Solis, Maria Alma
Entomologist and Curator
Solis, Maria Alma
Entomologist and Curator
Classification and biology of snout moths (Pyraloidea)
Positions
- Research Scientist, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS, USDA 1986 -
Geographic Focus
- World, Western Hemisphere Transnational Region
Background And Education
Education And Training
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Solis, M. Alma and Gyawaly, Sudan. 2024. "First Report and Description of Immature Stages of Euzophera vinnulella Neunzig (Pyralidae: Phycitinae) Feeding on Ficus carica (Moraceae) in California." The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 78, (2) 103–108. https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.78i2.a3. 2024
- Robles-Perez, Rafael, Isiordia-Aquino, N., Ávila-Rodríguez, Bredy R., Castillo-Colindres, Alejandra, Vejar-Cota, Guadalupe, Solis, M. A., and Cortez-Isiordia, Kenedy. 2024. "First report of Diatraea impersonatella (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum L.) in Honduras." Florida Entomologist, 107, (1). https://doi.org/10.1515/flaent-2024-0009. 2024
- Palacios Torres, Rogelio Enrique, Antonio Luis,María, Del Carmen, Vildozola, Álvaro Castañeda, Hernández, Hipólito Hernández, and Solís, M. Alma. 2024. "Tomato Fruit Borer (Neoleucinodes elegantalis 1) in Tomate in Loma Bonita, Oaxaca, Mexico." Southwestern Entomologist, 49, (1). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.049.0144. 2024
- Solis, M. Alma, Alvarado, Javier Vargas, Phillips-Rodriguez, Eugenie, Hallwachs, Winnie, and Janzen, Daniel H. 2023. "Cacographis (Lederer, 1863) of Costa Rica Feeding on Araceae: Species Identity, Biology, and Larval Description (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Midilinae)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 124, (4) 860–872. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.4.860. 2023
- Santos, Bernardo F., Miller, Meredith E., Miklasevskaja, Margarita, McKeown, Jaclyn T. A., Redmond, Niamh E., Coddington, Jonathan A., Bird, Jessica, Miller, Scott E., Smith, Ashton, Brady, Sean G., Buffington, Matthew L., Chamorro, M. Lourdes, Dikow, Torsten, Gates, Michael W., Goldstein, Paul, Konstantinov, Alexander, Kula, Robert, Silverson, Nicholas D., Solis, M. Alma, de Waard, Stephanie L., Naik, Suresh, Nikolova, Nadya, Pentinsaari, Mikko, Prosser, Sean W. J., Sones, Jayme E. et al. 2023. "Enhancing DNA barcode reference libraries by harvesting terrestrial arthropods at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History." Biodiversity Data Journal, 11. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e100904. 2023
- Solis, M. Alma, Léger, Théo, and Neumann, Christian. 2023. "First pyraloid (Insecta, Lepidoptera) caterpillar from Dominican amber." Nota Lepidopterologica, 46, (45) 145–154. https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.46.108745. 2023
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius, Orlovskytė, Svetlana, Solis, M. A., Paulavičiūtė, Brigita, Xu, Jiasheng, and Dai, Xiaohua. 2023. "Genera of Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera): a review of the global fauna, with descriptions of new taxa." Zootaxa, 5333, (1) 1–131. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5333.1.1. 2023
- Solis, M. A. and Cobian, Clorinda E. Vergara. 2023. "Lineodes Guenée (Crambidae: Spilomelinae) of Peru: New Reports of Larval Feeding on Solanaceae and New Species." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 124, (4) 845–859. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.4.845. 2023
- Janzen, Daniel, Baker, Austin, McCluskey, Kathryn, Smith, Alex, Naik, Suresh, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Sones, Jayme, D'Souza, Michelle, St Jacques, Brianne, Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Whitfield, Jim, Arias, Diana, Solis, Alma, Metz, Mark, Burns, John M., Zuniga, Ronald, Phillips-Rodriguez, Eugenie, Espinoza, Bernardo, Chacon, Isidro, Hebert, Paul, Hallwachs, Winnie, and Sharkey, Michael J. 2023. "Minimalist revision of Mesochorus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Mesochorinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with 158 new species and host records for 129 species." Revista de biologia tropical, 71, (S2). https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS2.56316. 2023
- Solis, M. A., Neunzig, Herb H., and Lara, Manuel Balcazár. 2023. "Phycitinae (Pyraloidea: Pyralidae) of the Sierra Tarahumara Region in Northwestern Mexico." The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 77, (3). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.77i3.a2. 2023
