sites in southern Florida and southern Texas. This caterpillar pest feeds on and damages row, turf and vegetable crops in the eastern and central U.S. …”
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Protein quality of four indigenous edible insect species in Nigeria by Florence Inje Oibiokpa, Helmina Olufunmilayo Akanya, Ali Audu Jigam, Abubakar Ndaman Abubakar, Evans Chidi Egwim

“…This work was therefore designed to determine the protein quality of moth caterpillar, termite, cricket and grasshopper and the effects of diets supplemented with these insects on some biochemical and haematological indices of rats. …”
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