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February 2013
If this page does not display correctly, contact Karl Legler at [email protected] Badger ButterFlyer The e-Newsletter of the Southern Wisconsin Butterfly Association JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 2013 WEB SITE: http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabawba/ 1 NEXT SWBA MEETING: Tuesday, April 16 (mark your calendar!) Meet at 7:00 p.m. in Madison at the Warner Park Community Recreation Center, 1625 Northport Drive. Public Programs: 1) Landscaping for Butterflies and other Wildlife (Larry and Emily Scheunemann) In this 30 minute program we will learn about the landscaping of 18 acres of Conservation Reserve Program land (CRP), restored prairie and the creation of a Monarch Waystation. (Tagged Monarchs were recovered in Mexico!) Relax and enjoy pictures of flowers and butterflies as we look forward to another season of both! 2) Dragonflies of Wisconsin: (Karl Legler) A 30 minute program. The 116 Dragonflies of Wisconsin are immensely appealing with their gigantic eyes, intricately veined wings, beautifully colorful bodies, the high-speed flight of an acrobatic aerialist, an insatiable appetite for other flying insects, and a truly fascinating sex life! We will highlight some of the most interesting species in the state. 3) Photo Show and Tell Eastern Amberwing Share some of your favorite butterfly, caterpillar, moth, or dragonfly photos and enjoy the photos of others. You are welcome IN THIS ISSUE: to briefly comment about the subject of your photos. Please 1. NEXT SWBA MEETING email up to 8 digital photos (as file attachments) to Mike Reese at ON TUESDAY, APRIL 16. 2. FIELD TRIPS IN 2013. [email protected] Otherwise, you can bring 3. -
The Speciation History of Heliconius: Inferences from Multilocus DNA Sequence Data
The speciation history of Heliconius: inferences from multilocus DNA sequence data by Margarita Sofia Beltrán A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of London September 2004 Department of Biology University College London 1 Abstract Heliconius butterflies, which contain many intermediate stages between local varieties, geographic races, and sympatric species, provide an excellent biological model to study evolution at the species boundary. Heliconius butterflies are warningly coloured and mimetic, and it has been shown that these traits can act as a form of reproductive isolation. I present a species-level phylogeny for this group based on 3834bp of mtDNA (COI, COII, 16S) and nuclear loci (Ef1α, dpp, ap, wg). Using these data I test the geographic mode of speciation in Heliconius and whether mimicry could drive speciation. I found little evidence for allopatric speciation. There are frequent shifts in colour pattern within and between sister species which have a positive and significant correlation with species diversity; this suggests that speciation is facilitated by the evolution of novel mimetic patterns. My data is also consistent with the idea that two major innovations in Heliconius, adult pollen feeding and pupal-mating, each evolved only once. By comparing gene genealogies from mtDNA and introns from nuclear Tpi and Mpi genes, I investigate recent speciation in two sister species pairs, H. erato/H. himera and H. melpomene/H. cydno. There is highly significant discordance between genealogies of the three loci, which suggests recent speciation with ongoing gene flow. Finally, I explore the phylogenetic relationships between races of H. melpomene using an AFLP band tightly linked to the Yb colour pattern locus (which determines the yellow bar in the hindwing). -
Faa 119 Biodiversity Analysis
, MOLDOVA FAA 119 BIODIVERSITY ANALYSIS February 2007 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared1 by DevTech Systems, Inc. under an EPIQ II subcontract to PA Government Services, Inc. This page left intentionally blank MOLDOVA FAA 119 BIODIVERSITY ANALYSIS February 2007 Prepared by DevTech Systems, Inc. under an EPIQ II subcontract to PA Government Services, Inc. Contract # EPP-I-00-03-00015-00, subcontract # EPP3R015-4S-003, Task Order 3. DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government Cover photo credits: Jeff Ploetz, Steve Nelson, Aureliu Overcenco This page left intentionally blank TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ...............................................................................III PREFACE ........................................................................................................................V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..................................................................................................... VI SECTION I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ......................................................1 SECTION II: THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY .....................................................................3 A. The Importance of Biodiversity........................................................................................................................................... -