- Solis, M. Alma, Mally, Richard, Hayden, James E., and Nuss, Matthias. 2023. "Revision of the type species of Syllepte Hubner and other spilomeline genera recently synonymized (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)." Zootaxa, 5389, (3) 343–361. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5389.3.3. 2023
- Landry, Bernard, Bilat, Julia, Hayden, James, Solis, M. Alma, Lees, David C., Alvarez, Nadir, Léger, Théo, and Gauthier, Jérémy. 2023. "The identity of Argyria lacteella (Fabricius, 1794) (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambinae), synonyms, and related species revealed by morphology and DNA capture in type specimens." Zookeys, 1146, (1146) 1–42. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1146.96099. 2023
- Solis, M. A. 2022. "Cacotherapia Dyar (Pyralidae: Galleriinae) at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.: Type Images and Lectotype Designations." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 124, (2). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.2.346. 2022
- Salas-Monzon, Raquel, Gonzalez-Cabrera, Jaime, Contreras-Bermudez, Yadira, Sanchez-Gonzalez, Jorge, and Solis, M. A. 2022. "First Report of Cacotherapia angulalis (Barnes and McDunnough) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Feeding on Planococcus ficus Ben-Dov (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), the Vine Mealybug, in Mexico." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 124, (2). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.2.372. 2022
- Dobrynina, Viktorija, Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Solis, M. A., Baryshnikova, Svetlana V., and Shin, Young-Min. 2022. "Global Nepticulidae, Opostegidae, and Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera): temporal dynamics of species descriptions and their authors." Zootaxa, 5099, (4) 450–474. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5099.4.2. 2022
- Montes-Rodríguez, Jose M., Hernández Pérez, Pablo E., Vega, Fabio Nelson, Guarín, Arnulfo, Solís, M. Alma, and Zarate, Diego A. 2022. "Insects Associated with Severe Defoliation of Salmwood (Cordia alliodora (Ruiz and Pav.) Cham.) (Boraginaceae) in Colombia." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 124, (2). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.2.316. 2022
- Vargas, Héctor A., Solis, M. Alma, and Vargas-Ortiz, Marcelo. 2022. "The South American moth Rheumapteramochica (Dognin, 1904) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) rediscovered after more than a century of anonymity." ZooKeys, 1085 129–143. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1085.76868. 2022
- Stonis, Jonas R., Remeikis, Andrius, Solis, M. Alma, and Karsholt, Ole. 2021. "Diagnostics and updated checklist of Oriental Pseudopostega (Opostegidae), including the matrona species group with a new, extralimital species discovered in the Mediterranean." Zootaxa, 4933, (3) 341–360. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4933.3.3. 2021
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Solis, M. A., and Monro, Alexandre K. 2021. "Diagnostics of Manitischeria gen. nov., an Old-World genus of leaf-mining Tischeriidae, composed of new species and species formerly in Tischeria Zeller." Zootaxa, 4964, (2) 251–287. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4964.2.2. 2021
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diskus, Arunas, Remeikis, Andrius, Fernandez-Alonso, Jose L., Baryshnikova, Svetlana, V., and Solis, M. Alma. 2021. "Documenting trumpet leaf-miner moths (Tischeriidae): new Neotropical Coptotriche and Astrotischeria species, with notes on Sapindaceae as a host-plant family." Zootaxa, 5047, (3) 300–320. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5047.3.4. 2021
- López-Guillén, Guillermo, Ruiz, Jaime Gómez, Brown, John W., Cruz-López, Leopoldo, Metz, Mark A., and Solís, M. Alma. 2021. "First Records of Lepidoptera Damaging Macadamia integrifolia (Proteaceae) Fruits in Guatemala." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 123, (2) 341–349. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.123.2.341. 2021
- Solis, M. Alma and Phillips-Rodriguez, Eugenie. 2021. "Hidden Jewel: Cryptocosma Lederer (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae), its Transfer to the Glaphyriinae, and the Synonymy of Guyanymphula Heppner." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 123, (1) 217–229. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.123.1.217. 2021
