Current Opinion in Insect Science

Article	Citations
The role of cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification in insect adaptation to xenobiotics	153
Impact of the insect gut microbiota on ecology, evolution, and industry	92
There is plenty of room at the bottom: microclimates drive insect vulnerability to climate change	90
Microbial symbionts expanding or constraining abiotic niche space in insects	80
Evolutionary impacts of winter climate change on insects	68
Significance and interpretation of molecular diagnostics for insecticide resistance management of agricultural pests	67
High elevation insect communities face shifting ecological and evolutionary landscapes	67
Insect olfactory communication in a complex and changing world	65
(More than) Hitchhikers through the network: the shared microbiome of bees and flowers	57
Control of the insect metamorphic transition by ecdysteroid production and secretion	57
Exploiting insect-specific viruses as a novel strategy to control vector-borne disease	56
Ontogenetic variation in thermal sensitivity shapes insect ecological responses to climate change	56
The gut microbiota — brain axis of insects	55
Relevance of microbial symbiosis to insect behavior	54
Processing insects for use in the food and feed industry	54
The effects of urbanisation on ecological interactions	51
Globalization and the anthropogenic spread of invasive social insects	51
Microbiomes as modulators of Drosophila melanogaster homeostasis and disease	50
Stingless bees and microbial interactions	48
Edible insect farming as an emerging and profitable enterprise in East Africa	45
How commensal microbes shape the physiology of Drosophila melanogaster	43
Validating measurements of acclimation for climate change adaptation	42
Energetics as a lens to understanding aquatic insect's responses to changing temperature, dissolved oxygen and salinity regimes	41
Regulation of insect P450s in response to phytochemicals	41
Heterologous expression of insect P450 enzymes that metabolize xenobiotics	41

The evolution of insect body coloration under changing climates	40
Host plant resistance in wheat to barley yellow dwarf viruses and their aphid vectors: a review	40
The effect of climate change on invasive crop pests across biomes	39
Pollinator decline: what do we know about the drivers of solitary bee declines?	38
Newer characters, same story: neonicotinoid insecticides disrupt food webs through direct and indirect effects	38
Genetic and molecular understanding of host rice resistance and Nilaparvata lugens adaptation	38
Direct and indirect effects of altered temperature regimes and phenological mismatches on insect populations	37
Climate change and elevational range shifts in insects	37
Short term transcriptional responses of P450s to phytochemicals in insects and mites	37
Measuring and modelling crop yield losses due to invasive insect pests under climate change	36
How stage identity is established in insects: the role of the Metamorphic Gene Network	35
Integrating microbes into pollination	35
The managed-to-invasive species continuum in social and solitary bees and impacts on native bee conservation	35
Symbioses among ants and microbes	33
Osmoregulatory capacity at low temperature is critical for insect cold tolerance	32
The importance of insects on land and in water: a tropical view	31
Improving the compatibility of pesticides and predatory mites: recent findings on physiological and ecological selectivity	31
Plant volatiles as regulators of plant defense and herbivore immunity: molecular mechanisms and unanswered questions	31
Floral traits affecting the transmission of beneficial and pathogenic pollinator-associated microbes	31
The complexity of global change and its effects on insects	30
Effects of insecticide resistance and exposure on Plasmodium development in Anopheles mosquitoes	30
Temperature impacts all behavioral interactions during insect and arachnid reproduction	29
Breeding structure and invasiveness in social insects	29
How protection of honey bees can help and hinder bee conservation	28
Niche construction theory can link bark beetle-fungus symbiosis type and colonization behavior to large scale causal chain-effects	27
Artificial light at night disrupts species interactions and changes insect communities	27
Buzzkill: targeting the mosquito auditory system	26
Mechanisms of nitrogen excretion in insects	26
How does climate change affect social insects?	26
Conventional breeding of insect-resistant crop plants: still the best way to feed the world population	25
Yeast–nectar interactions: metacommunities and effects on pollinators	24
Cytochromes P450: terpene detoxification and pheromone production in bark beetles	24
Potential distribution of invasive crop pests under climate change: incorporating mitigation responses of insects into prediction models	24
The diversity of endogenous viral elements in insects	24
Arthropods and climate change – arctic challenges and opportunities	24
Interorgan communication in the control of metamorphosis	23
VectorBase.org updates: bioinformatic resources for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens and related organisms	23
