Publications

Barve, T.V., Godfrey, R.K., Storer, C.G., Kawahara, A.Y. Larval and pupal silk variation in the Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella): the impact of overcrowding and temperature. The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 77(2): 116-121. doi: 10.18473/lepi.77i2.a5.

Currea, J.P., Sondhi, Y., Kawahara, A.Y., Theobald, J. Measuring compound eye optics with microscope and MicroCT images. Communications Biology 6(1): 246. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04575-x.

Frandsen, P.B., Hotaling, S., Powell, A., Heckenhauer, J., Kawahara, A.Y., Baker, R.H., Hayashi, C.Y., Ríos-Touma, B., Holzenthal, R., Pauls, S.U., Stewart, R.J. Allelic resolution of insect and spider silk genes reveals hidden genetic diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 120(18): e2221528120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2221528120.

Godfrey, R.K., Britton, S.E., Mishra, S., Goldberg, J.K., Kawahara, A.Y. A high-quality, long-read genome assembly of the whitelined sphinx moth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Hyles lineata) shows highly conserved melanin synthesis pathway genes. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 13(6): jkad090. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad090.

Homziak, N.T., Storer, C.G., Gall, L.F., Borth, R.J., Kawahara, A.Y. Phylogenomics resolves major relationships of Catocala underwing moths. Systematic Entomology 48(4): 633-643. doi: 10.1111/syen.12595.

Kawahara, A.Y., Martinez, J.I., Plotkin, D., Markee, A., Butterwort, V., Couch, C.D., Toussaint, E.F. Mezcal worm in a bottle: DNA evidence suggests a single moth species. PeerJ 11: e14948. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14948.

Kawahara, A.Y., Storer, C., Carvalho, A.P.S., Plotkin, D.M., Condamine, F.L., Braga, M.P., Ellis, E.A., St Laurent, R.A., Li, X., Barve, V., et al. A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7: 903-913. doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02041-9.

Rubin, J.J., Kawahara, A.Y. A framework for understanding post-detection deception in predator–prey interactions. PeerJ 11: e15389. 10.7717/peerj.15389.

Rubin, J.J., Kawahara, A.Y. Sexual selection does not drive hindwing tail elaboration in a moon moth, Actias luna. Behavioral Ecology 34(3): 488-494. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arad019.

Rubin, J.J., Martin, N.W., Sieving, K.E., Kawahara, A.Y. Testing bird-driven diurnal trade-offs of the moon moth’s anti-bat tail. Biology Letters 19(2): 20220428. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0428.

St Laurent, R.A., Goldstein, P.Z., Miller, J.S., Markee, A., Staude, H.S., Kawahara, A.Y., Miller, S.E., Robbins, R.K. Phylogenetic systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cerurinae (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) and a description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 7(2): 3. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixad004.

Tunström, K., Woronik, A., Hanly, J.J., Rastas, P., Chichvarkhin, A., Warren, A.D., Kawahara, A.Y., Schoville, S.D., Ficarrotta, V., Porter, A.H., et al. Evidence for a single, ancient origin of a genus-wide alternative life history strategy. Science Advances 9(12): eabq3713. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abq371.

Barber, J.R, Plotkin, D., Rubin, J.J., Homziak, N.T., Leavell, B.C., Houlihan, P.R., Miner, K.A., Breinholt, J.W., Quirk-Royal, B., Padrón, P.S., Nunez, M., Kawahara, A.Y. Anti-bat ultrasound production in moths is globally and phylogenetically widespread. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 119: e2117485119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2117485119.

Butterwort, V., Dansby, H., Zink, F.A., Tembrock, L.R., Gilligan, T.M., Godoy, A., Braswell, W.E., Kawahara, A.Y. A DNA extraction method for insects from sticky traps: targeting a low abundance pest, Phthorimaea absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in mixed species communities. Journal of Economic Entomology 115(3): 844-851. doi: 10.1093/jee/toac046.

Hamilton, C.A., Winiger, N. Rubin, J.J., Breinholt, J., Rougerie, R., Kitching, I.J., Barber, J.R., Kawahara, A.Y. Hidden phylogenomic signal helps elucidate arsenurine silkmoth phylogeny and the evolution of body size and wing shape trade-offs. Systematic Biology 71(4): 859-874. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syab090.

