User:Dorevabelfiore/sandbox/Annette Aiello

Annette Aiello (born May 1, 1941) is a zoologist, botanical entomologist, and North American professor. She develops academic activities for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Balboa, Panama.

Career
In 1972, Aiello obtained a B.A. in Biology, magna cum laude, from Brooklyn College. In 1975 she obtained an M.A. in Biology at Harvard University, followed in 1978 by a Ph.D. in Biology, defending her thesis: "A Reexamination of Portlandia (Rubiaceae) and Associated Taxa", under the supervision of her advisor, botanist Richard A. Howard.

Selected Publications

 * 🇦🇹. 2011. Caterpillar abundance and parasitism in a seasonally dry versus wet tropical forest of Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27(1): 51-58


 * 🇦🇹. 2010. Reverse color sequence in the diffraction of white light by the wing of the male butterfly Pierella luna (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Physical Review E 82(2): 021903


 * 🇦🇹. 2010. Molecular evidence for a diverse green algal community growing in the hair of sloths and a specific association with Trichophilus welckeri (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 86-98


 * 🇦🇹. 2010. A tale of two species: detritivory, parapatry, and sexual dimorphism in Lamprospilus collucia and L. orcidia (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 42(2003): 64-73


 * 🇦🇹. 2010. "Ooencyrtus marcelloi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), an egg parasitoid of Heliconiini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) on passion vines (Malpighiales: Passifloraceae) in Central America." Journal of Natural History 44(1-2):81-87


 * 🇦🇹. 2009. Ecologically-guided bioprospecting: the use of aposematic insects as indicators of possible activity against diseases in tropical rain forest plants. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2009; 7(3): 130-134


 * 🇦🇹. 2008. "Biology of a new Panamanian bagworm moth (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) with predatory larvae, and eggs individually wrapped in setal cases. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101(4): 689-702


 * 🇦🇹. 2007. Mimetismo por ilusión en una mariposa nocturna de vuelo diurno y de dimorfismo sexual, Dysschema jansonis (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Pericopinae), pp. 105-108 in 🇦🇹 (eds). Ecología y Evolución en los Trópicos. Primera edición 2006. Panamá, Editora Nova Art, S.A.


 * 🇦🇹. 2007. La especiación en dos mariposas neotropicales: extensión de la regla de Haldane, pp. 413-421 in 🇦🇹 (eds). Ecología y Evolución en los Trópicos. Primera edición 2006. Panamá, Editora Nova Art, S.A.


 * 🇦🇹. 2006. One plant, two herbivore strategies: Lema insularis (Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae) and Acorduloceridea compressicornis (Pergidae: Acordulocerinae) on Dioscorea mexicana (Dioscoreaceae), with observations on a Lema co-mimic. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 114 (3): 144-156


 * 🇦🇹. 2006. Adelpha erotia erotia form "lerna" (Nymphalidae): exploring a corner of the puzzle. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 60 (4): 181-188


 * 🇦🇹. 2006. Arthropods of Tropical Forests: Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy, por 🇦🇹 (eds). [Book Review]. European Journal of Entomology, 103:253-254


 * 🇦🇹. 2004. Display of the "peacock moth," Brenthia spp. (Choreutidae: Brenthiinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 58 (1):55-58


 * 🇦🇹. 2004. General herbivore outbreak following an El Niño related drought in a lowland Panamanian forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 20(6):625 633


 * 🇦🇹. 2004. Defensive flocculent emissions in a tiger moth, Homoeocera stictosoma (Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 58(3):173 177


 * 🇦🇹. 2003. Defense mechanisms in Pyralidae & Choreutidae: fecal stalactites and escape holes, with remarks about cocoons, camouflage and aposematism. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 57(3):168 175


 * 🇦🇹. 2002. Inferences from a rapidly moving hybrid zone. Evolution, 56(4): 741 753


 * 🇦🇹. 2001. Biology of Adelpha mythra feeding on Asteraceae, a novel plant family for the Neotropical Limenitidinae (Nymphalidae), and new data on Adelpha “Species-Group VII.” Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 54(3): 97 100

Books

 * 🇦🇹. 2005. Mariposas (Lepidoptera) de Bahía Honda e Isla de Canales de Tierra (Veraguas, Panamá). Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) from Bahía Honda and Canales de Tierra Island (Veraguas, Panama), pp. 493-570 (capítulo 9º). En: 🇦🇹 (eds) Estudios sobre la biodiversidad de la región de Bahía Honda (Veraguas, Panamá). Studies on the Biodiversity of the Bahía Honda region (Veraguas, Panama). Biblioteca de Ciencias 20. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de España. Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Madrid. 835 pp.


 * 🇦🇹. 2001. Las orugas de Panamá, pp. 118 - 125. En: 🇦🇹 (ed.) Panamá: Puente Biológico: Las Charlas Smithsonian del Mes: 1996 1999. Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales, Balboa, República de Panamá. xx + 233 pp. ISBN 9962 614 01 5


 * 🇦🇹. 1992. Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies. Oxford science publications. Edición ilustrada Oxford University Press. 692 pp. ISBN 0198540183


 * 🇦🇹. 1978. A re-examination of Portlandia (Rubiaceae) and associated taxa. Arnold Arboretum. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 60 ( 1) Ed. Harvard University, 89 pp.