Role of peptide hormones in insect gut physiology	22
Varroa mite evolution: a neglected aspect of worldwide bee collapses?	22
Connectomics and the neural basis of behaviour	22
The roles of metals in insect–microbe interactions and immunity	22
Chemical host-seeking cues of entomopathogenic nematodes	22
Mimicking nature’s flyers: a review of insect-inspired flying robots	22
Cytochrome P450-mediated mycotoxin metabolism by plant-feeding insects	21
A neuronal arms race: the role of learning in parasitoid–host interactions	21
Spatial distribution of campaniform sensilla mechanosensors on wings: form, function, and phylogeny	21
Regulation and biological function of metal ions in Drosophila	21
Insect-machine hybrid robot	21
Pollinator conservation requires a stronger and broader application of the precautionary principle	21
The science behind the ban: the outstanding impact of ecotoxicological research on the regulation of neonicotinoids	20

Insect-inspired jumping robots: challenges and solutions to jump stability	20
Advances in oral RNAi for disease vector mosquito research and control	20
Insects for peace	20
Epigenetic regulation of post-embryonic development	20
Geographic dispersion of invasive crop pests: the role of basal, plastic climate stress tolerance and other complementary traits in the tropics	19
Arthropod exosomes as bubbles with message(s) to transmit vector-borne diseases	19
Volatile microbial semiochemicals and insect perception at flowers	19
Bracoviruses, ichnoviruses, and virus-like particles from parasitoid wasps retain many features of their virus ancestors	19
Temperature-sensitive development shapes insect phenological responses to climate change	18
Microbial influence on reproduction, conversion, and growth of mass produced insects	18
Nuclease-based gene drives, an innovative tool for insect vector control: advantages and challenges of the technology	17
Nectar antimicrobial compounds and their potential effects on pollinators	17
Nutritional symbiosis and ecology of host-gut microbe systems in the Blattodea	17
Malaria mosquito chemical ecology	17
Thermal biology of invasive Aedes mosquitoes in the context of climate change	17
Host plant resistance to thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) – current state of art and future research avenues	16
Urbanization as a disrupter and facilitator of insect herbivore behaviors and life cycles	16
Updates on ion and water transport by the Malpighian tubule	16
Orienting insecticide research in the tropics to meet the sustainable development goals	16
Building effective policies to conserve pollinators: translating knowledge into policy	16
Signatures of selection and evolutionary relevance of cytochrome P450s in plant-insect interactions	15
Predicting ecological impacts of invasive termites	15
Anthropogenic noise affects insect and arachnid behavior, thus changing interactions within and between species	15
Impact of invasive insects on native insect communities	15
The Drosophila midgut and the systemic coordination of lipid-dependent energy homeostasis	15
An integrative approach to symbiont-mediated vector control for agricultural pathogens	15
New discoveries and applications of mosquito fungal pathogens	15
Tripartite interactions: how immunity, microbiota and pathogens interact and affect pathogen virulence evolution	15
Do amateurs and citizen science fill the gaps left by scientists?	15
Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy (FIGS): polishing a rough diamond	14
Endogenous viral elements in mosquito genomes: current knowledge and outstanding questions	14
Mechanism and plasticity of vectors’ host-seeking behavior	14
Microbes and pollinator behavior in the floral marketplace	14
RNA virus EVEs in insect genomes	14
Hybrid visual control in fly flight: insights into gaze shift via saccades	14
The sustainability of industrial insect mass rearing for food and feed production: zero waste goals through by-product utilization	14
Heat of the moment: extreme heat poses a risk to bee–plant interactions and crop yields	13
Hybridization and invasiveness in social insects — The good, the bad and the hybrid	13
Insect lifestyle and evolution of brain morphology	13
Interactions and toxicity of non-essential heavy metals (Cd, Pb and Hg): lessons from Drosophila melanogaster	13
Defining cell types and lineage in the Drosophila midgut using single cell transcriptomics	13
Balancing sensitivity, risk, and immunopathology in immune regulation	13
From genes to shape during metamorphosis: a history	13
Influence of parasitoid-associated viral symbionts on plant–insect interactions and biological control	13
Nutritional ecology, infection and immune defence — exploring the mechanisms	13
Moving beyond the distinction between the bright and dark sides of termites to achieve sustainable development goals	13
Daily temperature fluctuations can magnify the toxicity of pesticides	13
Insect egg morphology: evolution, development, and ecology	12
Adaptation to urban environments	12
Mosquito surveillance and disease outbreak risk models to inform mosquito-control operations in Europe	12
Embracing the complexity of plant–microbe–insect interactions under a changing climate for sustainable agriculture	12