Hendrick, L.K., Somjee, U., Rubin, J.J., Kawahara, A.Y. A review of false heads in lycaenid butterflies. The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 76(2): 140-148. doi: 10.18473/lepi.76i2.a6.

Kawahara, A.Y., Storer, C.G., Markee, A., Heckenhauer, J., Powell, A., Plotkin, D., Hotaling, S., Cleland, T.P., Dikow, R.B., Dikow, T., Kuranishi, R.B., Messcher, R., Pauls, S.U., Stewart, R.J., Tojo, K., Frandsen, P.B. Long-read HiFi sequencing correctly assembles repetitive heavy fibroin silk genes in new moth and caddisfly genomes. Gigabyte 2022: 1-14. doi: 10.46471/gigabyte.64.

Li, X., Hamilton, C.A., St Laurent, R., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Markee, A., Haxaire, J., Rougerie, R., Kitching, I.J., Kawahara, A.Y. A diversification relay race from Caribbean-Mesoamerica to the Andes: historical biogeography of Xylophanes hawkmoths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 20212435. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2435

Li, X., St Laurent, R., Earl, C., Doorenweerd, C., van Nieukerken, E.J., Davis, D., Johns, C.J., Kawakita, A., Kobayashi, S., Zwick, A., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Ohshima, I., Kawahara, A.Y. Phylogeny of gracillariid leaf-mining moths: evolution of larval behaviour inferred from phylogenomic and Sanger data. Cladistics 38: 277-300. doi: 10.1111/cla.12490.

Mongue, A.J., Kawahara, A.Y. Population differentiation and structural variation in the Manduca sexta genome across the United States. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 12(5): jkac047. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac047.

Nunes, R., Storer, C.G., Doleck, T., Kawahara, A.Y., Pierce, N., Lohman, D.J. Predictors of sequence capture in a large-scale anchored phylogenomics project. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.943361.

Sondhi, Y., Jo, N.J., Alpizar, B., Markee, A., Dansby, H.E., Currea, J.P., Fabian, S.T., Ruiz, C., Barredo, E., Allen, P., DeGennaro, M., Kawahara, A.Y., Theobald, J.C. Portable locomotion activity monitor (pLAM): A cost-effective setup for robust activity tracking in small animals. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13(4): 805-812. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13809.

Aiello, B., Sikandar, U.B., Kimball, K.C., Minoguchi, H., Hamilton, C.A., Kawahara, A.Y., Sponberg, S. The evolution of two distinct aerodynamic mechanisms of moth flight. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 18: 20210632. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0632.

Aiello, B., Tan, M., Sikandar, U.B., Alvey, A.J., Bhinderwala, B., Kimball, K.C., Barber, J.R., Hamilton, C.A., Kawahara, A.Y., Sponberg, S. 2021. Adaptive shifts underlie the divergence in wing morphology in bombycoid moths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288: 20210677. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0677.

Chazot, N., Condamine, F., Dudas, G., Pena, C. Matos-Maravi, P., Freitas, A.V.L., Willmott, K.R., Elias, M., Warren, A., Aduse-Poku, K., Lohman, D.J., Penz, C.M., DeVries, P., Kodandaramaiah, U., Fric, Z.F., Nylin, S., Muller, C., Wheat, C., Kawahara, A.Y., Silva-Brandao, K.L., Lamas, G., Zubek, A., Ortiz-Acevedo, E., Vila, R., Vane-Wright, R.I., Mullen, S.P., Jiggins, C.D., Slamova, I., Wahlberg, N. The latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae): conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories. Nature Communications 12: 5717. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25906-8.

Earl, C., Belitz, M.W., Laffan, S.W., Barve, V., Barve, N., Soltis, D.E., Allen, J.M., Soltis, P.S., Mishler, B.D., Kawahara, A.Y., Guralnick, R.P. 2021. Spatial phylogenetics of butterflies in relation to environmental drivers and angiosperm diversity across North America. iScience 24(4): 102239.

Ellis, E.A., Storer, C.G., Kawahara, A.Y. De novo genome assemblies of butterflies. GigaScience 10(6): giab041. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giab041.

Evangelista, D.A., Simon, S., Wilson, M.M., Kohli, M.K., Ware, J.L., Kawahara, A.Y., Wipfler, B., Bethoux, O., Grandcolas, P., Legendre, F. Phylogenetic synecdoche demonstrates optimality of subsampling and improves recovery of the Blaberoidea phylogeny. Assessing support for Blaberoidea phylogeny suggests optimal locus quality. Systematic Entomology 46: 157-171. doi: 10.1111/syen.12454.

