K. L. Silva-Brandao

Susceptibility monitoring and the molecular characterization of resistance of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to lambda-cyhalothrin and chlorpyrifos

This study characterizes and monitors resistance in Spodoptera frugiperda to chlorpyrifos and lambda-cyhalothrin, identifying upregulated detoxification enzymes as key resistance mechanisms.

Balancing selection at a wing pattern locus is associated with major shifts in genome-wide patterns of diversity and gene flow in a butterfly

The paper examines how balancing selection at a wing pattern locus in butterflies affects genome-wide diversity and gene flow, finding higher diversity and lower geographic structure in polymorphic populations.

There is more than chitin synthase in insect resistance to benzoylureas: Molecular markers associated with teflubenzuron resistance in Spodoptera frugiperda

This study identifies SNPs associated with teflubenzuron resistance in Spodoptera frugiperda and characterizes the polygenic inheritance of resistance to benzoylureas.

The latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae): conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories.

This study evaluates hypotheses for the latitudinal diversity gradient in Nymphalidae butterflies, finding that low extinction rates and historical dispersal patterns, rather than speciation rates, explain diversity patterns.

North Andean origin and diversification of the largest ithomiine butterfly genus

This study uses molecular and morphological data to reconstruct the phylogeny of the butterfly genus Pteronymia, showing its origin in the Northern Andes and diversification patterns.