Linking ecological specialisation to adaptations in butterfly brains and sensory systems	12
Biting insects in a rapidly changing Arctic	12
Extraoral digestion: outsourcing the role of the hemipteran midgut	12
The future of tropical insect diversity: strategies to fill data and knowledge gaps	11
Atypical insects: molecular mechanisms of unusual life history strategies	11
Unsung heroes: fixing multifaceted sustainability challenges through insect biological control	11
Transporters and tubule crystals in the insect Malpighian tubule	11
Mechanisms underlying the control of dynamic regulatory element activity and chromatin accessibility during metamorphosis	11
New tools for Aedes control: mass trapping	11
Emerging patterns in social wasp invasions	11
Temporal and structural neural asymmetries in insects	10
Insect vectors endosymbionts as solutions against diseases	10
Global change calls for novel plant protection: reviewing the potential of omnivorous plant-inhabiting arthropods as predators and plant defence inducers	10
Contaminant fluxes across ecosystems mediated by aquatic insects	10
A phylogenetic perspective on parasitoid host ranges with implications for biological control	10
Fates of dietary sterols in the insect alimentary canal	10
Polarization vision in invertebrates: beyond the boundaries of navigation	10
Adaptations and counter-adaptations in Drosophila host–parasitoid interactions: advances in the molecular mechanisms	10
A transdisciplinary research agenda for understanding insect responses to ecological light pollution informed by evolutionary trap theory	10
A cold and quiet brain: mechanisms of insect CNS arrest at low temperatures	10
Integrated management of Spodoptera frugiperda 6 years post detection in Africa: a review	10
Biodiversity of hymenopteran parasitoids	9
Spatiotemporal dynamics of forest insect populations under climate change	9
Invasive ant establishment, spread, and management with changing climate	9
Insect-inspired architecture to build sustainable cities	9
Metal ions in insect reproduction: a crosstalk between reproductive physiology and immunity	9
Climate change affects detritus decomposition rates by modifying arthropod performance and species interactions	9
Simulation-based insect-inspired flight systems	9
The impact of female mating strategies on the success of insect control technologies	9

Programmed cell death reshapes the central nervous system during metamorphosis in insects	9
Behavioral, ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying caterpillar-ant symbioses	9
The visual neuroecology of anisoptera	9
The neuronal building blocks of the navigational toolkit in the central complex of insects	9
The importance of scavenging in ant invasions	9
Founder effects on sex determination systems in invasive social insects	9
The neuroecology of insect-plant interactions: the importance of physiological state and sensory integration	9
The social brain of ‘non-eusocial’ insects	9
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the effects of artificial light at night on insect populations and communities	8
From Wolbachia genomics to phenotype: molecular models of cytoplasmic incompatibility must account for the multiplicity of compatibility types	8
Drosophila as a model system for deciphering the ‘host physiology–nutrition–microbiome’ axis	8
Variations on a theme: factors regulating interaction between Diaphorina citri and “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” vector and pathogen of citrus huanglongbing	8
Insect resistance management facing African smallholder farmers under climate change	8
Novel mechanisms of epithelial ion transport: insights from the cryptonephridial system of lepidopteran larvae	8
The emerging role of epigenetic mechanisms in insect defense against pathogens	8
Toxic metals that interact with thiol groups and alteration in insect behavior	8
Plant–pollinator conservation from the perspective of systems-ecology	8
Institutional and policy bottlenecks to IPM	8
Steroid hormones, dietary nutrients, and temporal progression of neurogenesis	8
The evolutionary outcomes of climate-change-induced hybridization in insect populations	8
Termite sociogenomics: evolution and regulation of caste-specific expressed genes	8
Towards a multi-level understanding in insect navigation	8
The expanding role of movement behavior in insect conservation ecology	8
Monocot crop–aphid interactions: plant resilience and aphid adaptation	8
Challenges and physiological implications of wood feeding in termites	8
Historical invasion of medfly in the Neotropical region and adoption of management techniques	8
Rapid evolution of insecticide resistance in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata	7
Molecular physiology of zinc in Drosophila melanogaster	7
Wolbachia-based strategies for control of agricultural pests	7
Chemical communication in ant-hemipteran mutualism: potential implications for ant invasions	7
A role for glia in cellular and systemic metabolism: insights from the fly	7
Chemical cues in disease recognition and their immunomodulatory role in insects	7
A cognitive account of trace conditioning in insects	7
