Solis, Maria Alma
Entomologist and Curator
Positions
- Research Scientist, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS, USDA 1986 -
Classification and biology of snout moths (Pyraloidea)
Geographic Focus
- World, Western Hemisphere Transnational Region
Background And Education
Publications
selected publications
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- Asturodes Amsel (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae): Three New Species from the Western Hemisphere and Food Plant Records from Area de ConservaciÓn Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122:147-171. 2020
- A New Species of Eoreuma Ely (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Crambinae) Feeding on Sugarcane from Colombia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122:471-481. 2020
- Archernis Humilis (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Rediscovered Feeding on Skunk Vine (Paederia Foetida L.) in Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122:732-749. 2020
- Diagnostics and updated catalogue of Acalyptris Meyrick, the second largest genus of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in the Americas. Zootaxa. 4748:201-247. 2020
- Exotic-looking Neotropical Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) and their host plants. ZooKeys. 970:117-158. 2020
- First Report in Mexico of Eiphosoma dentator (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) as a Parasitoid of the Cactus-Feeding Loxomorpha flavidissimalis (Grote) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122:515-518. 2020
- A New Species of Sufetula Walker (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Feeding on the Roots of Pineapple, Ananas comosus (L.) (Bromeliaceae), from Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 121:497-510. 2019
- A new leafmining pest of guava: Hesperolyra guajavifoliae sp. nov., with comments on the diagnostics of the endemic Neotropical genus Hesperolyra van Nieukerken (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae). ZooKeys. 900:87-110. 2019
- Identity and First Report of the Four-Spotted Moth Palpita quadristigmalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) as a Pest of Japanese Privet, Ligustrum japonicum Thunb. (Oleaceae) in Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 121:290-298. 2019
- A Gondwanan concept of Simplimorpha Scoble (sensu Into): a step toward clarity in the generic diagnostics of global Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa. 4521:151-182. 2018
- Alabagrus Enderlein (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) species of Costa Rica, with an emphasis on specimens reared from caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science. 526:31-180. 2018
- Asteraceae: Host to the Greatest Diversity of Leaf-Mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in South America?. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 120:856-902. 2018
- Reassessment of known fossil Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the oldest fossil pyraloid and a crambid larva in Baltic amber. Zootaxa. 4483:101-127. 2018
- Ronald William Hodges, 1934-2017: Eminent Lepidopterist and Great Mentor. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 120:466-477. 2018
- TWO NEW FABACEAE-FEEDING NEPTICULIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA) FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, INCLUDING A POTENTIAL PEST OF THE ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT CENTROLOBIUM Mart. ex Benth. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 120:842-855. 2018
- The American Brachinepticula gen. nov. and Manoneura Davis (Nepticulidae): a new generic concept based on a reinforced cathrema in the phallus. Biologija. 64:99-128. 2018
- The Diatraea Complex (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Colombia's Cauca River Valley: Making a Case for the Geographically Localized Approach. Neotropical Entomology. 47:395-402. 2018
- Two New Species of Petrophila Guilding (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from Northcentral Arizona, USA. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 120:593-604. 2018
- A New Phycitine Genus and Species of a Pourouma-Feeding Moth (Lepiddoptera: Pyralidae) from Panama. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119:464-470. 2017
- Another New Lygodium-Boring Species of the Musotimine Genus Siamusotima (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from China. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119:471-480. 2017
- The American species of the genus Glaucolepis Braun, 1917 (Neotrifurcula van Nieukerken, syn. nov.) (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Zootaxa. 4338:489-506. 2017
- The Navel Orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) discovered in northeastern Mexico feeding on Sapindaceae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119:601-605. 2017
- The Navel Orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Discovered in Northeastern Mexico Feeding on Sapindaceae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119:601-605. 2017
- First Record of Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera; Crambidae) in South America. Idesia. 34:91-95. 2016
- Host-plant associated genetic divergence of two Diatraea spp. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) stemborers on novel crop plants. Ecology and Evolution. 6:8632-8644. 2016
- The Cactus Webworm, Loxomorpha flavidissimalis (Grote, 1878) (Pyraloidea, Crambidae): Its Distribution and Potential as a Pest of Cultivated Cactus ( Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill., Var. Copenav-1) (Cactaceae) in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 118:109-114. 2016
