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Tatiana Moreira-Pinhal

@moreirapinhaltc.bsky.social
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Evolution, plant-insect interactions & butterflies 🦋 Promoting natural history collections & specimen digitisation in Portugal (#ARCADE #TETTRIsEU)

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Tatiana Moreira-Pinhal @moreirapinhaltc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How do you handle being a volunteer and coordinate a project for a "NGO" who exploited Erasmus+ funds, publishes your unpaid fieldwork and expertise into a book, and grabs €78k more of public funds to "continue"your work with stolen data? My team's work in a wrap www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) Os Lepidópteros do PNSAC 60 anos de História Natural
PDF | The long-term study of Lepidoptera within the Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros represents six decades of dedicated entomological... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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Charlotte Wright @charlottewright.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Accompanying video now on youtube! 🦋https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XVaDaf_lOM&list=PLD860DB4CD231C21F&index=2 @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
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Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Britain’s Yellowstone’: restoration project aims to take the greed out of land acquisition
Investors in Emblehope Moor will get their financial returns – and then it will be given to community or charity owners
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We just released a new open resource for studying evolution, ecology, colour, behaviour & biodiversity. OzButterflies 🦋 ✨ 4,000+ individuals 🌈 Visible + UV images 🧬 CO1 barcodes 📈 Spectral reflectance data 🏞️ 125 species doi.org/10.1093/data... @mherberstein.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social
examples of database images. (B) Disassembled RGB. (C) Disassembled UV. (D) Pinned dorsal RGB. (E) Pinned dorsal UV. (F) Pinned ventral RGB. (G) Pinned ventral UV.
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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
More worrying evidence of butterfky declines in the USA. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Max Telford @maxjtelford.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Important paper by @kaplipa.bsky.social and colleagues. Advocating for the importance of Natural History museum collections in genomics. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Species-dense genomics through natural history collections - Nature Reviews Genetics
Large-scale genome initiatives are transforming biodiversity genomics, but genomes remain taxonomically sparse and difficult to compare across species. Kapli and colleagues argue that natural history ...
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UK Butterflies @ukbutterflies.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Another foodplant first! This time, of Holly Blue using Kidney Vetch as a larval foodplant, with an egg followed through to final instar larva by Maggie Zebroski. This is, I believe, the first record of the use of Kidney Vetch, not just for the UK, but for the whole of Europe! Well done Maggie!
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder — and as a new paper in CB shows also that of the researcher, conservationist and funder. #Butterflies classed as more beautiful receive more research and #conservation attention by Mariagrazia Portera and colleagues🦋👇 www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Beauty bias in butterfly research and conservation
Dapporto et al. show that butterfly beauty is associated with public attention, research, and EU conservation policy. Beauty bias spans the conservation landscape, yet European IUCN Red Lists identify...
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Charlotte Wright @charlottewright.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Delighted this huge team effort is out! By surveying >20,000 people from >100 countries, we used to butterflies to show that aesthetic biases distort scientific research & environmental policy. Understanding this bias is a key step towards more balanced decision-making 🦋 www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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Vaughn M. Shirey @vmshirey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I am immensely proud of my postdoc, Dr. Chelsea Skojec, for publishing this work on Automeris moths and mimicry of owl faces: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
A diagram displaying the predator's predator model of selection for owl mimicry in Automeris moths.
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Tatiana Moreira-Pinhal @moreirapinhaltc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It's out! We found that: •🦋Beauty drives public attention, research & conservation •Beautiful 🦋s are ⬆️represented in the Bern Convention & Habitats Directive •European IUCN Red Lists show no beauty bias •Recognizing beauty bias aligns conservation with ecological urgency doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Donyavi, @grantkinsler.bsky.social @kgslab.bsky.social et al. demonstrate that, even in a system with high pleiotropy, the underlying genotype–phenotype–fitness map has a modular structure that makes evolutionary outcomes more predictable 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... #societyjournal #evobio
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Evolutionary adaptation proceeds through a small number of phenotypic modules
Abstract. Understanding how the myriad molecular impacts of mutation percolate to influence higher-order traits and ultimately fitness requires compressing
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Judith A.H. Smit @judithsmit.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Caterpillars eat plants, right? 🌿 Not always, some are carnivorous! 🥩🐛 Our new paper documents the life history, behavior, and vibrations of Juditha odites. It feeds on treehoppers, then moves into ant nests to consume ant brood! 🐜🐛🦋 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @insectessociaux.bsky.social
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An insect-eating caterpillar associated with arboreal ants: life cycle, diet, social integration and substrate-borne vibrations - Insectes Sociaux
Herbivory is the predominant feeding strategy in Lepidoptera, whereas carnivory has evolved rarely. The life cycles of carnivorous species, however, remain poorly documented. Here, we confirm that Jud...
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Joanna Masel @joannamasel.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We derive a working hypothesis for how the genetic code evolved, by assuming LUCA-depleted amino acids came early, using codons we infer via the 2-1-3 rule. We validate with independent data and a control ordering ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... @seekingluca.bsky.social @hanonmcshea.bsky.social 1/13
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The series of genetic codes that preceded our own
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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Pinheiro de Castro et al. trace the evolution of cyanogenic glucosides biosynthesis in Heliconiini butterflies, providing evidence for the genetic basis of this phenotype and empirical evidence for plasticity-first evolution. 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... #societyjournal #evobio #molbio
MBE | Plasticity-first evolution via CYP405 loss shaped chemical defenses in butterflies
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10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
📣What an incredible second day! Participants split into two tracks and dove straight into the command line running population genomics statistics hands-on. The terminals were flying! 💻 #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics #LepEU
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Tatiana Moreira-Pinhal @moreirapinhaltc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Learning new tricks! Back from holidays and hoping to help visually explain our Portuguese national pollinator checklist's limitations and plans for our operational reference layer for the Portuguese Pollinator Monitoring Scheme 🐝🪰🦋 #Pollinators #DataViz #Entomology #Monitoring #InsectConservation
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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Our new Nature Eco Evo paper documents range shifts in 1,758 butterfly species across 105 countries, primarily due to climate change. 🦋80% expanded 🦋27% contracted 🦋22% shifted elevation 🦋342 showed multiple shift types. doi.org/10.1038/s415... @monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social
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10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
📣 Today kicks off the 2nd LepEU workshop in Lisbon, coordinated under the COST Action @10klepgenomes.bsky.social Find more information here ⬇️ 10klepgenomes.eu/event/popula... #Genomics #Lepidoptera #Populationgenomics
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Population Genomic Analyses with Hundreds of Samples (LepEU) - 10kLepGenomes
LepEU Workshop 2026 DescriptionThe LepEU Workshop 2026 is a joint training and hackathon event focused on the analysis of Lepidoptera genomic data (butterflies and moths). The […]
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Joana Meier @joanameier.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Working on entomology research? Join us from 29 June to 3 July in Tours, France, for the European Congress of Entomology. The abstract submission deadline was extended to 31 January. If you are interested in genomics and evolutionary novelties, apply for our symposium on this topic. www.ece2026.org
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ECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology
It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Tours, France, in the heart of the Loire Valley, from June 29 to July 3, 2026.
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Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
(1/5)Thrilled to announce our paper on #ProjectPsyche is out! 🦋We describe how we’ve generated 1000+ high-quality genomes for European Lepidoptera, providing an unprecedented resource for biodiversity, conservation, and evolutionary research. #Genomics #Biodiversity www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found in Europe. Here, we describe t...
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Christopher Wheat @chriswheat.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: LepEU postdoc: comparative population genomics of European scale adaptation in butterflies 2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ. Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct. Details: christopherwheatlab.wordpress.com
The aim of this proposal is to place population genomic insights into a comparative framework to gain fundamental insights into the determinants of evolutionary outcomes. The project will work within LepEU, the European Lepidopteran Population Genomics Consortium (https://lepeu.github.io/). LepEU provides access to field samples from European populations of diverse species. Chromosome-scale reference genomes are provided by Project Psyche (https://www.projectpsyche.org/). Networking during the postdoc will be facilitated by participation in the 10kLepGenomes COST Action (https://10klepgenomes.eu/). Existing datasets await analysis, while additional samples need DNA extraction and submission for sequencing. Functional validation capability (CRISPR/Cas9 gene manipulations) is also available to test emergent hypotheses of allele-to-phenotype impacts. Personal research interests of the postdoc will be important to determine the exact project, as the project has a generous sequencing budget.The successful applicant should have a PhD (obtained within 6 years of the application deadline) in a suitable subject area, such as evolutionary biology or population genomics. A strong interest in population genomics, local adaptation, comparative analyses, and experience working with genomic-scale data is essential. The candidate must have a documented publication record demonstrating relevant skills. Experience working with bioinformatic pipelines (e.g., Snakemake), or working with butterflies is welcome but not essential. The net salary is 28,000 SEK/month (~2,430 Euro, not subject to Swedish income tax) and comes directly from the Carl-Trygger Foundation stipend, which is paid out directly to the postdoc. Only PhD candidates acquired outside of the host department can apply. Currently, the lab of Prof. Wheat consists of 3 postdoctoral researchers, while the Dept. of Zoology provides a vibrant and excellent research environment of active, dynamic researchers. 