Aphid resistance is the future for soybean production, and has been since 2004: efforts towards a wider use of host plant resistance in soybean	7
The variable effects of global change on insect mutualisms	7
An overview of games for entomological literacy in support of sustainable development	7
Vector microbiota and immunity: modulating arthropod susceptibility to vertebrate pathogens	7
Chironomid midges (Diptera) provide insights into genome evolution in extreme environments	7
Nontarget pesticide impacts on pest natural enemies: progress and gaps in current knowledge	7
Plant Resistance to Cereal and Food Legume Insect pests in North Africa, West and Central Asia: Challenges and Achievements	7
Insect architecture: structural diversity and behavioral principles	7
Parallel evolutionary paths of rove beetle myrmecophiles: replaying a deep-time tape of life	6
Advances in understanding the drivers of population spatial synchrony	6
Evolving dynamics of Aedes-borne diseases in Africa: a cause for concern	6
Conservation biological control of arthropod pests using native plants	6
Molecular basis for epithelial morphogenesis and ion transport in the Malpighian tubule	6
Genomics and genome editing techniques of crickets, an emerging model insect for biology and food science	6
Spatiotemporal risk forecasting to improve locust management	6
The neuroecology of bee flight behaviours	6
Urban insect bioarks of the 21st century	6
Integrated pest management: Novel tools, remaining challenges, and intriguing non-target effects	6
Towards integrated pest and pollinator management in tropical crops	6
The distinctive bionomics of Aedes aegypti populations in Africa	6
Recent advances and future perspectives in vector-omics	6
Spatiotemporal outbreak dynamics of bark and wood-boring insects	6
Resistance to the wheat curl mite and mite-transmitted viruses: challenges and future directions	6
Finding an egg in a haystack: variation in chemical cue use by egg parasitoids of herbivorous insects	5
Acylsugar-mediated resistance as part of a multilayered defense against thrips, orthotospoviruses, and beyond	5
Metabolic division of labor in social insects	5
Impact of parasitoid-associated polydnaviruses on plant-mediated herbivore interactions	5
Molecular physiology of iron trafficking in Drosophila melanogaster	5
Evolution of visual system specialization in predatory arthropods	5
Independent somatic distribution of heme and iron in ticks	5
Firefly genomes illuminate the evolution of beetle bioluminescent systems	5
The case for integrated pest management in Africa: transition from a pesticide-based approach	5
Many evolutionary roads led to virus domestication in ichneumonoid parasitoid wasps	5
Combining phytochemicals and multitrophic interactions to control forest insect pests	5
Evolutionary psychology of entomophobia and its implications for insect conservation	5
Dramatically increased accessibility and decreased cost-per-person impacts are needed for scaling IPM in Africa	5
Aphid hologenomics: current status and future challenges	5
Global change in marine coastal habitats impacts insect populations and communities	4
Making the cut: mechanics of cutting and steering of insect probes	4
Urbanization of Aedes mosquito populations and evolution of arboviral disease risk in Africa	4
Sidestepping Darwin: horizontal gene transfer from plants to insects	4
How does IPM 3.0 look like (and why do we need it in Africa)?	4
Classical biological of key horticultural pests in Africa: successes, challenges, and opportunities	4
Habitat-centric versus species-centric approaches to edible insects for food and feed	4
Chilled, starved or frozen: insect mitochondrial adaptations to overcome the cold	4
Environmentally responsive reproduction: neuroendocrine signalling and the evolution of eusociality	4
Evolution of chemical interactions between ants and their mutualist partners	4
Fast developing Russian wheat aphid biotypes remains an unsolved enigma	4
The Drosophila circadian clock circuit is a nonhierarchical network of peptidergic oscillators	4
Editorial overview: Halting the pollinator crisis requires entomologists to step up and assume their societal responsibilities	4
Honey robbing: could human changes to the environment transform a rare foraging tactic into a maladaptive behavior?	4
Advances in understanding and predicting the spread of invading insect populations	4
Molecular physiology of manganese in insects	4
Food web engineering: ecology and evolution to improve biological pest control	4
Retinal organization and visual abilities for flower foraging in swallowtail butterflies	4
Genetic and viral approaches to record or manipulate neurons in insects	4
The Bemisia tabaci cryptic (sibling) species group — imperative for a taxonomic reassessment	4
A call to arms: novel strategies for thrips and tospovirus control	4
Epigenetic regulation and division of labor in social insects	4
Impact of herbivore symbionts on parasitoid foraging behaviour	4
Recent advances in agroecological research for increasing scope of areawide pest management of arthropods in cropping systems	4
The importance of eco-evolutionary dynamics for predicting and managing insect range shifts	4