Fisher, E., Cobb, N., Kawahara, A.Y., Zaspel, J., Cognato, A. Decline of amateur Lepidoptera collectors threatens the future of Big Data science. BioScience 71(4): 396-404. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaa152.

Gomes, D.G.E., Toth, C.A., Bateman, C.C., Francis, C.D., Kawahara, A.Y., Barber, J.R. Experimental river noise alters arthropod abundance. Oikos 130(11): 2001-2014. doi: 10.1111/oik.08499.

Hill, G.,Kawahara, A.Y., Daniels, J.C., Bateman, C., Scheffers, B. Ecological responses of butterflies and moths to climate change: Adaptations, consequences, and implications. Biological Reviews 96(5): 2113-2126. doi: 10.1111/brv.12746.

Kawahara, A.Y., Reeves, L.E., Barber, J.R., Black, S. Eight simple actions that individuals can take to save insects from global declines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(2): e2002547117. doi: 10.1073/pnas.200254711.

Kobayashi, S., Johns, C.A., Kawahara, A.Y. Revision of the Hawaiian endemic leaf-mining moth genus Philodoria Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): its conservation status, host plants and descriptions of thirteen new species. Zootaxa 4944(1): zootaxa-4944. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4944.1.1.

Li, X., Ellis, E., Plotkin, D., Imada, Y., Yago, M., Heckenhauer, J., Cleland, T., Dikow, R., Dikow, T., Storer, C.G., Kawahara, A.Y., Frandsen, P. 2021. First annotated genome of a mandibulate moth, Neomicropteryx cornuta, generated using PacBio HiFi sequencing. Genome Biology and Evolution 13(10): evab229. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evab229.

Markee, A., Dansby, H., Messcher, R., Hernandez, E., Kawahara, A.Y., Storer, C.G. “Frass in the Class”: A model for fostering interest in the natural world through insect rearing in the classroom. American Entomologist 67(3): 24-29.

Shirey, V., Carvalho, A.P.S., Kawahara, A.Y. Early evidence for sexually dimorphic, ultraviolet eyespots in Parnassius smintheus. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 75(3): 215-217.

Sondhi, Y., Ellis, E.A.,Theobald, J., Bybee, S., Kawahara, A.Y. Light environment drives evolution of color vision genes in butterflies and moths. Communications Biology 4(1): 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-01688-z.

St Laurent, R.A., Carvalho, A.P.S., Earl, C., Kawahara, A.Y. Food plant shifts drive the diversification of Sack-bearer moths. American Naturalist 198(5): E170-E184. doi: 10.1086/716661.

Toussaint, M.F.A., Chiba, H., Yago, M., Dexter, K., Warren, A.D., Storer, C., Lohman, D., Kawahara, A.Y. Afrotropics on the wing: Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of awl and policeman skippers. Systematic Entomology 46(1): 172-185. doi: 10.1111/syen.12455.

Valencia-Montoya, W.A., Quental, T. B., Tonini, R., Filipe, J., Talavera, G., Crall, J., Lamas, G., Busby, R. C., Carvalho, A.P.S., Morais, A.B., Oliveira, N., Romanowski, H.P., Liénard, M.A., Salzman, S., Whitaker, M.R.L., Kawahara, A.Y., Lohman, D., Robbins, R., Pierce, N. Evolutionary tradeoffs between male secondary sexual traits revealed by a phylogeny of the hyperdiverse tribe Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288: 20202512. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2512.

Yang, Z., Plotkin, D., Landry, J.-F., Storer, C., Kawahara, A.Y. Revisiting the evolution of Ostrinia moths with phylogenomics (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Pyraustinae). Systematic Entomology 46(4): 827-838.

Carvalho, A.P.S., Mota, L.L., Kawahara, A.Y. Intersexual ‘arms race’ and the evolution of the sphragis in Pteronymia butterflies. Insect Systematics and Diversity 3(1): 3. doi:10.1093/isd/ixy021.

Cobb, N.S., Gall, L., Zaspel, J.M., Dowdy, N., McCabe, L.M., Kawahara, A.Y., Assessment of North American arthropod collections: prospects and challenges for addressing biodiversity research. PeerJ 7: e8086. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8086.

