Final steps in juvenile hormone biosynthesis in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

► JHAMT, CYP15A1 and FAMeT were reported to be involved in JH biosynthesis in Arthropods. ► Orthologs were cloned in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. ► Q-RT-PCR study (tissue specificity and developmental expression) was performed. ► RNAi-based approach to verify their orthologous function. ► SgJHAMT and SgCYP15A1 encode an FA methyltransferase and an MF epoxidase resp.