- A New Cryptic Species of Diatraea (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) Feeding on Eastern Gama Grass and a Novel Host Association with a Braconid (Hymenoptera) in the United States. Annals of Entomological Society of America. 108:648-659. 2015
- Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico. ZooKeys. 535:1-136. 2015
- Evidence of sexual selection in Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae): correlation of female moth genitalia and Solanaceae host fruit size. Annals of Entomological Society of America. 108:272-281. 2015
- First record of Ectomyelois muriscis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on physic nut (Jatropha curcas), a biofuel plant. Biomass and Bioenergy. 75:150-154. 2015
- Reed Watkins: a passion for plume moths. News of the Lepidopterists' Society. 56:142-144. 2014
- Review of Apanteles sensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from Mesoamerica. ZooKeys. 383:1-565. 2014
- Ron Leuschner donates over 11,000 specimens of Pyraloidea to the National Museum of Natural History. News of the Lepidopterists' Society. 56:175-(174). 2014
- A new species of Palpita (Crambidae: Spilomelinae) from the coastal plains of southeastern U.S. ZooKeys. 264:3-9. 2013
- First record of Diatraea tabernella in the Cauca Valley of Colombia. Florida Entomologist. 96:1198-1201. 2013
- New North American Chrysauginae (Pyralidae) described by Cashatt (1968). ZooKeys. 344:55-71. 2013
- Phylogenetics systematics of Schacontia Dyar with a description of eight new species. ZooKeys. 291:27-81. 2013
- A molecular phylogeny for the pyramid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) and its implications for higher-level classification. Systematic Entomology. 37:635-656. 2012
- An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Honduras. Insecta Mundi. 1-72. 2012
- DNA barcoding and morphology reveal three cryptic species of Anania (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) in North America, all distinct from their European counterpart. Systematic Entomology. 37:686-705. 2012
- Male genital homology based on musculature originating from the tegumen in snout moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea). Arthropod Structure & Development. 40:435-448. 2011
- Reassignment of Four Species Currently in Herpetogramma Lederer (Spilomelinae) to Pyraustinae (Crambidae: Pyraloidea: Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 113:185-194. 2011
- First report of Ecpyrrhorrhoe puralis (South) (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) in North America: a naturalized exotic pyraustine from Asia feeding on Paulownia Siebold & Zucc,. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society. 64:33-35. 2010
- North American Herpetogramma Lederer, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae): Type Specimens and Identity of Species in the United States and Canada. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 112:451-463. 2010
- Eugene G. Munroe (8 September 1919-31 may 2008) Obituary. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society. 63:52-57. 2009
- Transfer of all Western Hemisphere Cybalomiinae to Other Subfamilies (Crambidae: Pyraloidea: Lepidoptera): Elusia Schaus, Dichochroma Forbes, Schacontia Dyar, Cybalomia Extorris Warren, and C-Lojanalis (Dognin). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 111:493-504. 2009
- Identity and generic placement of Phestinia costella Hampson (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) reared on the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. M. King & H. Rob. (Asteraceae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 110:292-601. 2008
- New Host Association for Mexican Rice Borer in Texas. Southwestern Entomologist. 33:237-238. 2008
- New sightings of Glyphodes onychinalis (Guenée) (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae), a recent arrival to the United States with a description of the larva reared on oleander (Nerium sp.) in California. News of the Lepidopterists' Society. 50:79-95. 2008
- Pyraloidea and their known hosts (Lepidoptera: Insecta) from Plummers Island. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. 15:88-106. 2008
- Sitochroa palealis: A palearctic pyraustine moth (Lepidoptera : Pyraloidea : Crambidae) newly introduced to North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 110:504-515. 2008
- Species of Aphomia Hübner and Paralipsa Butler (Pyralidae: Galleriinae) Known to Occur in the United States and Canada and Their Associations with Stored Products and Social Hymenoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 110:592-601. 2008
- A new species and species distribution records of Neoleucinodes (Lepidoptera : Crambidae : Spilomelinae) from Colombia feeding on Solanum sp. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 109:897-908. 2007
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chapter
- Aquatic and semiaquatic Lepidoptera. 756-789. 2019
- Order Lepidoptera. 325-337. 2018
- Lepidopteran diversity and phylogeny: 15 years ago and now. Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. 85-89. 2014
- The fruit borer, ^Neoleucinodes elegantalis^ (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), an insect pest of neotropical solanaeous fruits, Chap. 8. Potential Invasive Pests of Agricultural Crops. 137-159. 2013
- Aquatic and semiaquatic Lepidoptera. 553-569. 2008
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- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