Diptera) of the Czech Republic
© Entomologica Fennica. 30 March 2009 Annotated host catalogue for the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the Czech Republic Jaromir Vafihara*, Hans-Peter Tschorsnig, Benno Herting’r, Petr Mfickstein & Veronika Michalkova J P. & V. Vanhara, ., Tschorsnig, H.-P., Herting, B., Miickstein, Michalkova, 2009: Annotated host catalogue for the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the Czech Re- public. — Entomol. Fennica 20: 22—48. An annotated host catalogue is given for the Tachinidae ofthe Czech Republic. It comprises 149 of476 tachinid species which are currently known from this coun- try (included the two new records cited below). 195 hosts are listed. The first host records ofTachinidae date back to the second halfofthe 19th century. The bibli- ography for the host records consists of 1 16 papers of 55 researchers. Several re- cords of hitherto unpublished material are included. Phryxe setifacies and Anthomyiopsis plagioderae are first records for the Czech Republic. J. Vanhara (*corresponding author), Masaryk University, Faculty ofScience, Kotlarska 2, CZ—6I I 3 7 Brno, Czech Republic, [email protected] H.—P. Tschorsnig, Staatliches Museumflir Naturkunde, Rosenstein I, D— 70 191 Stuttgart, Germany, tschorsnig.smns@naturkundemuseum—bw.de P. Muckstein Administration of the Protected Landscape Area Zd’drske' vrchy, Brnenska 39, CZ—591 01 Zd’dr nad Sazavou, Czech Republic, muchstein @email.cz V. Michalkova, Masaryk University, Faculty ofScience, Kotlarska 2, CZ—6I I 3 7 Brno, Czech Republic, [email protected] Received 22 August 200 7, accepted 21 January 2008 1. Introduction The tachinid species are listed in their actual valid nomenclature; probable misidentifications Tachinidae are a very large and important dipter- are — if possible — tentatively corrected, but the an family of (mainly) insect parasitoids. -
Greek Island Odyssey Holiday Report 2013
Greek Island Odyssey Holiday Report 2013 Day 1: Saturday 20th April As our plane came in to land at Rhodes airport the wildlife spotting began! We had a good view of a female Marsh Harrier and Little Egret over the nearby river. Then, on the drive to the hotel, we saw a Wood Sandpiper on the same river by the road bridge. Upon our arrival in the medieval old town Andy and Denise made a quick foray into the moat and town and found Starred Agamas, Oertzen’s Rock Lizards, a Dahl’s Whip Snake and Large Wall Brown butterflies. It was late evening by then and so we sat at a local taverna for our first traditional Greek mezedes meal and discussed plans for the week ahead over a civilized glass of wine. Day 2: Sunday 21st April After a hearty breakfast at the hotel we set off on our first Anatolian Worm Lizard full day of exploration. Our first stop was the archaeological park at Monte Smith. After parking the car and with lots of butterflies flying around us, it was hard to know just what to look at first. Andy diverted our attention, announcing that he had found an Anatolian Worm Lizard, a strange creature looking more like a worm than a lizard and which is found in Turkey and Greece. On Rhodes it is recorded only in the northern parts of the island. Lesser Fiery Copper We then moved on to watch the butterflies. The first two we identified were male and female Lesser Fiery Coppers, soon followed by Eastern Bath White, and Clouded yellow. -
Revisiting the Use of Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) to Predict to Risk of Invasion of Re-Emergent Pest Species
Revisiting the use of Self- Organizing Maps (SOM) to predict to risk of invasion of pre-emergent pest species Karl Suiter; Durham, North Carolina Godshen Pallipparambil; Center for Integrated Pest Management, NC State University 2019 Annual Meeting of the International Pest Risk Research Group Pest Prioritization Using Self Organizing Maps (SOM) Worner S, Gevrey M, Eschen R, Kenis M, Paini D, Singh S, Watts M, Suiter K (2013) Prioritizing the risk of plant pests by clustering methods; self-organising maps, k-means and hierarchical clustering. NeoBiota 18: 83-102. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.18.4042 Susan Worner SOM Background Developed in 1982 by Teuvo Kohonen Neural network algorithm using unsupervised competitive learning Primarily used for organization and visualization of complex data 2-dimentional pictorial representation of complex data Uses SOM Toolbox, version 2.0 (http://www.cis.hut.fi/somtoolbox) Analysis and visualization performed using Matlab SOM Invasive Species Data CABI Crop Protection Compendium 238 geopolitical regions 103793 distribution records Data clean-up. Removed records labeled …. No information available; Unconfirmed record; No Information Listed; Last reported Introduced, not established; Introduced, estab. uncertain; Eradicated; Absent, unreliable record; Absent, no pest record; Absent, confirmed by survey; Absent, formerly present; Absent, intercepted only; Absent, invalid record; Absent, never occurred; Absent, reported not confirmed 98100 clean distribution records 5636 distinct pest species -
Doktori Disszertáció Világok És Másvilágok Vladimir Nabokov
