Unraveling the Compound Eye Design of the Diurnal Moth

Qing-Xiao Chen, Ya-Fei Li, Yun-Zhu Huo

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Article in Insects, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Seasonal Dimorphism in the Compound Eye Morphology ofInsects · 2026
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3 authors.

Qing-Xiao ChenHenan Province Engineering Technology Research Center of Green Plant Protection, Laboratory of Insect Evolution and Systematics, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China.

Ya-Fei LiHenan Province Engineering Technology Research Center of Green Plant Protection, Laboratory of Insect Evolution and Systematics, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China.

Yun-Zhu HuoHenan Province Engineering Technology Research Center of Green Plant Protection, Laboratory of Insect Evolution and Systematics, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China.

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province, China 252300420173Postgraduate Innovation Project of Henan University of Science and Technology, China CXJJ-2025-KJ01

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lepidoptera typically exhibit a dichotomy in compound eye design: diurnal butterflies possess apposition eyes for high resolution in bright light, whereas nocturnal moths have superposition eyes for enhanced sensitivity under dim conditions. However, exceptions, particularly among diurnal moths, challenge this pattern and offer insights into the evolution of compound eyes in Lepidoptera. In this study, we investigated the compound eye design of the diurnal moth

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apposition eyesInsectaommatidiumultrastructurevisual acuity

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PMID40870572

DOI10.3390/insects16080771

PMCPMC12386418

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