- Sharkey, Michael J., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Chapman, Eric G., Smith, M. Alex, Dapkey, Tanya, Brown, Allison, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Naik, Suresh, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Milton, Megan, Hebert, Paul, Shaw, Scott R., Kittel, Rebecca N., Solis, M. Alma, Metz, Mark A., Goldstein, Paul Z., Brown, John W., Quicke, Donald L. J., Van Achterberg, C., Brown, Brian, V., and Burns, John M. 2021. "Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species." Zookeys, (1013) 1–665. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600. 2021
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diskus, Arunas, Fernandez-Alonso, Jose L., Remeikis, Andrius, and Solis, M. Alma. 2021. "New leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera): potential pests of aromatic Lamiaceae plants from equatorial Andes." Zootaxa, 4926, (3) 363–383. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4926.3.3. 2021
- Stonis, Jonas R., Remeikis, Andrius, Diskus, Arunas, Baryshnikova, Svetlana, and Solis, M. Alma. 2021. "What are the smallest moths (Lepidoptera) in the world?" Zootaxa, 4942, (2) 269–289. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4942.2.8. 2021
- Solis, M. Alma, Phillips-Rodríguez, Eugenie, Hallwachs, Winnie, Dapkey, Tanya, and Janzen, Daniel H. 2020. "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, (1) 147–171. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.122.1.147. 2020
- Solis, M. Alma, Andres Osorio-Mejia, Pablo, Xiomara Sarmiento-Naizaque, Zaida, and Barreto-Triana, Nancy. 2020. "A New Species of Eoreuma Ely (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Crambinae) Feeding on Sugarcane from Colombia." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 122, (2) 471–481. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.122.2.471. 2020
- Solis, M. Alma, Canepuccia, Alejandro D., Farina, Juan L., and Iribarne, Oscar O. 2020. "A New Species of Haimbachia Dyar (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Crambinae) Feeding on Spartina Schreb. (Spartinaceae) from Argentina." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 122, (4) 916–928. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.122.4.916. 2020
- Stonis, Jonas R., Remeikis, Andrius, Diskus, Arunas, Davis, Donald R., and Solis, M. Alma. 2020. "American Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) from the Collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Washington Dc." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 122, (2) 482–505. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.122.2.482. 2020
- Solis, M. Alma, Pratt, Paul D., Mattison, Elizabeth, Makinson, Jeff, Purcell, Matthew, Raymaihi, Min B., and Mally, Richard. 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, (3) 732–749. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.122.3.732. 2020
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius, Vargas, Sergio A., and Solis, M. Alma. 2020. "Diagnostics and updated catalogue of Acalyptris Meyrick, the second largest genus of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in the Americas." Zootaxa, 4748, (2) 201–247. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.1. 2020
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Remeikis, Andrius, Solis, M. A., and Katinas, Liliana. 2020. "Exotic-looking Neotropical Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) and their host plants." ZooKeys, 970 117–158. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.970.54801. 2020
- Gaona-Garcia, Griselda, Vanoye-Eligio, Venancio, Lara-Villalon, Manuel, Ruiz-Cancino, Enrique, Sanchez-Ramos, Gerardo, and Alma Solis, M. 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, (2) 515–518. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.122.2.515. 2020
- Stonis, Jonas R., Remeikis, Andrius, Diskus, Arunas, Vargas, Sergio A., and Solis, M. Alma. 2020. "Opostegidae (Lepidoptera) of the Americas: Updated Catalog, Diagnostics, and New Species Descriptions." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 122, (4) 929–972. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.122.4.929. 2020
- Solis, M. Alma, Hayden, James E., Sanabria, Freddy Vargas, Gonzalez, Francisco, Ujueta, Carlos Sanabria, and Gulbronson, Connor J. 2019. "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, (3) 497–510. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.121.3.497. 2019
