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On the Taxonomy of the Genera Sesapa and Nipponasura (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)
Vestnik zoologii, 51(5): 369–374, 2017 DOI 10.1515/vzoo-2017-0044 UDC 595.78:57.06 ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE GENERA SESAPA AND NIPPONASURA (LEPIDOPTERA, EREBIDAE, ARCTIINAE) A. V. Volynkin Altai State University, Lenina st., 61, Barnaul, RF-656049 Russia Tomsk State University, Institute of Biology, Ecology, Soil Science, Agriculture and Forestry, Lenina Avenue, 36, Tomsk, RF-634050 Russia E-mail: [email protected] On the Taxonomy of the Genera Sesapa and Nipponasura (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Volynkin, A. V. — Statuses of the lithosiinae genera Sesapa Walker, 1854 and Nipponasura Inoue, 1965 are revised, Sesapa is treated as a valid distinct genus and Nipponasura is downgraded here as a subgenus of Sesapa. Male and female genitalia of Sesapa and male vesica of Nipponasura are described and illustrated for the fi rst time. A new combination is established: Sesapa (Sesapa) sanguinea (Moore, 1877), comb. n. Sesapa (Nipponasura) inouei Volynkin, nom. n. is introduced as replacement name for Nipponasura sanguinea Inoue, 1965. Key words: Lithosiini, Nudariina, Asia, Japan, China, revised status, replacement name, new combination. Introduction Th e Asura / Miltochrista generic complex is one of the largest and taxonomically most diffi cult Lithosiini groups including several hundreds of species distributed in Afrotropical, Oriental, Palaearctic and Australian Regions. Systematics of the Oriental and partly Palaearctic members of the generic complex was reviewed by Holloway (2001), and those of the Afrotropical members by Durante (2008; 2009; 2012). Th e genus Sesapa was erected by Walker (1854) for a single species Sesapa inscripta Walker, 1854. Hamp- son (1900) synonymized it with Miltochrista, and at present several other taxa originally described as Sesapa by diff erent authors (Butler, 1877; Moore, 1877) are placed to the genera Miltochrista and Barsine (Holloway, 2001; Kirti, Singh, 2015). -
An Overview of Genera and Subgenera of the Asura / Miltochrista Generic Complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)
Ecologica Montenegrina 26: 14-92 (2019) This journal is available online at: www.biotaxa.org/em https://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:86F17262-17A8-40FF-88B9-2D4552A92F12 An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Part 1. Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato, Asura Walker, 1854 and related genera, with descriptions of twenty new genera, ten new subgenera and a check list of taxa of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex ANTON V. VOLYNKIN1,2*, SI-YAO HUANG3 & MARIA S. IVANOVA1 1 Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia 2 National Research Tomsk State University, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF-634050, Tomsk, Russia 3 Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China * Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Received 30 October 2019 │ Accepted by V. Pešić: 2 December 2019 │ Published online 9 December 2019. Abstract Lithosiini genera of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex related to Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato and Asura Walker, 1854 are overviewed. Barsine is considered to be a group having such an autapomorphic feature as a basal saccular process of valva only. Many species without this process are separated to the diverse and species-rich genus Ammatho stat. nov., which is subdivided here into eight subgenera including Idopterum Hampson, 1894 downgraded here to a subgenus level, and six new subgenera: Ammathella Volynkin, subgen. nov., Composine Volynkin, subgen. nov., Striatella Volynkin & Huang, subgen. nov., Conicornuta Volynkin, subgen. nov., Delineatia Volynkin & Huang, subgen. nov. and Rugosine Volynkin, subgen. nov. A number of groups of species considered previously by various authors as members of Barsine are erected here to 20 new genera and four subgenera: Ovipennis (Barsipennis) Volynkin, subgen. -
Noctuoidea: Erebidae: Others
Staude et al. / Metamorphosis 27: S165–S188 S165 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Noctuoidea: Erebidae: Others Reference/ Lepidoptera Host plant Locality rearing no. Taxon Subfamily Family Taxon Family M1148 Anoba angulilinea Anobinae Erebidae Dalbergia Fabaceae Tshukudu Game melanoxylon Reserve, Hoedspruit M998 Anoba atripuncta Anobinae Erebidae Ormocarpum Fabaceae Tshukudu Game trichocarpum Reserve, Hoedspruit Gv71 Baniana arvorum Anobinae Erebidae Elephantorrhiza Fabaceae Steenkoppies, farm, elephantina Magaliesburg 14HSS52 Baniana arvorum Anobinae Erebidae Elephantorrhiza Fabaceae Steenkoppies, farm, elephantina Magaliesburg 13HSS84 Plecoptera arctinotata Anobinae Erebidae Senegalia caffra Fabaceae Steenkoppies, farm, Magaliesburg M1020a Plecoptera flaviceps Anobinae Erebidae Dalbergia Fabaceae Casketts, farm, melanoxylon Hoedspruit M317 Bareia incidens Calpinae Erebidae Ficus lutea Moraceae Casketts, farm, (unplaced as to Hoedspruit tribe) 14HSS87 Egnasia vicaria Calpinae Erebidae Afrocanthium Rubiaceae Dlinsa Forest, (unplaced as to mundianum Eshowe tribe) 12HSS163 Exophyla multistriata Calpinae Erebidae Celtis africana Cannabaceae Golden Valley, (unplaced as to Magaliesburg tribe) M416 Exophyla multistriata Calpinae Erebidae Trema orientalis Cannabaceae Sekororo, Tzaneen (unplaced as to (Fed on Celtis tribe) africana) M743 Lacera alope Calpinae Erebidae Pterolobium Fabaceae Moholoholo Rehab (unplaced as to stellatum Centre, Hoedspruit tribe) -