De Prins, J., Arevalo-Maldonado, H.E., Davis, D.R., Kawahara, A.Y., Landry, B., Vargas, H.A., Davis, M.M., Brito, R., Foechezato, J., Ohshima, I., Lees, D.C., Moreira, G.R.P. An illustrated catalogue of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with new data on primary types. Zootaxa 4575(1): 1-110. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4575.1.1.

Halbritter, D., Storer, C.G., Daniels, J., Kawahara, A.Y. Phylogeography and population genetics of pine butterflies: Sky islands increase genetic divergence. Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1002/ece3.5793.

Hamilton, C.A., St Laurent, R.A., Dexter, K., Kitching, I.J., Breinholt, J.W., Zwick, A., Timmermans, M.J.T.N., Barber, J.R., Kawahara, A.Y. Phylogenomics reveals major diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19: 182.

Homziak, N., Breinholt, J.W., Storer, C., Branham, M., Kawahara, A.Y. Anchored hybrid enrichment phylogenomics resolves the backbone of erebine moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 131: 99-105. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.038.

Kawahara, A.Y., Plotkin, D., Espeland, M., Meusemann, K., Toussaint, E.F.A., Donath, A., Gimnich, F., Frandsen, P.B., Zwick, A., dos Reis, M., Barber, J.R., Peters, R.S., Liu, S., Zhou, X., Mayer, C., Podsiadlowski, L., Storer, C., Misof, B., Breinholt, J.W. 2019. Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 116: 22657-22663. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1907847116. (F2000 Prime Nominated Paper)

Pacioretty, M.T., Martinez, P., Cinto Mejia, E., Reinhardt, K., Barber, J.R., deGraaff, M.-A., Kawahara, A.Y., Aho, K. Experimental exclusion of insectivorous predators results in no responses across multiple trophic levels in a water-limited, sagebrush-steppe ecosystem. J. Arid Env 160: 74-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.09.01.

St Laurent, R.A., Carvalho, A.P.S., Kawahara, A.Y. New species and a possible case of mimicry in the sack-bearer moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea). Insect Systematics and Diversity 3(2) 1-9. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixz003.

St Laurent, R.A., Kawahara, A.Y. Reclassification of the sack-bearer moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae). ZooKeys 815:1-114. (Monograph). doi:10.3897/zookeys.815.27335.

Stucky, B.J., Balhoff, J., Barve, N., Barve, V., Brenskelle, L., Brush, M., Dahlem, G., Gilbert, J., Kawahara, A.Y., Keller, O., Lucky, A., Mayhew, P.J. Plotkin, D., Seltmann, K.C. Talamas, E., Vaidya, G., Walls, R.L., Yoder, M. Zhang, G., Guralnick, R. Developing a vocabulary and ontology for modeling insect natural history data. Biodiversity Data Journal 7:e33303. doi:10.3897/BDJ.7.e33303

Timmermans, M.J.T.N., Daghmoumi, S.M., Glass, D., Hamilton, C.A., Kawahara, A.Y., Kitching, I.J. 2019. Phylogeny of the hawkmoth tribe Ambulycini: mitogenomes from museum specimens resolve major relationships. Insect Systematics and Diversity (accepted, 7 Nov. 2019).

Toussaint, E.F.A., Vila, R., Yago, M., Chiba, H., Warren, A.D., Aduse-Poku, K., Storer, C., Dexter, K.M., Maruyama, K., Lohman, D.J., Kawahara, A.Y. 2019. Out of the Orient: Post‐Tethyan transoceanic and trans‐Arabian routes fostered the spread of Baorini skippers in the Afrotropics. Systematic Entomology 44(4): 926-938. doi: 10.1111/syen.12365.

Barth, M.B., Buchwalder, K., Kawahara, A.Y., Zhou, X., Liu, S., Krezdorn, N., Rotter, B., Horres, R., Hundsdoerfer, A.K. 2018. Functional characterization of the Hyles euphorbiae hawkmoth transcriptome reveals strong expression of phorbol ester detoxification and seasonal cold hardiness genes. Frontiers in Zoology 15:18. | PDF

Breinholt, J.W., Lemmon, A., Lemmon, E., Xiao, L., Earl, C., Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. Resolving relationships among the megadiverse butterflies and moths with a novel pipeline for Anchored Phylogenomics. Systematic Biology 67(1):78-93. | Cited by 22 | PDF

Cinel, S., Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. Predator-induced insect stress responses: A mechanistic review of taxon- and sensory-specific biases. Journal of Insect Physiology (Accepted).