- Stonis, Jonas R., Remeikis, Andrius, Diškus, Arūnas, Orlovskytė, Svetlana, Vargas, Sergio A., and Solis, M. Alma. 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. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.900.46332. 2019
- Villegas-Lujan, Renato, Felipe-Victoriano, Moises, Keegan, Kevin, Solis, M. Alma, and Sanchez-Pena, Sergio R. 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, (2) 290–298. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.121.2.290. 2019
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diskus, Arunas, Remeikis, Andrius, and Solis, M. Alma. 2018. "A Gondwanan concept of Simplimorpha Scoble (sensu Into): a step toward clarity in the generic diagnostics of global Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera)." Zootaxa, 4521, (2) 151–182. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.1. 2018
- Sharkey, M. J., Meierotto, S., Chapman, E., Janzen, D. H., Hallwachs, W., Dapkey, T., and Solis, M. Alma. 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. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.320146. 2018
- Solis, M. Alma, Harms, Nathan E., Phillips-Rodriguez, Eugenie, Scheffer, Sonja J., Lewis, Matthew L., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, and Metz, Mark A. 2018. "Aquatic Larvae of Two Acentropines, Usingeriessa onyxalis (Hampson) and Oxyelophila callista (Forbes) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 120, (1) 180–195. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.120.1.180. 2018
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diskus, Arunas, Katinas, Liliana, and Solis, M. Alma. 2018. "Asteraceae: Host to the Greatest Diversity of Leaf-Mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in South America?" Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 120, (4) 856–902. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.120.4.856. 2018
- Heikkilä, Maria, Simonsen, Thomas J., and Solis, M. A. 2018. "Reassessment of known fossil Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the oldest fossil pyraloid and a crambid larva in Baltic amber." Zootaxa, 4483, (1) 101–127. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4483.1.4. 2018
- Solis, M. Alma. 2018. "Ronald William Hodges, 1934-2017: Eminent Lepidopterist and Great Mentor." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 120, (2) 466–477. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.120.2.466. 2018
- Vargas, G., Lastra, L. A., Ramirez, G. D., and Solis, M. Alma. 2018. "The Diatraea Complex (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Colombia's Cauca River Valley: Making a Case for the Geographically Localized Approach." Neotropical Entomology, 47, (3) 395–402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-017-0555-6. 2018
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diskus, Arunas, Remeikis, Andrius, and Solis, M. Alma. 2018. "The American Brachinepticula gen. nov. and Manoneura Davis (Nepticulidae): a new generic concept based on a reinforced cathrema in the phallus." Biologija, 64, (2) 99–128. https://doi.org/10.6001/biologija.v64i2.3735. 2018
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diskus, Arunas, and Solis, M. Alma. 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, (4) 842–855. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.120.4.842. 2018
- Solis, M. Alma and Tuskes, Paul M. 2018. "Two New Species of Petrophila Guilding (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from Northcentral Arizona, U.S.A." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 120, (3) 593–604. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.120.3.593. 2018
- Solis, M. Alma and Neunzig, H. H. 2017. "A New Phycitine Genus and Species of a Pourouma-Feeding Moth (Lepiddoptera: Pyralidae) from Panama." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 119, (3) 464–470. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.119.3.464. 2017
- Solis, M. Alma, Pratt, Paul, Makinson, Jeff, Zonneveld, Ryan, and Lake, Ellen. 2017. "Another New Lygodium-Boring Species of the Musotimine Genus Siamusotima (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from China." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 119, (3) 471–480. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.119.3.471. 2017