Forestry Department Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Forestry Department Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Forest Health & Biosecurity Working Papers OVERVIEW OF FOREST PESTS INDONESIA January 2007 Forest Resources Development Service Working Paper FBS/19E Forest Management Division FAO, Rome, Italy Forestry Department Overview of forest pests - Indonesia DISCLAIMER The aim of this document is to give an overview of the forest pest1 situation in Indonesia. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. © FAO 2007 1 Pest: Any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic agent injurious to plants or plant products (FAO, 2004). ii Overview of forest pests - Indonesia TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction..................................................................................................................... 1 Forest pests...................................................................................................................... 1 Naturally regenerating forests..................................................................................... 1 Insects ..................................................................................................................... 1 Diseases.................................................................................................................. -
Comparative Morphology of the Male Genitalia in Lepidoptera
COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY OF THE MALE GENITALIA IN LEPIDOPTERA. By DEV RAJ MEHTA, M. Sc.~ Ph. D. (Canta.b.), 'Univefsity Scholar of the Government of the Punjab, India (Department of Zoology, University of Oambridge). CONTENTS. PAGE. Introduction 197 Historical Review 199 Technique. 201 N ontenclature 201 Function • 205 Comparative Morphology 206 Conclusions in Phylogeny 257 Summary 261 Literature 1 262 INTRODUCTION. In the domains of both Morphology and Taxonomy the study' of Insect genitalia has evoked considerable interest during the past half century. Zander (1900, 1901, 1903) suggested a common structural plan for the genitalia in various orders of insects. This work stimulated further research and his conclusions were amplified by Crampton (1920) who homologized the different parts in the genitalia of Hymenoptera, Mecoptera, Neuroptera, Diptera, Trichoptera Lepidoptera, Hemiptera and Strepsiptera with those of more generalized insects like the Ephe meroptera and Thysanura. During this time the use of genitalic charac ters for taxonomic purposes was also realized particularly in cases where the other imaginal characters had failed to serve. In this con nection may be mentioned the work of Buchanan White (1876), Gosse (1883), Bethune Baker (1914), Pierce (1909, 1914, 1922) and others. Also, a comparative account of the genitalia, as a basis for the phylo genetic study of different insect orders, was employed by Walker (1919), Sharp and Muir (1912), Singh-Pruthi (1925) and Cole (1927), in Orthop tera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera and the Diptera respectively. It is sur prising, work of this nature having been found so useful in these groups, that an important order like the Lepidoptera should have escaped careful analysis at the hands of the morphologists. -
Summer Butterflies in Dinosaur National Monument
VOLUME 37, NUMBER 1 91 Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 37(1), 1983, 91 SPECIES OF EUCALYPTUS AS FOOD PLANTS FOR LEPIDOPTERA IN EAST AFRICA Dr. 1. F. B. Common's paper, "Some factors responsible for imbalances in the Aus tralian fauna of Lepidoptera" (1981, J. Lepid. Soc. 34:286-294), and his remarks on the role of Eucalyptus as a lepidopterous food plant suggest that a list of the Lepidoptera feeding on the introduced Eucalyptus spp. in East Africa might be of interest. Various species of Eucalyptus are grown in many parts of East Africa, primarily as sources of firewood but also as useful agents in the reclamation of swampy land. E. citriodora is grown as a plantation crop in Zaire and elsewhere for its oil, used in the perfumery trade. The following is a list of species recorded as feeding on species of Eucalyptus: Lymantriidae-Euproctis molunduana Auriv., Dasychira georgiana Fawcett, D. basa lis Wlk., Argyrostagma niobe Weymer; Lasiocampidae---Lechriolepis nigrivenis Strand, Bombycopsis bipars Wlk., Nadiasa cuneata Distant, Pachypasa subfascia Wlk., P. pa pyri Tams, Eucraera salambo Vuillot; Saturniidae-Bunaea alcinoe Stoll, Nudaurelia conradsi Rebel, N. cytherea F., N. dione F., N. krucki Hering, N. gueinzii Karsch, Lobobunaea phaedusa Drury, Urota sinope Westwood, Athletes ethra Westwood; No todontidae-Desmeocraera varia Janse; Limacodidae-Latoia chapmanni Kirby; Psychidae-Eumeta rougeoti Bourgogne, Kotochalia junodi Hylaerts; Noctuidae Euxoa longidentifera Hampson, Spodoptera littoralis Bdv., Heliothis armigera (Hbn.), Anua mejanesi Gn., A. tirhaca Cramer, Achaea lienardi Bdv., A. catella Gn., A. faber Holland, PI usia limbirena Gn.; Geometridae-Orthonama obstipata F., Colocleom divisaria Wlk., Ascotis selenaria Schiff., A. -
