Inventory of herbivores in Piperaceae species

• Grant number: 15/17047-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: October 01, 2015
• End date: December 01, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Agreement: NSF - Dimensions of Biodiversity and BIOTA
• Principal Investigator: André Victor Lucci Freitas
• Grantee: Simeão de Souza Moraes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/50316-7 - Dimensions US-Biota São Paulo: Chemically mediated multi-trophic interaction diversity across tropical gradients, AP.BTA.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/20196-5 - Morphological, molecular diversity and tribal assignment of the genus Eois Hübner 1818 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Larentiinae), BE.EP.PD

Abstract

The proposed study will provide information on the specificity of relationship among Piper occurring in the Atlantic forest of São Paulo State and their herbivores and parasitoids. The adult insects reared will be classified according morphological and molecular data.It will also document specialist herbivore diversity of members of the genus through targeted collections and rearings. The general hypotheses is that Piper species have high intra- and interspecific secondary metabolite diversity, and this chemical diversity is related to both taxonomic diversity and specialist herbivory by Eois larvae. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MORAES, SIMEAO DE SOUZA; DUARTE, MARCELO. Comparative morphology and description of male of Dysschema amapoarum Moraes & Duarte, 2015 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa, v. 4299, n. 2, p. 285-290, JUL 27 2017. (09/11161-0, 15/17047-5, 12/18311-0, 11/50225-3)

MORAES, SIMEAO DE SOUZA; CARDOSO, LUCAS WALDVOGEL; SILVA-BRANDAO, KARINA LUCAS; DUARTE, MARCELO. Extreme sexual dimorphism and polymorphism in two species of the tiger moth genus Dysschema (Lepidoptera: Erebidae): association between males and females, sexual mimicry and melanism revealed by integrative taxonomy. SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY, v. 15, n. 3, p. 259-273, 2017. (12/18311-0, 15/17047-5, 13/10491-1, 09/11161-0)

MORAES, SIMEAO DE SOUZA; MURRILLO-RAMOS, LEIDYS; DUARTE, MARCELO. Evolution of sexual dimorphism and polychromatism in a lineage of tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae): advancing knowledge of a taxonomically chaotic group. CLADISTICS, v. 37, n. 6, APR 2021. (16/20196-5, 12/18311-0, 15/17047-5, 09/11161-0)

MORAES, SIMEAO S.; MONTEBELLO, YGOR; STANTON, MARIANA A.; YAMAGUCHI, LYDIA FUMIKO; KATO, MASSUO J.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. Description of three new species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) using species delimitation in an integrative taxonomy approach for a cryptic species complex. PeerJ, v. 9, MAY 18 2021. (11/50225-3, 13/50297-0, 19/02727-1, 15/26823-9, 15/17047-5, 16/20196-5, 12/50260-6)

MORAES, SIMEAO S.; SODERHOLM, MAX S.; AGUIAR, TAMARA M. C.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; SIHVONEN, PASI. Micro-CT imaging in species description: exploring beyond sclerotized structures in lichen moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). PeerJ, v. 11, p. 23-pg., 2023-07-14. (15/17047-5, 16/20196-5, 21/03868-8)

MORAES, SIMEAO DE SOUZA; MURILLO-RAMOS, LEIDYS; MACHADO, PATRICIA A.; GHANAVI, HAMID R.; MAGALDI, LUIZA M.; SILVA-BRANDAO, KARINA L.; KATO, MASSUO J.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; WAHLBERG, NIKLAS. A double-edged sword: Unrecognized cryptic diversity and taxonomic impediment in Eois (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, APR 2021. (15/24663-4, 15/17047-5, 13/50297-0, 11/50225-3, 16/20196-5, 12/50260-6)

MORAES, SIMEAO DE SOUZA; MURILLO-RAMOS, LEIDYS; MACHADO, PATRICIA A.; GHANAVI, HAMID R.; MAGALDI, LUIZA M.; SILVA-BRANDAO, KARINA L.; KATO, MASSUO J.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; WAHLBERG, NIKLAS. A double-edged sword: Unrecognized cryptic diversity and taxonomic impediment in Eois (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, v. 50, n. 5, p. 633-646, SEP 2021. (15/24663-4, 12/50260-6, 13/50297-0, 15/17047-5, 16/20196-5, 11/50225-3)

MORAES, S. I. M. E. A. O. D. E. S. O. U. Z. A.; GUERATTO, P. A. T. R. I. C. I. A. E. Y. N. G.; DOS SANTOS, J. E. S. S. I. E. P. E. R. E. I. R. A.; SANTOS, M. A. T. E. U. S. H. E. N. R. I. Q. U. E.; FREITAS, A. N. D. R. E. V. I. C. T. O. R. L. U. C. C. I.; DUARTE, M. A. R. C. E. L. O.. Niche modelling and comparative morphology untangle taxonomy of the Dysschema eurocilia Glade (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) and reveal a relictual Pleistocene Arc distribution. SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY, v. 20, n. 1, p. 39-pg., 2022-12-31. (12/18311-0, 18/19171-3, 21/03868-8, 16/20196-5, 09/11161-0, 15/17047-5, 11/50225-3)

MORAES, S. S.; OTERO, L. S.; FREITAS, A. V. L.. Natural History and Comparative Morphology of Immatures of Gamelia anableps (C. Felder & R. Felder) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Hemileucinae). Neotropical Entomology, v. 46, n. 4, p. 397-408, AUG 2017. (11/50225-3, 15/17047-5)

MACHADO, P. A.; GUERATTO, P. E.; MORAES, S. S.; NASCIMENTO, A. R.; KATO, M. J.; FREITAS, A. V. L.. TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF EOIS IMMATURES (LEPIDOPTERA, GEOMETRIDAE) IN A TROPICAL FOREST. JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY, v. 76, n. 4, p. 7-pg., 2022-11-28. (18/19171-3, 14/50316-7, 11/50225-3, 16/20196-5, 15/17047-5, 15/17046-9, 21/03868-8)