Espeland, M., Breinholt, J.W., Willmott, K.R., Warren, A.D., Vila, R., Toussaint, E.F.A., Maunsell, S.C., Aduse-Poku, K., Talavera, G., Eastwood, R., Jarzyna, M., Reis, L., Guralnick, R., Lohman, D.J., Pierce, N.E., Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. A comprehensive and dated phylogenomic analysis of butterflies. Current Biology 28(5): 770–778. | Cited by 9 | Media Article | PDF

Gough, H., Duran, D., Kawahara, A.Y., Toussaint, E.F.A. 2018. A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae). Systematic Entomology | PDF

Johns, C.A., Toussaint, E.F.A., Breinholt, J.W., Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. Origin and macroevolution of micro-moths on sunken Hawaiian islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences 285:20181047. | PDF | Documentary Film

Jusino, M.A., Banik, M.T., Palmer, J.M., Wray, A.K., Xiao, L., Pelton E., Barber, J.R., Kawahara, A.Y., Gratton, C., Peery, M.Z., Lindner, D.L. 2018. An improved method for utilizing high-throughput amplicon sequencing to determine the diets of insectivorous animals. Molecular Ecology Resources | PDF

Kawahara, A.Y., Breinholt, J.W., Espeland, M., Storer, C. Plotkin, D., Dexter, K.M., Toussaint, E.F.A., St Laurent, R.A., Brehm, G., Vargas, S., Forero, D., Pierce, N.E., Lohman, D.J. 2018. Phylogenetics of moth-like butterflies (Papilionoidea: Hedylidae) based on a new 13-locus target capture probe set. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127:600-605. | Cited by 1 | PDF

Kawahara, A.Y., Plotkin, D., Hamilton, C., Gough, H., St. Laurent, R., Owens, R., Homziak, N.T., Barber, J.R. 2018. Diel behavior in moths and butterflies: A synthesis of data illuminates the evolution of temporal activity. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 18:13-27. | Cited by 4 | Video Link | PDF

Kawahara, A.Y., Toussaint, E.F.A.. 2018. Conservation note on the status of the rare endemic Marquesan snout butterfly, Libythea collenettei. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 50:25–34. | PDF

Kitching, I.J., Rougerie, R., Zwick, A., Hamilton, C.A., St. Laurent R.A., Naumann, S., Mejia, L.B., Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. | PDF

Kobayashi, S., Johns, C.A., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Doorenweerd, C., Kawakita, A., Ohshima, I., Lees, D.C., Hanabergh, S., Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. Hawaiian Philodoria (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) leaf mining moths on Myrsine (Primulaceae): two new species and biological data. ZooKeys 773:109-141. | PDF

Reeves, L.E., Holderman, C.J., Blosser, E.M., Gillett-Kaufman, J.L., Kawahara, A.Y., Kaufman, P.E., Burkett-Cadena, N.D. 2018. Identification of Uranotaenia sapphirina as a specialist of annelids broadens known mosquito host use patterns. Communications Biology 1: 92. | PDF

Rubin, J.J.*, Hamilton, C.A.*, McClure, C.J.W., Chadwell, B.A, Kawahara, A.Y.**, Barber, J.R.** 2018. The evolution of anti-bat sensory illusions in moths. Science Advances 4(7): eaar7428. *shared first author, **shared senior author. | Science Daily | IFLS Article | National Geographic | PDF

Scott Chiavlo, C.S., Chiavlo, P., Holland, J.D., Anderson, T., Breinholt, J.W., Kawahara, A.Y., Zhou, X., Liu, S., Zaspel, J.M. 2018. A phylogenomic analysis of lichen-feeding tiger moths uncovers evolutionary origins of host chemical sequestration. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 121: 23-34. | PDF

St Laurent R.A., Hamilton, C.A., Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. Museum specimens provide phylogenomic data to resolve relationships of sack-bearer moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae). Systematic Entomology. | Cited by 2 | PDF | FLMNH Video

