Researchers describe the life cycle of four species of the world’s most venomous caterpillars, genus Lonomia Walker, and discover new parasitoids and host plants
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Researchers describe the life cycle of four species of the world’s most venomous caterpillars, genus Lonomia Walker, and discover new parasitoids and host plants
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0285010
Article Title: Characterization of morphological and biological aspects of venomous caterpillars of the genus Lonomia Walker (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in Colombia
Author Countries: Colombia, France
Funding: This study was financially supported by The Universidad de Los Andes, Faculty of Sciences, through project number INV-2020-105-2030 awarded to CG, and a Teaching Assistantship awarded to DMT-V in 2017 and 2018. This study was also financially supported by the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana project (ID 08235) awarded to ARA-S, who also provided laboratory support for this study. This work was also financially supported by the French National Research Agency (ANR; SPHINX grant no. ANR-16-CE02-0011-01) and of the French Foundation of Research on Biodiversity (FRB; CESAB synthesis centre to ACTIAS project) grants awarded to RR for work on genus Lonomia. The funders had no additional role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLoS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0285010
Article Title
Characterization of morphological and biological aspects of venomous caterpillars of the genus Lonomia Walker (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in Colombia
Article Publication Date
31-May-2023
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.