- Stonis, Jonas R., Remeikis, Andrius, Diskus, Arunas, and Solis, M. Alma. 2017. "The American species of the genus Glaucolepis Braun, 1917 (Neotrifurcula van Nieukerken, syn. nov.) (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)." Zootaxa, 4338, (3) 489–506. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.5. 2017
- Lara-Villalon, M., Vanoye-Eligio, Venancio, Solis, M. Alma, Sanchez-Ramos, G., and Chacon-Hernandez, J. C. 2017. "The Navel Orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) discovered in northeastern Mexico feeding on Sapindaceae." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 119, (4) 601–605. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.119.4.601. 2017
- Lara-Villalón, Manuel, Vanoye-Eligio, Venancio, Solís, M. Alma, Sánchez-Ramos, Gerardo, and Chacón-Hernández, Julio C. 2017. "The Navel Orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Discovered in Northeastern Mexico Feeding on Sapindaceae." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 119, (4) 601–605. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.119.4.601. 2017
- Solis, M. Alma and Metz, Mark. 2016. "An illustrated guide to the identification of the known species of Diatraea Guilding (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Crambinae) based on genitalia." ZooKeys, 565 73–121. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.565.6797. 2016
- Zawadneak, Maria A. C., Gonçalves, R. B., Pimentel, I. C., Schuber, J. M., Poltronieri, A. S., and Solis, M. Alma. 2016. "First Record of Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera; Crambidae) in South America." Idesia, 34 91–95. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-34292016000300011. 2016
- Joyce, Andrea L., Sermeno Chicas, Miguel, Serrano Cervantes, Leopoldo, Paniagua, Miguel, Scheffer, Sonja J., and Solis, M. A. 2016. "Host-plant associated genetic divergence of two Diatraea spp. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) stemborers on novel crop plants." Ecology and Evolution, 6, (23) 8632–8644. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2541. 2016
- Lara-Villalón, M., Solís, M. Alma, Sánchez-Ramos, G., and Mora-Olivo, A. 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, (1) 109–114. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.118.1.109. 2016
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diskus, Arunas, Remeikis, Andrius, Davis, Donald R., Solis, M. Alma, and Torres, Nixon Cumbicus. 2016. "The first record of Baccharis L. (Asteraceae) as a host-plant genus for Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera), with description of new Stigmella species from South America." Zootaxa, 4136, (1) 101–128. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.4. 2016
- Solis, M. Alma, Metz, M. A., Scheffer, Sonja J., Lewis, M. L., Kula, R. R., and Springer, T. L. 2015. "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 the Entomological Society of America, 108, (4) 648–659. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/sav049. 2015
- Scholtens, Brian and Solis, M. A. 2015. "Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico." ZooKeys, 535 1–136. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.535.6086. 2015
- Diaz-Montilla, A. E., Gonzalez, Ranulfo, Solis, M. Alma, and Saldamando-Benjumea, C. I. 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, (3) 272–281. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/sav011. 2015
- Gómez-Ruiz, Jaime, López-Guillén, Guillermo, Barrera, Juan F., Solis, M. Alma, and Zamarripa-Colmenero, Alfredo. 2015. "First record of Ectomyelois muriscis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on physic nut (Jatropha curcas), a biofuel plant." Biomass and Bioenergy, 75 150–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.02.018. 2015
- Silverson, N. and Solis, M. Alma. 2014. "Reed Watkins: a passion for plume moths." News of the Lepidopterists' Society, 56 142–144. 2014
- Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Rodriguez, Josephine J., Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie D., Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Burns, John M., Solis, M. Alma, Brown, John W., Cardinal, Sophie, Goulet, Henri, and Hebert, Paul D. N. 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, (Special issue) 1–565. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.383.6418. 2014
- Silverson, N. and Solis, M. Alma. 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
- Sullivan, J. B. and Solis, M. Alma. 2013. "A new species of Palpita (Crambidae: Spilomelinae) from the coastal plains of southeastern U.S." ZooKeys, 264 3–9. 2013