Toussaint, E.F.A., Breinholt, J.W., Earl, C., Warren, A.D., Brower, A.V.Z., Yago, M., Dexter, K.M., Espeland, M., Pierce, N.E., Lohman, D.J., Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. Anchored phylogenomics illuminates the skipper butterfly tree of life. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18:101. | Cited by 1 | PDF

Triant, D.A., Cinel, S., Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. Lepidoptera genomes: current knowledge, gaps and future directions. Current Opinions in Insect Science 25: 99-105. | Cited by 4 | PDF

Barber, J., Leavell, B.C., Keener, A.L., Breinholt, J.W., Chadwell, B.A., McClure, C.J.W., Hill, G.M., Kawahara, A.Y. 2015. Moth tails divert bat attack: Evolution of acoustic deflection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (PNAS) 112(9): 2812–2816. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1421926112 PDF | National Geographic | Science | ScienceNews | New York Times | Cited by 24

Kawahara, A.Y., Barber, J.R. 2015. Tempo and mode of anti-bat ultrasound and jamming in the diverse hawkmoth radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (PNAS) 112(20): 6407-6412. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1416679112 PDF | Phys.org | Gizmodo | Gainesville Sun | Cited by 16

Hossie, T.J., Skelhorn, J., Breinholt, J.W., Kawahara, A.Y., Sherratt, T.N. 2015. Body size affects the evolution of eyespots in caterpillars. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (PNAS): 112(21): 6664-6669. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1415121112 PDF | Blog | Cited by 15

Kjer, K.M., et al. (Kawahara, A.Y. one of co-authors). 2015. Response to Comment on “Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution” Science 349(6247):487. PDF

Lewis, D., Nakahara, S., Sperling, F., Cotton, A., Kawahara, A.Y., Condamine, F. 2015. Role of Caribbean Islands in the diversification and biogeography of Neotropical Heraclides swallowtails. Cladistics 31(3): 291-314. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12092 PDF | Cited by 17

Ponce, F.V., Breinholt, J.W. , Hossie, T., Barber, J.R., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Kawahara, A.Y. 2015. A molecular phylogeny of Eumorpha (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) and the evolution of anti-predator larval eyespots. Systematic Entomology 40(2):401-408. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12111 PDF | Cited by 3

Regier, J.C., Mitter, C., Kristensen, N.P., Davis, D.R., van Nieukerken, E.J., Rota, J., Simonsen, T.J., Mitter, K.T., Kawahara, A.Y., Yen, S.-H., Cummings, M.P., Zwick, A. 2015. A molecular phylogeny for the oldest (nonditrysian) lineages of extant Lepidoptera, with implications for classification, comparative morphology and life-history evolution. Systematic Entomology. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12129 PDF | Cited by 47

Ahmed MZ, Araujo-Jnr EV, Welch JJ, Kawahara, AY. 2015. Wolbachia in butterflies and moths: geographical structure in infection frequency. Frontiers in Zoology 12:16. doi:10.1186/s12983-015-0107-z PDF | Cited by 19

Sohn, J.-C., Regier, J.C., Mitter, C., Adamski, D., Landry, J.-F., Heikkilä, M., Park, K.-T., Harrison, T., Mitter, K., Zwick, A., Kawahara, A.Y., Cho, S., Cummings, M.P., Schmitz, P. 2015. Phylogeny and feeding trait evolution of the mega-diverse Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera: Obtectomera): new insight from 19 nuclear genes. Systematic Entomology doi: 10.1111/syen.12143 PDF | Cited by 7

Sourakov, A., Plotkin, D., Kawahara, A.Y., Xiao, L., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D. 2015. On the taxonomy of erythrina moths Agathodes and Terastia (Crambidae: Pyraustinae: Spilomelini): Two different patterns of haplotype divergence and two new species. J. Trop. Lepid. 25(2): 80-97. | Cited by 8

Swaddle J, Francis CD, Barber JR, Cooper CB, Kyba CCM, Dominoni D, Shannon G, Aschehoug E, Goodwin SE, Kawahara AY, Luther D, Spoelstra K, Voss M, Longcore T. 2015. A framework to assess evolutionary responses to anthropogenic light and sound. Trends Ecology and Evolution (TREE) doi:10.1016/j.tree.2015.06.009 PDF | Cited by 69

