Methoxypyrazine in Tiger moths
PhD Research, Helsinki University, Finland
2022-present
My doctoral research focuses on studying the diversity of methoxypyrazines produced through de novo synthesis by Tiger moths (Arctiinae). This research involves collecting as many Arctiinae species and rearing them under an artificial diet to examine if the compounds were de novo synthesized, and understand how such traits have evolved in Arctiinae and other insects.
Manuscript in preparation…
Supervisors/Collaborators
- Supervisors: Johanna Mappes and Niklas Wahlberg
- Research Group: Ecology & Evolution of Interactions (EEI)
- Collaborators: Simeão de Souza Moraes, Junia Yasmin Oliveira Carreira, Kimmo Silvonen, and many more.
Funded by
- Helsinki University LUOVA Salary position
- Finnish National Agency for Education
Presented at
- Arctiinae Research Community, August 2025. Virtual Conference.
- Nordic Society of Oikos Conference, March 2025. Oral presentation. Jyvaskyla, FI.
- 34rd LUOVA spring symposium, March 2025. Oral presentation. Helsinki, Finland.
- 27th International Congress of Entomology: New Discoveries through Consilience, August 2024. Oral presentation. Kyoto, Japan.
- Nordic Society of Oikos Conference, March 2024. Poster. Lund Sweden.
- 33rd LUOVA spring symposium, March 2024. Oral presentation. Helsinki, Finland.
- The 23rd European Congress of Lepidopterology & 11th Forum Herbulot, Sep 2023. Oral presentation. Orleans, France.
- European Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology, May 2023. Oral presentation. Glasgow, Scotland.
- Arctiinae Research Community, May 2023. Virtual Conference.
- Society of Experimental Biology (SEB), Oct 2022. Oral presentation. Tvärminne Zoological Station, Hanko, University of Helsinki, Finland.
- 32rd LUOVA spring symposium, March 2022. Oral presentation. Helsinki, Finland.
Other research….
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