DOKTORI DISSZERTÁCIÓ VILÁGOK ÉS MÁSVILÁGOK VLADIMIR NABOKOV MŰVEIBEN SÁRDI RUDOLF 2013 Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Bölcsészettudományi Kar DOKTORI DISSZERTÁCIÓ SÁRDI RUDOLF VILÁGOK ÉS MÁSVILÁGOK VLADIMIR NABOKOV MŰVEIBEN WORLDS AND WORLDS APART IN VLADIMIR NABOKOV’S FICTION Az Irodalomtudományi Iskola vezetője: Dr. Kállay Géza DSc, egyetemi tanár A Modern Angol és Amerikai Irodalom Doktori Program vezetője: Dr. Péter Ágnes DSc, egyetemi tanár A bizottság elnöke: Dr. Hetényi Zsuzsa DSc, egyetemi tanár Hivatalosan felkért bírálók: Dr. Takács Ferenc PhD, egyetemi docens Dr. Pellérdi Márta PhD, egyetemi docens A bizottság további tagjai: Dr. Friedrich Judit CSc, egyetemi docens, a bizottság titkára Dr. Goldmann Márta PhD, főiskolai docens Dr. Kenyeres János CSc, egyetemi docens Dr. Gellért Marcell PhD, főiskolai docens Témavezető: Dr. Farkas Ákos PhD, habilitált főiskolai docens DOCTORAL DISSERTATION by Rudolf Sárdi Worlds and Worlds Apart in Vladimir Nabokov’s Fiction A doctoral dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Rudolf Sárdi in 2013 Fall Semester Supervised by Dr. Ákos Farkas, Associate Professor Department of English Studies School of English and American Studies Modern English and American Literature Doctoral Program Doctoral School of Literature Headed by Prof. Dr. Géza Kállay Faculty of Humanities Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary Certificate of Research I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare that, as required by these rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not original to this work. -
Variable Selection and the Coexistence of Multiple Mimetic Forms of the Butterfly Heliconius Numata
Evolutionary Ecology 13: 721±754, 1999. Ó 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. Research paper Variable selection and the coexistence of multiple mimetic forms of the butter¯y Heliconius numata MATHIEU JORON1*, IAN R. WYNNE2, GERARDO LAMAS3 and JAMES MALLET2 1Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Universite de MontpellierII, Place E. Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier, France; 2Department of Biology, University College London, 4, Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE, UK; 3Departamento de EntomologõÂa, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Apartado 14-0434, Lima-14, Peru (*author for correspondence, fax: +31 (0) 71-527-4900; email: [email protected] Inst. Evol. Ecol. Sciences, Univ. Leiden, PO BOX 9516, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands) Received 20 June 2000; accepted 11 December 2000 Co-ordinating editor: C. Rowe Abstract. Polymorphism in aposematic animals and coexistence of multiple mimicry rings within a habitat are not predicted by classical MuÈ llerian mimicry. The butter¯y Heliconius numata Cramer (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae; Heliconiinae) is both polymorphic and aposematic. The polymor- phism is due to variation at a single locus (or `supergene') which determines colour patterns involved in MuÈ llerian mimicry. We sampled 11 sites in a small area (approx. 60 ´ 30 km) of North- eastern Peru for H. numata and its co-mimics in the genus Melinaea and Athyrtis (Ithomiinae), and examined the role of temporal and spatial heterogeneity in the maintenance of polymorphism. Colour-patterns of Melinaea communities, which constitute the likely `mimetic environment' for H. numata, are dierentiated on a more local scale than morphs of H. numata, but the latter do show a strong and signi®cant response to local selection for colour-pattern. -
Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae)
STUDIES ON THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF NEOTROPICAL ITHOMIINE BUTTERFLIES (NYMPHALIDAE: ITHOMIINAE) by GEORGE WILLIAM BECCALONI A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor ofPhilosophy ofthe University ofLondon October 1995 Biogeography and Conservation Laboratory Centre for Population Biology Department of Entomology Imperial College The Natural History Museum Silwood Park Cromwell Road Ascot London SW7 5BD Berkshire SL5 7PY 2 To my mother, Benjie & Judy in love and gratitude 3 ABSTRACT Two aspects ofthe ecology ofNeotropical ithomiine butterflies (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae) are discussed: mimicry (Chapters 2, 3) and species richness (Chapters 4, 5). Chapter 2 defines eight mimicry complexes involving ithomiines and other insects found in eastern Ecuador. These complexes are dominated by ithomiine individuals. Hypotheses to explain polymorphism in Batesian and Mullerian mimics are assessed. In Chapter 3, evidence that sympatric ithomiine-dominated mimicry complexes are segregated by microhabitat is reviewed. Data confirm that sympatric complexes are segregated vertically by flight height. Flight height is shown to be positively correlated with larval host-plant height. Host-plant partitioning between species in a butterfly community results in the formation of microhabitat guilds of species, and evidence suggests that mimicry may evolve between species which share a guild, but not between guilds. Models for the evolution of mimicry complexes in sympatry, and for polymorphism and dual sex-limited mimicry in Mullerian mimics, are discussed in the light of these findings. Chapter 4 investigates relationships between species richness offamilies and subfamilies ofNeotropical butterflies and overall butterfly species richness at local and regional scales. A strong positive correlation is demonstrated between ithomiine richness and the species richness of all other butterflies. -
