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Deceiving through acoustics: do moths sound like bees or wasps they morphologically resemble to trick predators?

2019/32/C/NZ8/00523

Keywords:

behavioural mimicry insect acoustics communication clearwing moths hawkmoths

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_3: Animal behaviour
  • NZ8_12: Zoology
  • NZ8_2: Ecology

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Wydział Biologii

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Marta Skowron Volponi 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: SONATINA 3 - announced on 2018-12-14

Amount awarded: 591 986 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-10-04

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2023-10-03

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  1. Hidden jewels of Malaysia: two new genera and species of remarkable clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Osminiini)
    Authors:
    Marta Skowron Volponi
    Academic press:
    The European Zoological Journal (rok: 2022, tom: 3,70902777777778, strony: 579-589), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/24750263.2022.2061613 - link to the publication
  2. Discouraging attack: Multimodal warning displays of lepidopteran hornet mimics deter wild avian predators
    Authors:
    Marta Skowron Volponi, Leonardo Dapporto, Luca P. Casacci, Francesca Barbero, Elena Chiesa, Paolo Volponi
    Academic press:
    Science Advances , Wydawca: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
    Status:
    Submitted
  3. A Vivid Orange New Genus and Species of Braconid- Mimicking Clearwing Moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) Found Puddling on Plecoptera Exuviae
    Authors:
    Marta Skowron Volponi
    Academic press:
    Insects (rok: 2020, tom: 11, strony: 425), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/insects11070425 - link to the publication
  4. Southeast Asian clearwing moths buzz like their model bees
    Authors:
    Marta Skowron Volponi, Luca Pietro Casacci, Paolo Volponi, Francesca Barbero
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Zoology (rok: 2021, tom: 18, strony: 35), Wydawca: BMC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s12983-021-00419-8 - link to the publication
  5. The buzzOmeter system: In situ audio recordings of pollinators in flight
    Authors:
    Paolo Volponi, Leonardo Dapporto, Marta Skowron Volponi
    Academic press:
    Methods in Ecology and Evolution (rok: 2023, tom: 14, strony: -), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/2041-210X.14224 - link to the publication