Héctor A. Vargas

934 total citations
140 papers, 730 citations indexed

About

Héctor A. Vargas is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Héctor A. Vargas has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 730 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Genetics, 92 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 74 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Héctor A. Vargas's work include Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (120 papers), Plant and animal studies (61 papers) and Biological Control of Invasive Species (47 papers). Héctor A. Vargas is often cited by papers focused on Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (120 papers), Plant and animal studies (61 papers) and Biological Control of Invasive Species (47 papers). Héctor A. Vargas collaborates with scholars based in Chile, Brazil and Peru. Héctor A. Vargas's co-authors include Luís E. Parra, Gilson R. P. Moreira, Gislene L. Gonçalves, Wilson Huanca‐Mamani, Hugo A. Benítez, J. A. Kipe-Nolt, Axel Hausmann, Bernard Landry, K.E. Giller and Wolfgang R. Streit and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Plant and Soil and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease.

In The Last Decade

Héctor A. Vargas

126 papers receiving 697 citations

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Héctor A. Vargas

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Mihajla Djan Serbia

Snežana Radenković Serbia

Simone Lioy Italy

Dragana Obreht Vidaković Serbia

Marcelo Duarte Brazil

Marcin Sielezniew Poland

Jelena Ačanski Serbia

Joseph Braasch United States

Igor Emelianov United Kingdom

Gaden S. Robinson United Kingdom

Mihajla Djan Serbia

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304 ×0.6

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367 ×0.8

EEBS

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vargas, Héctor A., et al.. (2025). Gobernanza criminal y capacidad estatal en México: apoyo ciudadano a los pactos político-delictivos. URVIO - Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad. 47–65.

Vargas, Héctor A.. (2023). A New Host Plant Record Helps to Understand the Geographic Distribution of a Neotropical Geometrid Moth (Geometridae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society. 77(2).

Gonçalves, Gislene L., et al.. (2022). Atacamaptilia ambrosiavora gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a leaf miner of Ambrosia cumanensis (Asteraceae) in the Atacama Desert. Zootaxa. 5100(3). 401–418. 1 indexed citations

Vargas, Héctor A., et al.. (2022). The South American moth Rheumaptera mochica (Dognin, 1904) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) rediscovered after more than a century of anonymity. ZooKeys. 1085. 129–143. 2 indexed citations

Vargas, Héctor A.. (2022). Scrobipalpulopsis aguilaensis sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), the first representative of the genus discovered in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile. ZooKeys. 1114. 105–119. 1 indexed citations

Vargas, Héctor A.. (2022). Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) reared from the Chilean endemic Stevia philippiana (Asteraceae). ZooKeys. 10. e94358–e94358.

Vargas, Héctor A.. (2021). New distribution records, first host plant record and DNA barcoding of the Neotropical plume moth Oidaematophorus pseudotrachyphloeus Gielis (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae). ZooKeys. 9. e77167–e77167. 1 indexed citations

Vargas, Héctor A., et al.. (2020). Phyllocnistis furcata sp. nov.: a new species of leaf-miner associated with Baccharis (Asteraceae) from Southern Peru (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). ZooKeys. 996. 121–145. 3 indexed citations

Vargas, Héctor A., Milen Mаrinоv, Carlos O. Esquivel, et al.. (2018). Isolation on a remote island: genetic and morphological differentiation of a cosmopolitan odonate. Heredity. 122(6). 893–905. 12 indexed citations

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Véliz, David, et al.. (2017). Lack of genetic structure in Pantala flavescens among Central and South American localities (Odonata: Libellulidae). Odonatologica. 5 indexed citations

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Vargas, Héctor A.. (2012). Strepsicrates smithiana Walsingham (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae): first record from Chile and a newly documented host plant. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Vargas, Héctor A.. (2012). First Host Plant Record for Teriocolias zelia andina Forbes (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) and Evidence for Local Specialization. Neotropical Entomology. 41(6). 524–525. 10 indexed citations

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Vargas, Héctor A. & Gerardo Lamas. (2011). First record of Phoebis argante chincha Lamas (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) in Chile. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Vargas, Héctor A.. (2007). Una nueva especie de Pero Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) del Norte de Chile. Neotropical Entomology. 36(4). 529–531. 3 indexed citations

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Vargas, Héctor A.. (2007). Megalorhipida leucodactyla (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae): first distribution record from Chile and new host plant record. Neotropical Entomology. 36(3). 476–477. 3 indexed citations

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Vargas, Héctor A.. (2007). Larva de último instar, pupa y nuevo registro de distribución de Periploca otrebla Vargas (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae). Neotropical Entomology. 36(6). 894–901. 2 indexed citations

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Vargas, Héctor A., et al.. (2003). The experimental use of tralomethrin against some Lepidopterous larvae attacking vegetable crops in northern Chile. 21(2). 115–124.

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Vargas, Héctor A.. (2003). Una nueva especie de "Periploca" Braun (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) de Chile. 21(27). 61–66. 6 indexed citations

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Vargas, Héctor A. & Luís E. Parra. (2002). Notas sobre Eupithecia atacama (Vojnits) (Lepidoptera:Geometridae). 20(1). 27–33. 3 indexed citations

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Vargas, Héctor A., et al.. (2001). Acción parasítica de Ageniaspis citricola Logvinovskaya (Hymenoptera:Encyrtidae) sobre Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera:Gracillariidae) en el valle de Azapa, I Región, Chile. 19. 39–42. 2 indexed citations

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