Cho, S., Zwick, A., Regier, J.C, Mitter, C., Cummings, M.P., Yao, J., Du, Z., Zhao, H., Kawahara, A.Y., Weller, S., Davis, D.R., Baixeras, J., Brown, J.W., Parr, S. 2011. Can deliberately incomplete gene sample augmentation improve a phylogeny estimate for the advanced moths and butterflies (Hexapoda: Lepidoptera)? Systematic Biology 60(6):782–796. PDF | Cited by 76

Kawahara, A.Y., Ohshima, I., Kawakita, A., Regier, J.C., Mitter, C., Cummings, M.P., Davis, D.R., Wagner, D.L., De Prins, J., Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2011. Increased gene sampling strengthens support for higher-level groups within leaf-mining moths and relatives (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:182. DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-11-182. PDF | Cited by 42

Kawahara, A.Y., Tangalin, N., Rubinoff, D. 2011. Life-history notes on the fern-mining endemic Hyposmocoma (Euperissus) trivitella Swezey 1913 (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) from Kauai and a report of associated parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 43: 9-12. PDF | Cited by 1

Kawahara, A.Y. 2011. Review of Goldsmith, M.R. and Marec F. (eds) “Genetics and Molecular Biology of Lepidoptera.” Florida Entomologist 94(1): 119-120. PDF

Kawahara, A.Y., Nishida, K., Rubinoff, D. 2011. The behavior of the Hawaiian dancing moth, Dryadaula terpischorella (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 65(2): 133-135. PDF

Mitter, K.T., Larsen, T.B., Collins, S., Vande Weghe, G., De Prins, J., De Prins, W., Sfian, S., Zakharov, E., Hawthorne, D.J., 2011. Kawahara, A.Y., Regier, J.C. 2011. The butterﬂy subfamily Pseudopontiinae is notmonobasic: marked genetic diversity and morphology reveal three new species of Pseudopontia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Systematic Entomology 36(1): 139-163. PDF | Cited by 20

van Nieukerken, E.J. et al. 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.), Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 212–221. (Kawahara one of 51 authors). PDF | Cited by 377

De Prins, J., Kawahara, A.Y. 2009. On the taxonomic history of Phyllocnistis Zeller 1848 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 32: 27-35. PDF | Cited by 7

Kawahara, A.Y., Mignault, A.A., Regier, J.C., Kitching, I.J., Mitter, C. 2009. Phylogeny and biogeography of hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): evidence from five nuclear genes. PLoS ONE 4(5): e5719. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005719 PDF | Cited by 77

Kawahara, A.Y. 2009. Phylogeny of snout butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Libytheinae): combining evidence from the morphology of extant, fossil, and recently extinct taxa. Cladistics 25: 1-19. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00251.x PDF | Cited by 14

Kawahara, A.Y., Nishida, K., Davis, D.R. 2009. Systematics, host plants, and life histories of three new Phyllocnistis species from the highlands of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Phyllocnistinae). ZooKeys 27:7-30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.27.250. PDF | Cited by 31

Kawahara, A.Y., Saito, M. 2009. The current state of the Butterfly Society of Japan. News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 51(4): 128. PDF

Kawahara, A.Y. 2009. Review of The Hawk Moths of North America: A Natural History of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada by James P. Tuttle. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111(4): 911-912. PDF

Regier, J.C., Zwick, A., Cummings, M.P., Kawahara, A.Y., Cho, S., Weller, S.J., Roe, A.D., Baixeras-Almela, J., Brown, J.W., Parr, C.S., Davis, D.R., Epstein, M.E., Hallwachs, W., Hausmann, A., Janzen, D.H., Kitching, I.J., Solis, M.A., Yen, S.-H., Bazinet, A., Mitter, C. 2009. Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 280. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-280 PDF | Cited by 192

Roe, A.D., Weller, S.J., Baixeras, J., Brown, J., Cummings, M.P., Davis, D., Kawahara, A.Y., Parr, C., Regier, J.C., Rubinoff, D., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Zwick, A. 2009. Evolutionary Framework for Lepidoptera Model Systems. pp. 1-24 In Goldsmith, M.; F. Marec (eds.), Genetics and Molecular Biology of Lepidoptera. CRC Press, Boca Raton. | Cited by 35

Rubinoff, D.R., Osborne, K.H., Kawahara, A.Y. 2009. Synonymization of the euphonious Arctonotus lucidus (Sphingidae) based on recent DNA evidence. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 63(4): 233-235.

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