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The article presents a study which examines the DNA sample barcodes of a Lepidoptera from Yawan, Papua New Guinea. The study explores the ecological habitat and behavior for lepidoptera as herbivorous insects using host plant linked to plant and insect collection studies. The article also discusses the biogeographic analysis of the insect and its taxonomy.

The article provides metadata for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) barcode data in GenBank for a collection of caterpillar, also called lepidoptera, vouchers from ecological studies conducted in Wanang, Papua New Guinea. It details the collection process for caterpillar samples in which trees were felled and searched for caterpillars and leaf miners. DNA sequencing has involved tissue from the anal end of the caterpillars. It adds that 462 successful sequences were grouped into 351 barcode clusters.