- Vargas, G., Lastra, A. L., and Solis, M. Alma. 2013. "First record of Diatraea tabernella in the Cauca Valley of Colombia." The Florida Entomologist, 96, (3) 1198–1201. 2013
- Solis, M. Alma, Cashatt, E. D., and Scholtens, B. G. 2013. "New North American Chrysauginae (Pyralidae) described by Cashatt (1968)." ZooKeys, 344 55–71. 2013
- Goldstein, P. Z., Metz, M. A., and Solis, M. Alma. 2013. "Phylogenetics systematics of Schacontia Dyar with a description of eight new species." ZooKeys, 291 27–81. 2013
- Reiger, J. C., Mitter, C., Solis, M. Alma, Hayden, J. E., Landry, B., Nuss, M., Simonsen, T. J., Yen, S. -H, Zwick, A., and Cummings, M. P. 2012. "A molecular phylogeny for the pyramid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) and its implications for higher-level classification." Systematic Entomology, 37 635–656. 2012
- Miller, Jacqueline Y., Matthews, Deborah L., Warren, Andrew D., Solis, M. Alma, Harvey, Donald J., Gentili-Poole, Patricia, Lehman, Robert, Emmel, Thomas C., and Covell, Charles V., Jr. 2012. "An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Honduras." Insecta Mundi, (0205) 1–72. 2012
- Yang, Zhaofu, Landry, Jean-François, Handfield, Louis, Zhang, Yalin, Solis, M. Alma, Handfield, Daniel, Scholtens, Brian G., Mutanen, Marko, Nuss, Matthias, and Hebert, Paul D. N. 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, (4) 686–705. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00637.x. 2012
- Wheeler, Quentin, Bourgoin, Thierry, Coddington, Jonathan A., Gostony, Timothy, Hamilton, Andrew, Larimer, Roy, Polaszek, Andrew, Schauff, Michael, and Solis, M. Alma. 2012. "Nomenclatural benchmarking: the roles of digital typification and telemicroscopy." Zookeys, (209) 193–202. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.209.3486. 2012
- Diaz, A. E., Solis, M. Alma, and Brochero, H. L. 2011. "Distribución geográfica de Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) en Colombia." Revista Colombiana de Entomologia, 37, (1) 73–78. 2011
- Solis, M. Alma and Metz, M. A. 2011. "Male genital homology based on musculature originating from the tegumen in snout moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)." Arthropod Structure & Development, 40, (5) 435–448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2011.03.005. 2011
- Van Nieukerken, Erik J., Kaila, Lauri, Kitching, Ian J., Kristensen, Niels P., Lees, David C., Minet, Joël, Mitter, Charles, Mutanen, Marko, Regier, Jerome C., Simonsen, Thomas J., Wahlberg, Niklas, Yen, Shen-Horn, Zahiri, Reza, Adamski, David, Baixeras, Joaquin, Bartsch, Daniel, Bengtsson, Bengt Å., Brown, John W., Bucheli, Sibyl Rae, Davis, Donald R., Prins, Jurate De, Prins, Willy De, Epstein, Marc E., Gentili-Poole, Patricia, Gielis, Cees et al. 2011. "Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In : Zhang, Z.Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness." Zootaxa, 3148, (1) 212–221. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.41. 2011
- Solis, M. Alma. 2011. "Reassignment of Four Species Currently in Herpetogramma Lederer (Spilomelinae) to Pyraustinae (Crambidae: Pyraloidea: Lepidoptera)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 113, (2) 185–194. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.113.2.185. 2011
- Solis, M. Alma, Scholtens, B. G., Adams, J. K., and Funk, D. H. 2010. "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, (1) 33–35. 2010
- Solis, M. Alma. 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, (3) 451–463. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.112.3.451. 2010
- Solis, M. Alma. 2009. "Eugene G. Munroe (8 September 1919-31 may 2008) Obituary." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 63, (1) 52–57. 2009
- Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie D., Blandin, Patrick, Burns, John M., Cadiou, Jean-Marie, Chacon, Isidro, Dapkey, Tanya, Deans, Andrew R., Epstein, Marc E., Espinoza, B., Franclemont, J., Haber, W., Hajibabaei, M., Hallwachs, J., Hebert, Paul D. N., Gauld, I. D., Harvey, D., Hausmann, A., Kitching, Ian, Lafontaine, D., Landry, J. F., Lemaire, C., Miller, Jacqueline Y., Miller, James S., Miller, Lee et al. 2009. "Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of complex tropical biodiversity." Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, (S1) 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02628.x. 2009
- Solis, M. Alma. 2009. "Michael Shaffer, 6 July 1936 to 23 March 2009: A heartfelt tribute." The Pyraloid Planet: A Newsletter for the Pyraloidea Fans, 3 1–3. 2009