Applications should include: i) a succinct description of research interests and experience, detailing your contribution to any relevant publications (max 1 page), ii) why you are the ideal candidate for this position in the lab (max 1 page); iii) a CV including a list of publications, and iv) the name and contact information of two personal references. 

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a deadline of 23 August 2025. The project is planned to start on 1 October, but flexibility in the starting date can be provided for a suitable candidate. Please contact Prof. Wheat for additional information.
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Tatiana Moreira-Pinhal @moreirapinhaltc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I have been worried on the field, and it is not just in Portugal. It has been decreasing immensely since 2013. I have never seen such low numbers as I have last month's field work. Nor such low numbers of species. :/ Everyone is saying the same. Especially whoever goes to the southern areas.
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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Please enjoy this ridiculously cute butterfly, which was about the size of my pinkie fingernail. It's in the butterfly family called metalmarks (Riodinidae). Males, like these, have reduced front legs and perch using only the rear 4 (females can use all 6). Sarota acantus; Costa Rica 🐙🌿 #insects
A macro photo, front three-quarter view, of a little butterfly perched on a green leaf. The butterfly has pale green eyes with black speckles, legs covered in thick yellow fuzzy hair, and orange wings sprinkled with metallic light blue patches. It is very cute.A macro photo, side view, of a little butterfly perched on a green leaf. The butterfly has pale green eyes with black speckles, legs covered in thick yellow fuzzy hair, and orange wings sprinkled with metallic light blue bands and patches. It is very cute.
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
HISTORIC HEAT IN EUROPE:40 DEGREES AGAIN ! The harshest heat wave Europe has ever witnessed in Spring hands down Some records today: 🇪🇸 40.5 Merida 39.0 Badajoz AP 37.0 Caceres 🇵🇹 Tmin 22.1 Beja broken 3 times in a row 🇲🇦 36.5 Tanger A more full list tomorrow...
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Tatiana Moreira-Pinhal @moreirapinhaltc.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Oh hi! :D My old account was hacked, so I kinda am rediscovering BlueSky and also wanted to share this awesome new account about the work @rkellerp.bsky.social has been doing at our National Natural History and Science Museum (Lisbon, PT), so follow us & have fun! www.instagram.com/p/DI541lts8n6
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