Barbosa, E.P., R.R. Siewert, O.H.H. Mielke, G. Lamas, K.R. Willmott, and A.V.L. Freitas. 2018. Redescription of Yphthimoides patricia (Hayward, 1957), with taxonomic notes on the names Euptychia saltuensis Hayward, 1962 and Yphthimoides manasses (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa 4422(4):537-557. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4422.4.5.

Barth, M.B., K. Buchwalder, A.Y. Kawahara, X. Zhou, S. Liu, N. Krezdorn, B. Rotter, R. Horres, and A.K. Hundsdoerfer. 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. DOI:10.1186/s12983-018-0252-2.

Belitz, M.W., L.K. Hendrick, M.J. Monfils, D.L. Cuthrell, C.J. Marshall, A.Y. Kawahara, N.S. Cobb, J.M Zaspel, A. Horton, S.L. Huber, A.D. Warren, G.A. Forthaus, and A.K. Monfils. 2018. Aggregated occurrence records of the federally endangered Poweshiek skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek). Biodiversity Data Journal 6:e29081. DOI:10.3897/BDJ.6.e29081.

Benmesbah, M., T. Zacca, M.M. Casagrande, O.H.H. Mielke, G. Lamas, and K.R. Willmott. 2018. Taxonomic notes on Papilio ocypete Fabricius, 1776 and Papilio helle Cramer, 1779 with description of two new similar species from South America (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa 4425(1):115-145.

Bergum, M., N. Cleavitt, and D. Matthews. 2018. An unexpected visitor to a round leaved orchid. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16(9):502.

Brower, L.P., E.H. Williams, K. Sims Dunford, J.C. Dunford, A.L. Knight, J.C. Daniels, J.A. Cohen, T. Van Hook, E. Saarinen, M.J. Standridge, S.W. Epstein, M.P. Zalucki, and S.P. Malcolm. 2018. A long-term survey of spring Monarch butterflies in north-central Florida. Journal of Natural History 52:2025-2046. DOI:10.1080/00222933.2018.1510057.

Brown, J.W., D.L. Matthews, and J.Y. Miller. 2018. Two new species of Megalota from the Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethruetinae). Zootaxa 4455(3):597-600.

Campbell, J.W., J.C. Daniels, and J.D. Ellis. 2018. Fruit set and single visit stigma pollen deposition by managed bumble bees and wild bees in Citrullus lanatus (Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae). Journal of Economic Entomology 111(2):989-992. DOI:10.1093/jee/toy008.

Carneiro, E., D.R. Dolibaina, N.V. Grishin, and A.D. Warren. 2018. A new species of Wahydra from Ecuador (Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Anthoptini). Zootaxa 4392(1):196-200.

Chazot, N., D.L. De Silva, K.R. Willmott, A.V.L. Freitas, G. Lamas, J. Mallet, C.E. Giraldo, S. Uribe, and M. Elias. 2018. Contrasting patterns of Andean diversification among three diverse clades of Neotropical clearwing butterflies. Ecology and Evolution 2017:1-18. DOI:10.1002/ece3.3622.

Checa, M.F., D.A. Donoso, J. Rodríguez, E. Levy, A.D. Warren, and K.R. Willmott. 2018. Combining sampling techniques aids monitoring of tropical butterflies. Insect Conservation and Diversity 12(4)

Daniels, J.C. 2018. Vibrant Butterflies: Our Favorite Visitors to Flowers and Gardens. Adventure Publications, Cambridge, MN. 132 pp.

Daniels, J.C., C. Kimmel, S. McClung, S. Epstein, J. Bremer, and K. Rossetti. 2018. Better understanding the importance of Florida roadside breeding habitat for the Monarch. Insects 9(4):137. DOI:10.3390/insects9040137.

Daniels, J.C., C. Nordmeyer, and E. Runquist. 2018. Improving standards for at-risk butterfly translocations. Diversity 10(3):67. DOI:10.3390/d10030067.

Dias, F.M.S., D. Janzen, W. Hallwachs, I. Chacón, K.R. Willmott, E. Ortiz-Acevedo, O.H.H. Mielke, and M.M. Casagrande. 2018. DNA Barcodes uncover hidden taxonomic diversity behind the variable wing patterns in the Neotropical butterfly genus Zaretis (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185(1):132-192. DOI:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly036.

Dufour, P.C., K.R. Willmott, P.S. Padrón, S. Xing, T.C. Bonebrake, and B.R. Scheffers. 2018. Divergent melanism strategies in Andean butterfly communities structure diversity patterns and climate responses. Journal of Biogeography 45:2471-2482. DOI:10.1111/jbi.13433.

Espeland, M., J.W. Breinholt, K.R. Willmott, A.D. Warren, R. Vila, E.F.A. Toussaint, S.C. Maunsell, K. Aduse-Poku, G. Talavera, R. Eastwood, M. Jarzyna, L. Reis, R.P. Guralnick, D.J. Lohman, N.E. Pierce, and A.Y. Kawahara. 2018. A comprehensive, dated, higher-level phylogeny of butterflies. Current Biology 28(5):770-778. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.06.

