Whiteflies possess bacterial symbionts Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidium that are housed in specialized cells called bacteriocytes and are faithfully transmitted
Fusion of the testis occurs in most Lepidoptera insects,including Spodoptera litura,an important polyphagous pest.Testicular fusion in S.litura is advantageous
Many aphid species exhibit a variation in reproductive mode which is influenced by winter climate regimes,with cyclical parthenogenetic (CP) lines dominating in
Pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs) are thought to bind and transport sex pheromones onto the olfactory receptors on the dendrite membrane of olfactory neurons,an
Parthenogenetic reproduction is taxonomically widespread and occurs through various cytological mechanisms,which have different impact on the genetic variation