DOCSLIB.ORG

1 June 2006 – Issue 1 a Newsletter for the Pyraloidea Fans

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
1 June 2006 – Issue 1 a Newsletter for the Pyraloidea Fans Volume 1 – 1 June 2006 – Issue 1 A newsletter for the Pyraloidea fans The Pyraloid Planet was founded on the gested the night before with great enthusi- year. The survival of The Pyraloid Planet 21st of March 2006 in Dresden, Germany asm, the name The Pyraloid Planet was depends on having interesting information by most of the participants of the first chosen by plebiscite, and quickly became to publish. This information can take GlobIZ workshop (see text below). We, in known as PP... B. Landry also proposed the form of web site announcements or order of appearance on the photograph to be the first editor, which was adopted presentations, congress announcements, below (starting from the left, Christian unanimously. The photograph below, cour- field trip accounts, observations on Schulze, Shen-Horn Yen, Andreas Segerer, tesy of Houhun Li, was taken on this mem- pyraloids, current research projects, Houhun Li, Bernard Landry, Gregor Kunert, orable occasion. advances in GlobIZ, the “Membership” Matthias Nuss, Alma Solis, and Christian list, etc. New, major publications can also The Pyraloid Planet will preferably be Schmidt) were united at the Isola bella, be announced, but shorter, new taxonomic distributed as a pdf to all those interested. an Italian restaurant in Dresden, and after papers on Pyraloidea will not be listed here Ideally, the rate of publication will be once some debate on how we should vote on the because their references will be accessible a year, and the editor will change every 15 or so possible names that we had sug- from the GlobIZ web site. Please send any Picture 1. On the founding night of PP. Photograph by Houhun Li. 1 item of interest to The Pyraloid Planet biodiversity along environmental gradi- specimens. The first chapters cover gen- community (by email, preferably as a MS ents. eral subjects. They are titled as follows : Word file) to the next editor, Shen-Horn Yen, - Shen-Horn Yen : New insights into the “E-types – A new resource for taxonomic at [email protected]. To be added phylogeny of the Acentropinae. research ;” “Image metadata standard and to (or removed from) the “Membership” - M. Alma Solis : Pyraloidea of North- practices ;” “Colour management ;” “Image list, or for changes to your addresses, western Mexico. & The Lepidoptera file management ;” “Online acquisition of please also contact the next editor. The ATOL (Tree of Life) grant. scientific-archive documents – A survey pieces of information that are not signed - Francesca Vegliante : The metathorax and manual ;” “Taxonomic grade images ;” in this first issue are the responsibility of - looking for more characters for a cla- and “A photographer’s viewpoint.” Then, its editor, Bernard Landry. This issue was distic analysis of the Pyraloidea. two series of chapters deal with Different made possible with the help of Corinne approaches for different groups of organ- Day 2 Charvet, Jim Hayden, Houhun Li, Florence isms and Case studies. Of particular inter- Marteau, Edda Martinez, Matthias Nuss, - Eckhard Groll : Web base data sources est to us are the papers on digital imaging Amanda Roe, Thomas Simonsen, Alma of the German Entomological Institute of butterflies and other Lepidoptera Solis, and Shen-Horn Yen. (DEI). (4 papers), and beetles and other more - Gregor Kunert : Perspectives of web three-dimensional insects (4 papers). Tips The logo of The Pyraloid Planet was cre- applications. are given in some chapters for the use of ated by Florence Marteau of the Muséum - Falk Krusche : A GIS module for Glo- Auto-Montage and Adobe Photoshop, as d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland. bIZ ? well as the effects of various ways of illu- And the layout was made by Corinne - Andreas Weck-Heimann : How to get minating specimens for imaging. One can Charvet of the same institution. GBIF data into a map ? also find the description of a very efficient light box using a circular light tube. The The data already included in GlobIZ as of various chapters are provided with ample March 22, 2006 are : illustrations, most often in colour. I recom- GlobIZ – a database - family group names : 94 (+ 43 syno- mend it highly ! on pyraloid names and nyms) literature - genus group names : 2245 (+ 1036 syno- nyms) GlobIZ or the Global Information System on - species group names : 5829 (+ 1643 sy- Congresses Pyraloidea (Insecta : Lepidoptera) provides nonyms) easy, up-to-date access to established sci- - generic combinations : 804 • The XVth European Congress of Lepi- entific names and their current status, and - changes of status : 730 dopterology will be held in Erckner near the source of the information. It is a global - literature references : 2865 Berlin (Germany) from 8 to 12 Septem- synonymic catalogue based on the rules ber 2007. The Congress organizer is of the International Code of Zoological Wolfram Mey (see address below) and Nomenclature (1999) of the approximately more information is available at www. 16,000 described snout moth species. Recent publications on soceurlep.org. A workshop on Pyraloi- The data are edited and published via the Pyraloidea systematics dea is planned to be held during this World Wide Web by pyraloid specialists congress. worldwide, from which anyone can make Are you interested to learn more about • The 57th Meeting of the Lepidopterists’ queries to quickly find global answers. The recent publications on Pyraloidea system- Society, co-hosted with the Southern atics ? Go to www.pyraloidea.org, enter the information is provided free of charge, but Lepidopterists’ Society and the Associ- database, go to the literature report, and users are requested to