Recent Literature on Lepidoptera
246 Vo1.l7: no.-! RECENT LITERATURE ON LEPIDOPTERA Under this heading are included abstracts of papers and books of interest to lepidopterists. The world's literature is searched systematically, and it is intended that every work on Lepidoptera published after 1946 will be noticed here. Papers of only local interest and papers from this Journal are listed without abstract. Readers, not in North America, interested in assisting with this very large task, are invited to write Dr. P. F. BELLINGER (Dept. of Natural Sciences, San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, Calif., U. S. A.). Abstractors' initials are as follows: [P.BJ - P. F. BELLINGER [W.HJ - W. HACKMAN [N.OJ - N. S. OBRAZTSOV [I.CJ - I. F. B. COMMON [T.I.J - TARO IWASE [C.R.] - C. L. REMINGTON [W.CJ - W. C. COOK [J.MJ - J. MOUCHA CT.T.] - J. W. TILDEN [A.DJ - A. DIAKONOFF m.MJ - E. G. MUNROE [p.vJ - P. E. L. VIETTE F. BIOLOGY AND IMMATURE STAGES Ulyett, G. C., "Host adoption by hymenopterous parasites." Journ. ent. Soc. southern Africa, voL9: pp.236-237. 1947. Native South African parasites have "adopted" the introduced Plutella maculipennis and Carpocapsa pomonella. [Po BJ Ulyett, G. C., & J. S. V. d. Mer-we, "Some factors influencing population growth of Ephestia kiihniella Zell. (Lep., Phycitid.)." Journ. Ent. Soc. southern Africa, vol.lO: pp.46-63, 5 figs. 1947. Discussion of composition of food (mixed flour and bran), effects of competition, relationship between size and fecundity; mechanism of adjustment of population density with constant food supply is described. [Po BJ Umnov, M. -
Ecological Divergence and Speciation in Heliconius Cydno and H
Ecological divergence and speciation in Heliconius cydno and H. melpomene by Russell Edward Naisbit A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of London September 2001 Department of Biology University College London To my family, for their support and encouragement throughout this crazy endeavour 2 “It is hardly an exaggeration to say, that whilst reading and reflecting on the various facts given in this Memoir, we feel to be as near witnesses, as we can ever hope to be, of the creation of a new species on this earth.” Charles Darwin, Natural History Review: Quarterly Journal of Biological Science, 1863. From a review of “Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley,” in which Henry Walter Bates gave an adaptive explanation for mimicry in Amazonian butterflies and argued that variation in mimicry might cause speciation 3 Abstract We are in the midst of a renaissance in speciation research. There is a return to Darwin’s belief in the role of natural selection in driving speciation, after a lengthy focus on geographic isolation and hybrid sterility. Here I describe the ecological, behavioural, and genetic bases of speciation in Heliconius cydno and Heliconius melpomene (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). The two species are sympatric in tropical rainforest across most of Central America and the foothills of the Andes. Ecological differentiation allows coexistence of these sister species despite rare hybridisation. Divergence in microhabitat and larval host plant use has reduced both the potential for gene flow and for competition. In Panama H. cydno uses most Passiflora species in closed canopy forest, whilst H. -
REPORT on APPLES – Fruit Pathway and Alert List
EU project number 613678 Strategies to develop effective, innovative and practical approaches to protect major European fruit crops from pests and pathogens Work package 1. Pathways of introduction of fruit pests and pathogens Deliverable 1.3. PART 5 - REPORT on APPLES – Fruit pathway and Alert List Partners involved: EPPO (Grousset F, Petter F, Suffert M) and JKI (Steffen K, Wilstermann A, Schrader G). This document should be cited as ‘Wistermann A, Steffen K, Grousset F, Petter F, Schrader G, Suffert M (2016) DROPSA Deliverable 1.3 Report for Apples – Fruit pathway and Alert List’. An Excel file containing supporting information is available at https://upload.eppo.int/download/107o25ccc1b2c DROPSA is funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration (grant agreement no. 613678). www.dropsaproject.eu [email protected] DROPSA DELIVERABLE REPORT on Apples – Fruit pathway and Alert List 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Background on apple .................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Data on production and trade of apple fruit ................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Pathway ‘apple fruit’ .....................................................................................................................................