Evans, N. 2018. Molecular phylogenetics of swimming crabs (Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815) supports a revised family-level classification and suggests a single derived origin of symbiotic taxa. PeerJ 6:e4260.

Finkbeiner, S.D., P. Salazar-Carrión, S. Nogales, C. Rush, A.D. Briscoe, R. Hill, M. Kronforst, K.R. Willmott, and S.P. Mullen. 2018. Frequency-dependence shapes the adaptive landscape of imperfect Batesian mimicry. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285:20172786.

Freitas, A.V.L., E. Barbosa, T. Zacca, M. Marín, M. Beirão, A. Silva, M.M. Casagrande, M. Espeland, and K.R. Willmott. 2018. Before it is too late: Description of a new genus and species of butterfly from a highly threatened Brazilian biome. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 62:148-158. DOI:10.1016/j.rbe.2018.02.003.

Gezon, Z., R.J. Lingborg, A. Savage, and J.C. Daniels. 2018. Drifting phenologies cause reduced seasonality of butterflies in response to increasing temperatures. Insects 9(4):174. DOI:10.3390/insects9040174.

Gilligan, T.M., D.L. Matthews, and J.Y. Miller. 2018. Two new species of Eucosmini from the Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Zootaxa 4378(2):265-268.

Gough, H., D. Duran, A.Y. Kawahara, and E.F.A. Toussaint. 2018. A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) challenges their current classification. Systematic Entomology Online Early. DOI:10.1111/syen.12324.

Halbritter, D.A., J.M. Gordon, K.L. Keacher, M.L. Avery, and J.C. Daniels. 2018. Evaluating an alleged mimic of the Monarch butterfly: Neophasia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) butterflies are palatable to avian predators. Insects 9(4):150. DOI:10.3390/insects9040150.

Halbritter, D.A., N.M. Teets, C.M. Williams, and J.C. Daniels. 2018. Differences in winter coldhardiness reflect the geographic range disjunction of Neophasia menapia and Neophasia terlooii (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Journal of Insect Physiology 107(2018):204-211. DOI:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.03.005.

Halbritter, D.A., D.S. Willett, J.M. Gordon, L.L. Stelinski, and J.C. Daniels. 2018. Behavioral evidence for host transitions in plant, plant parasite, and insect interactions. Environmental Entomology 47(3):646-653. DOI:10.1093/ee/nvy033.

Heppner, J.B. and Y.-S. Bae. 2018. Prophaecasia species in Malawi (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Olethreutini). Zootaxa 4388:133-136.

Jusino, M.A., M.T. Banik, J.M. Palmer, A.K. Wray, L. Xiao, E. Pelton, J.R. Barber, A.Y. Kawahara, C. Gratton, M.Z. Peery, and D.L. Linder. 2018. An improved method for utilizing high-throughput amplicon sequencing to determine the diets of insectivorous animals. Molecular Ecology Resources 19(1):176-190. DOI:10.1111/1755-0998.12951.

Kawahara, A.Y., J.W. Breinholt, M. Espeland, C. Storer, D. Plotkin, K.M. Dexter, E.F.A. Toussaint, R.A. St. Laurent, G. Brehm, S. Vargas, D. Forero, N.E. Pierce, and D.J. Lohman. 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. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.002. 

Kawahara, A.Y., D. Plotkin, C.A. Hamilton, H. Gough, R.A. St. Laurent, H.L. Owens, N.T. Homziak, and J.R. Barber. 2018. Diel behavior in moths and butterflies: A synthesis of data illuminates the evolution of temporal activity. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 18(1):13-27. DOI:10.1007/s13127-017-0350-6.

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

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

Kobayashi, S., C.A. Johns, C. Lopez-Vaamonde, C. Doorenweerd, A. Kawakita, I. Ohshima, D.C. Lees, S. Hanabergh, and A.Y. Kawahara. 2018. Hawaiian Philodoria (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) leaf mining moths on Myrsine (Primulaceae): Two new species and biological data. Zookeys 773:101-141. DOI:10.3897/zookeys.773.21690.

Liang, D., G. Gao, E. Pagani-Nunez, H. Pang, Y. Liu, X. Luo, and S.K. Robinson. 2018. Incubation behaviour of a high-altitude species: The Fire-tailed sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda. Bird Study 65(2):261-265. DOI:10.1080/00063657.2018.1446905.

Matthews, D.L., V.A. Brou, R. Tyler, and C.M. Allen. 2018. Plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) in Louisiana. Southern Lepidopterists’ News 40(3):197-203.

Matthews, D.L., J.Y. Miller, A.D. Warren, J.K. Toomey, R.W. Portell, T.A. Lott, and N.V. Grishin. 2018. Are Miami Blues in Cuba? A review of the genus Cyclargus Nabokov (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with implications for conservation management. Insecta Mundi 0676:1-38.