- Solis, M. Alma, Metz, Mark A., and Janzen, Daniel H. 2009. "Phylogenetic Analysis of Cosmopterosis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Glaphyriinae) With Discussions on Male Secondary Sexual Characters and Larval Feeding on Capparis (Capparaceae) in the Pyraloidea and Lepidoptera (Insecta)." Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 102, (5) 766–784. https://doi.org/10.1603/008.102.0504. 2009
- Regier, Jerome C., Zwick, Andreas, Cummings, Michael, Kawahara, Akito, Cho, Soowon, Weller, Susan, Roe, Amanda, Baixeras, Joaquin, Brown, John, Parr, Cynthia Sims, Davis, Donald R., Epstein, Marc, Hallwachs, Winnie D., Hausmann, Axel, Janzen, Daniel H., Kitching, Ian, Solis, M. Alma, Yen, Shen-Horn, Bazinet, Adam, and Mitter, Charles. 2009. "Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study." BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9, (1) 280. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-280. 2009
- Solis, M. Alma. 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, (2) 493–504. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797-111.2.493. 2009
- Solis, M. Alma. 2008. "Eugene Munroe: The Lepidopterist, 1919-2008." Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada, 40, (3) 139–143. 2008
- Solis, M. Alma, Metz, M. A., and Zachariades, C. 2008. "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, (3) 292–601. 2008
- Solis, M. Alma and Goolsby, John A. 2008. "New Host Association for Mexican Rice Borer in Texas." Southwestern Entomologist, 33, (3) 237–238. https://doi.org/10.3958/0147-1724-33.3.237. 2008
- Solis, M. Alma. 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, (3-4) 79–95. 2008
- Solis, M. Alma. 2008. "Pyraloidea and their known hosts (Lepidoptera: Insecta) from Plummers Island." Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 15, (1) 88–106. 2008
- Passoa, S., Balogh, G., and Solis, M. Alma. 2008. "Sitochroa palealis: A palearctic pyraustine moth (Lepidoptera : Pyraloidea : Crambidae) newly introduced to North America." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 110, (2) 504–515. https://doi.org/10.4289/07-089.1. 2008
- Solis, M. Alma and Metz, M. A. 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, (3) 592–601. 2008
- Diaz, A. E. and Solis, M. Alma. 2007. "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, (4) 897–908. 2007
- Solis, M. Alma. 2007. "Phylogenetic Studies and Modern Classification of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera)." Revista Colombiana de Entomologia, 33, (1) 1–9. 2007
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Book
- Chitwood, D. J., Diaz-Soltero, H., Hoberg, E. P., Miller, Scott E., Millsop, S., Reynolds, R., Rosenthal, B. M., Rossman, A. Y., Sitnik, M., and Solis, M. Alma. 2008. Protecting America's economy, environment, health, and security against invasive species requires a strong Federal program in Systematic Biology. Beltsville, Maryland: Systematic Subcommittee, Federal Interagency Committee on Invasive Terrestrial Animals and Pathogens (ITAP). 2008
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- Solis, M. Alma. 2019. "Aquatic and semiaquatic Lepidoptera." In An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. 5th ed. Merritt, Richard W., Cummins, Kenneth W., and Berg, Martin B., editors. 756–789. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt. 2019
- Graça, M. B. and Solis, M. A. 2018. "Order Lepidoptera." In Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates: Keys to Neotropical Hexapoda. 4th ed. 325–337. San Diego: Academic Press (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804223-6.00011-1. 2018
- Solis, M. Alma. 2014. "Lepidopteran diversity and phylogeny: 15 years ago and now." In Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics.. Stonis, Jonas R., Hill, S. R., Diskus, A., and Auskalnis, T., editors. 85–89. Vilnius, Lithuania: Eudukologija Publishers. 2014
- Diaz Montilla, A. E., Solis, M. Alma, and Kondo, T. 2013. "The fruit borer, Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), an insect pest of neotropical solanaeous fruits, Chap. 8." In Potential Invasive Pests of Agricultural Crops. Peña, J., editor. 137–159. London: CABI. 2013
- Solis, M. Alma. 2008. "Aquatic and semiaquatic Lepidoptera." In Aquatic Insects of North America. Merritt, R. W., Cummins, K. W., and Berg, M. B., editors. 553–569. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. 2008
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