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ArticleeLife2026

Geomagnetic and visual cues guide seasonal migratory orientation in the nocturnal fall armyworm, the world's most invasive insect.

Yi-Bo Ma, Guijun Wan, Yi Ji, Hui Chen, Bo-Ya Gao, Dai-Hong Yu, Eric Warrant, Yan Wu, Jason W Chapman, Gao Hu

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Article in eLife, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The diversity of lepidopteran spatial orientation strategies - neuronal mechanisms and emerging challenges in a changing world.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yi-Bo Ma *State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1790-9132
Guijun Wan *State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7011-1318
Yi JiState Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Hui ChenState Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Bo-Ya GaoState Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Dai-Hong YuPlant Protection Station of Yuanjiang County, Yuxi, China.
Eric WarrantLund Vision Group, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan, Lund, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7480-7016
Yan WuKey Laboratory of Surveillance and Management of Invasive Alien Species, Guizhou Education Department, Department of Biology and Engineering of Environment, Guiyang University, Guiyang, China.
Jason W ChapmanState Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7475-4441
Gao HuState Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-5687

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities KJJQ2025013Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities RENCAI2025031Joint Research Program of State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity SKLJRP2507National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFD1400700National Natural Science Foundation of China 32202289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanisms guiding nocturnal insect migration remain poorly understood. Although many species are thought to use the geomagnetic field, the sensory basis of magnetic orientation in insects has yet to be clarified. We developed an indoor experimental system to investigate the integration of geomagnetic and visual cues in the seasonal orientation of a globally distributed pest moth, the fall armyworm (

Indexed as

Animal MigrationCuesMagnetic FieldsOrientationOrientation, SpatialSpodopteraVisual PerceptionAnimalsIntroduced SpeciesSeasonscompass orientationecologyinsect visionmagnetoreceptionnoctuid mothSpodoptera frugiperda

Identifiers

PMID41989261
PMCPMC13086496

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