Contributions Toward a Lepidoptera (Psychidae, Yponomeutidae, Sesiidae, Cossidae, Zygaenoidea, Thyrididae, Drepanoidea, Geometro
Contributions Toward a Lepidoptera (Psychidae, Yponomeutidae, Sesiidae, Cossidae, Zygaenoidea, Thyrididae, Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Mimalonoidea, Bombycoidea, Sphingoidea, & Noctuoidea) Biodiversity Inventory of the University of Florida Natural Area Teaching Lab Hugo L. Kons Jr. Last Update: June 2001 Abstract A systematic check list of 489 species of Lepidoptera collected in the University of Florida Natural Area Teaching Lab is presented, including 464 species in the superfamilies Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Mimalonoidea, Bombycoidea, Sphingoidea, and Noctuoidea. Taxa recorded in Psychidae, Yponomeutidae, Sesiidae, Cossidae, Zygaenoidea, and Thyrididae are also included. Moth taxa were collected at ultraviolet lights, bait, introduced Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum), and by netting specimens. A list of taxa recorded feeding on P. notatum is presented. Introduction The University of Florida Natural Area Teaching Laboratory (NATL) contains 40 acres of natural habitats maintained for scientific research, conservation, and teaching purposes. Habitat types present include hammock, upland pine, disturbed open field, cat tail marsh, and shallow pond. An active management plan has been developed for this area, including prescribed burning to restore the upland pine community and establishment of plots to study succession (http://csssrvr.entnem.ufl.edu/~walker/natl.htm). The site is a popular collecting locality for student and scientific collections. The author has done extensive collecting and field work at NATL, and two previous reports have resulted from this work, including: a biodiversity inventory of the butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea & Papilionoidea) of NATL (Kons 1999), and an ecological study of Hermeuptychia hermes (F.) and Megisto cymela (Cram.) in NATL habitats (Kons 1998). Other workers have posted NATL check lists for Ichneumonidae, Sphecidae, Tettigoniidae, and Gryllidae (http://csssrvr.entnem.ufl.edu/~walker/insect.htm). -
Native Versus Exotic Crotalaria Species (Fabaceae) As Host Plants of the Ornate Bella Moth, Utetheisa Ornatrix (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) Andrei Sourakov*
Journal of Natural History, 2015 Vol. 49, Nos. 39–40, 2397–2415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1006700 You are what you eat: native versus exotic Crotalaria species (Fabaceae) as host plants of the Ornate Bella Moth, Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) Andrei Sourakov* McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA (Received 9 April 2014; accepted 2 January 2015; first published online 3 March 2015) Crotalaria plants and Utetheisa ornatrix are closely linked to each other: the larvae destroy the seeds, while the moth depends on hostplants for alkaloids. To better understand the ongoing co-evolution, the present study examines how native hos- tplants compare to exotic ones. Leaf-feeding on Crotalaria pumila, C. rotundifolia,and C. incana,nativetothemoth’s range, led to faster larval development than on the exotic C. lanceolata, C. spectabilis,andC. pallida. Seed-feeding on all species of Crotalaria led to accelerated larval development and a resultant larger adult moth, and correlates with a higher nitrogen content in the plant tissues. These results add a novel dimension to the previous studies of reproductive biology of this model organ- ism. In controlled settings, mature larvae showed preference for leaves of C. spectabilis over those of other species, perhaps due to the higher alkaloid content. Differences in morphology and phenology of Crotalaria determine the ecology of U. ornatrix popu- lations in Florida. The introduction of novel hostplants, on which U. ornatrix can have a significant negative effect and which are of concern to humans as invasive toxic weeds, has greatly expanded the niche occupied by this moth. -
Occurrence and Distribution of Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera Frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Other Moths on Maize in Ghana B
OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF FALL ARMYWORM, SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) AND OTHER MOTHS ON MAIZE IN GHANA By DJIMA KOFFI ID: 10600839 A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (M.PHIL.) DEGREE IN ENTOMOLOGY. AFRICAN REGIONAL POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME IN INSECT SCIENCE (ARPPIS) UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON, ACCRA, GHANA AUGUST, 2018 * JOINT INTER-FACULTY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR THE TRAINING OF ENTOMOLOGISTS IN WEST AFRICA COLLABORATING DEPARTMENTS: ANIMAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION SCIENCE (SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES) AND CROP SCIENCE (SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE) COLLEGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCES DECLARATION I hereby declare that this thesis is the result of the original work personally done by me for the award of a Master of Philosophy Degree in Entomology at the African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science (ARPPIS), University of Ghana, Legon. All the references to other people’s work have been duly acknowledged and this thesis has not been submitted in part or whole for the award of a degree elsewhere. Signature……………....................................... Date………………………………………….. DJIMA KOFFI (STUDENT) Signature……………....................................... Date………………………………………….. DR. ROSINA KYEREMATEN (PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR) Signature……………....................................... Date………………………………………….. DR. VINCENT Y. EZIAH (CO-SUPERVISOR) Signature……………....................................... Date………………………………………….. DR. -
