Today, the world is becoming interconnected, as a huge matrix. Everything seems to happen quickly, in all places, and at the same time. At the meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) held in Austin, Texas, 10-13 November 2013, the theme was “Science Impacting a Connected World” (http://www.entsoc.org/entomology2013). The theme of the upcoming International Congress of Entomology (ICE 2016), to be held in Orlando, Florida, 25-30 September 2016 is “Entomology Without Borders ” (http://www.ice2016orlando.org). The themes of these two meetings illustrate the tendency to consider all things interconnected. Insects do not have political boundaries as we humans do; they move around, driven by their adaptability to new environments, independently of countries’ frontiers. Invasive (exotic) species are regarded as an enormous challenge today. Considering all taxa, they are estimated to cause $1 trillion in losses worldwide each year (Oeke and Dehne 2004). Just in the U.S., invasive species are estimated to cause more than $140 billion in losses per year (Pimentel et al. 2005). These are data from 10 years ago, and this situation has certainly grown worse. In addition, once present, invasive species are difficult to contain and even harder to eradicate. Recently, Gutierrez and Ponti (2013) stated that it is important to conduct analyses of exotic pests based on models (such as those considering physiological demography and ecological niches). These models …