Miller, J.Y., D.L. Matthews, M.J. Simon, R.M. Rozycki, G.J. Goss, and N.V. Grishin. 2018. Update on the status of Citheronia sepulcralis in the Bahamas (Saturniidae: Ceratocampinae). News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 60(3):123-125.

Miller, J.Y., D.L. Matthews, and A.D. Warren. 2018. A checkered history: Distribution of Pyrgus Hübner species in The Bahamas, including the first Caribbean records of Pyrgus albescens Plötz (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Insecta Mundi 0635:1-9.

Nakahara, S., K.R. Willmott, O.H.H. Mielke, J. Schwartz, T. Zacca, M. Espeland, and G. Lamas. 2018. Seven new taxa from the butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with revisional notes on Harjesia Forster, 1964 and Pseudeuptychia Forster, 1964. Insecta Mundi 0639:1-38.

Plotkin, D., V. Nazari, N. Homziak, and A.Y. Kawahara. 2018. Large male bias in collection of Micropterix facetella Zeller, 1851 (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 41(1):119-123.

Reeves, L.E., J.L. Gillett-Kaufman, A.Y. Kawahara, and P.E. Kaufman. 2018. Barcoding blood meals: New vertebrate-specific primer sets for assigning taxonomic identities to host DNA from mosquito blood meals. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12(8):e0006767. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006767.

Reeves, L.E., C.J. Holderman, E.M. Blosser, J.L. Gillett-Kaufman, A.Y. Kawahara, P.E. Kaufman, and N.D. Burkett-Cadena. 2018. An annelid specialist redefines mosquito host breadth. Communications Biology 1:92.

Reeves, L.E., K.L. Krysko, M.L. Avery, J.L. Gillett-Kaufman, A.Y. Kawahara, C.R. Connelly, and P.E. Kaufman. 2018. Interactions between the invasive Burmese python, Python bivittatus Kuhl, and the local mosquito community in Florida, USA. PLOS ONE 13(1):e0190633.

Rosario, K., K.A. Mettel, B.E. Benner, R. Johnson, C. Scott, S.Z. Yusseff-Vanegas, C.C. Baker, D.L. Cassill, C.G. Storer, A. Varsani, and M. Breitbart. 2018. Virus discovery in all three major lineages of terrestrial arthropods highlights the diversity of single-stranded DNA viruses associated with invertebrates. PeerJ 6:p.e5761.

Rosser, N., A.V.L. Freitas, B. Huertas, M. Joron, G. Lamas, C. Mérot, F. Simpson, K.R. Willmott, J. Mallet, and K.A. Dasmahapatra. 2018. Cryptic speciation associated with geographic and ecological divergence in two Amazonian Heliconius butterflies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186(1):233-249. DOI:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly046.

Rubin, J.J., C.A. Hamilton, C.J.W. McClure, B.A. Chadwell, A.Y. Kawahara, and J.R. Barber. 2018. The evolution of anti-bat sensory illusions in moths. Science Advances 4(7):eaar7428.

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

Sourakov, A. 2018. Leopards and giants, tigers and woolly bears: Casting a broader net in exploring heparin effects on Lepidoptera wing patterns. F1000Research 2018(7):1842. DOI:10.12688/f1000research.16926.1.

Sourakov, A. 2018. Mass aggregations of Idia moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) inside hollow trees in Florida. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 28(1):35-38.

Sourakov, A. 2018. Scientific Note: The Emperor’s new clothes: Radical transformation of the wing pattern in Asterocampa clyton caused by heparin. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 28(1):29-31.

Sourakov, A. 2018. Size, spines and crochets: Defenses of Luna moth caterpillars against predation by Brown anoles. Journal of Natural History 52(7-8):483-490.

St. Laurent, R.A., C.A. Hamilton, and A.Y. Kawahara. 2018. Museum specimens provide phylogenomic data to resolve relationships of sack-bearer moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae). Systematic Entomology 42(4):729-761.

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

Toussaint, E.F.A. and C.P.D.T. Gillett. 2018. Rekindling Jeannel’s Gondwanan vision? Phylogenetics and evolution of Carabinae with a focus on Calosoma caterpillar hunter beetles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 123(1):191-207.

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

Warren, A.D., S. Nakahara, J. Llorente-Bousquets, A. Luis-Martínez, and J.Y. Miller. 2018. A new species of Cyllopsis R. Felder, 1869 from the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa 4403(3):570-577.

Willmott, K.R., G. Lamas, J. Radford, M.A. Marín, S. Nakahara, M. Espeland, L. Xiao, and J.P.W. Hall. 2018. A distinctive new species of cloud forest Euptychiina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from Ecuador and Peru. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 28(1):39-45.

Zacca, T., M.M. Casagrande, O.H.H. Mielke, B. Huertas, E.P. Barbosa, A.V.L. Freitas, L.M. Magaldi, M. Espeland, S. Nakahara, and K.R. Willmott. 2018. Systematics of the butterfly genus Cissia Doubleday, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) using an integrative approach. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 76(2):349-376.