Terrestrial Arthropod Surveys on Pagan Island, Northern Marianas
Terrestrial Arthropod Surveys on Pagan Island, Northern Marianas Neal L. Evenhuis, Lucius G. Eldredge, Keith T. Arakaki, Darcy Oishi, Janis N. Garcia & William P. Haines Pacific Biological Survey, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 Final Report November 2010 Prepared for: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish & Wildlife Office Honolulu, Hawaii Evenhuis et al. — Pagan Island Arthropod Survey 2 BISHOP MUSEUM The State Museum of Natural and Cultural History 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817–2704, USA Copyright© 2010 Bishop Museum All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America Contribution No. 2010-015 to the Pacific Biological Survey Evenhuis et al. — Pagan Island Arthropod Survey 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ......................................................................................................... 5 Background ..................................................................................................................... 7 General History .............................................................................................................. 10 Previous Expeditions to Pagan Surveying Terrestrial Arthropods ................................ 12 Current Survey and List of Collecting Sites .................................................................. 18 Sampling Methods ......................................................................................................... 25 Survey Results .............................................................................................................. -
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
— ( 309 ) XIX. Entomological Observations and Captures during the visit of the British Association to South Africa in 1905. By F. A. Dixey, M.A., M.D., F.E.S., and G. B. LoNGSTAFF, M.A., M.D., F.R.GP., F.E.S. [Read June 5th, 1907.] Plate XXV. Cape Town. Lat. 34° S. Sea level. August 8tli, 1905. Surely no one who was on deck when the " Kildonan Castle " anchored in Table Bay will forget the impressive scene. Behind the town-lights which gleamed along the front the grand mass of Table Mountain, clear cut against a streak of dawn, lay under the Southern Cross and Magellanic Clouds, while in the opposite quarter Jupiter and Venus shone brilliant beyond our experience, the latter reflected in the sea, and Orion standing on his head demonstrated that we were indeed in a Southern land. These astronomical facts had a bearing on our entomological operations, since we had to grow accus- tomed to the fact that the most promising hunting-grounds were slopes with a north-cast aspect. Faithful to our own science rather than to the associa- tion of which we were members, we had decided to go on to Durban by the same steamer, and put in as many days collecting as possible on the Natal Coast. This left us but a day and a half at Cape Town, in which to get a glimpse of its fauna and flora, and we were truly fortunate in that the Southern spring smiled upon us and provided, if indeed few insects, at any rate what Mr. -
The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths
46 JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY This .576 page special issue is composed of 12 papers in English and two new species are described. Similarly, in the Cosmopterigi ranging from the physical description of the Philippines to anno dae two new species are described and two new records are re tated checklists of several lepidopteran groups and one of Tri ported for the country. On a more ample basis, the Scopariinae and choptera and descriptions of several new taxa. Ten of the 12 papers Heliothelinae (Crambidae) of the Oriental region are reviewed; 11 are devoted to Lepidoptera, therefore this issue is of special interest genera and 63 species (including 6 new species) are recognized. This to the lepidopterist. paper includes diagnoses and phylogenetic remarks for the higher The following papers comprised the volume: "Short introduction taxa. In the last paper, a checklist of the fauna of caddis flies of the to Philippine natural and geological history and its relevance for Mt. Agtuuganon Range on Mindanao is presented. An amazing Lepidoptera" by C. G. Treadaway; "The Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) number 016.3 species out of the 102 listed are described and male of the Philippines" by W. Hogenes and C. G. Treadaway; The Lasio genitalia illustrated for the first time. campidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines by V V Zohouhin, C. G. It is important to note that special care was taken in order to in Treadaway and T. Witt; "The Satumiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philip sure accuracy in the localities used in the distribution discussions or pines" by W A. Nassig and C.