cite GlobIZ and ation for Tropical Lepidoptera is held at type the year you are interested in. If you acknowledge the origin of the data. the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and come across a paper on the systematics Biodiversity, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A., Check it out at http ://www.pyraloidea.org/ of Pyraloidea that is not in GlobIZ, please between June 14 and 18, 2006. For advise Matthias Nuss (address below) or The first GlobIZ workshop was interest- information on the 2007 meeting of the the Editor of The Pyraloid Planet. ing in many ways. Of course, we learned a Lepidopterists’ Society, please check great deal about the database, but we also www.lepsoc.org. heard some presentations on Pyraloidea and web applications. Here are the titles of the presentations that were given : New publication Day 1 Häuser, C. L., A. Steiner, J. Holstein & M. New websites of interest J. Scoble (Eds.) 2005. Digital Imaging of - Bernard Landry : The endemic Pyraloi- Two global initiatives to understand Biological Type Specimens. A manual of dea of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. better the phylogeny of the Lepidoptera best practice. Results from a study of the - Houhun Li : The Pyralidae of China : have made their web appearance recently. European Network for Biodiversity Infor- Current Situation and Problems. The first, financed for 5 years by the US mation. Stuttgart, viii + 309 pages. ISBN : - Matthias Nuss : Loxostege clathralis National Science Foundation under the 3-00-017240-8. Available from the Edi- (Hübner, 1813) – colour polymorphism Tree of Life programme, is mostly aimed tors, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, or different species ? (Pyraloidea : Cram- at a better understanding of the phylogeny Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart, Ger- bidae : Pyraustinae) of all the families of Lepidoptera using many. - Andreas Segerer : The Dioryctria sim- molecular markers (see http ://www. plicella complex – a morphological and This very interesting book compiling 24 leptree.org). The other is a consortium of molecular approach. articles by 37 contributors from Europe European lepidopterists formed in April - Christian H. Schulze : Pyraloidea as a and three from the U.S.A. is an introduc- 2006 and seeking funds (see http ://www. model group for studying changes of tion to the digital imaging of museum lepsys.org). 2 As of Spring 2006, the Journal of the 1994 authors have truncated names. So, “Catalogus Insectorum Sinensium” (vol. Lepidopterists’ Society is on line at if you use the Nomenclator to check a 4, Lepidoptera), in which he recorded 587 http ://www.lepsoc.org. More than 3000 generic name and the author name(s) look pyraloid species based on the papers of articles of the journal, i.e. the articles funny, and it dates to the early 1990’s, Caradja (1925). This catalogue was sup- from all but the most recent 5 years of the check the generic name on Google and plemented by Lu and Guan (1953a, 1953b), Journal, are freely available as scanned you will usually find the correct full author who increased the list to 1174 species and portable document format (pdf) files. name (but occasionally Google will find the 106 subspecies. Thereafter, Pyraloidea truncated author name because the data research in China was halted for more than The following link will take you to the site were extracted from the Nomenclator !). twenty years due to various reasons. In of Lynn Scott, a naturalist interested in 1977 Yang published his work “Moths of moths. She has taken hundreds of pic- Alfred F. Newton North China (I)” in which 93 species under tures of moths at rest in her backyard <anewton@fieldmuseum.org> 8 subfamilies of Pyraloidea were included. near Ottawa, Canada, including pyraloids : Associate Curator Then, the “Lepidoptera : Pyralidae” by http ://www.heiconsulting.com/dls/moth- Zoology Department/Insect Division Wang (1980) came out ; it was part of the home.html. Field Museum of Natural History publication series Economic Insect Fauna <http ://www.fmnh.org> of China. This book recorded 224 spe- Neave’s Nomenclator Zoologicus on 1400 South Lake Shore Drive cies in 124 genera and 10 subfamilies, but line : http ://www.ubio.org/index. Chicago, IL 60605 USA » only a few genitalia figures were provided. php ?pagename=NZ Nevertheless, it played an important role This Nomenclator is of great importance to in the identification of Chinese species of systematists involved in introducing new Research on Pyraloidea Pyraloidea in the agroforestry field.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Baptria 2011 Nro 1
    Vol. 36 2011, nro 1 Suomen Perhostutkijain Seura ry Lepidopterologiska Sällskapet i Finland rf Maatalousympäristön päiväperhosseuranta 2010 1 Baptria 1/2011 ISSN 0355-4791 Suomen Perhostutkijain Seura ry Lepidopterologiska Sällskapet i Finland rf TOIMISTO Suomen Perhostutkijain Seura ry:n toimisto avoinna tiistaisin klo 15.30–20.00 • Osoite/Address: Suomen Perhostutkijain Seura ry, Lämmittäjänkatu 2 A, FI-00810 Helsinki • e-mail: [email protected], internet: http://www.perhostutkijainseura.fi Pankkiyhteys — Bankförbindelse: Sampo 800019-268583 IBAN: FI0680001900268583, BIC-koodi PSPBFIHH HALLITUS — STYRELSE Taloudenhoitaja Lassi Jalonen, Isonmastontie 2 as 1, Puheenjohtaja — Ordförande 00980 Helsinki. Puh. 040 557 3000, Antti Aalto, c/o Anna Aalto, Anttilantie 10, e-mail: [email protected] 05840 Hyvinkää. Puh. (019) 338 231 kesäas., e-mail: [email protected] TOIMIKUNNAT — UTSKOTT Varapuheenjohtaja Eettinen toimikunta: Maatalousympäristöistä tuttua Reima Leinonen, Rauhalantie 14 D 12, Vesa Lepistö (pj), Jyrki Lehto, Markus Lindberg, nokkosperhosta (Nymphalis urticae) 87830 Nakertaja. Puh. 040 529 6896, Karl-Erik Lundsten havaittiin kesällä 2010 kaikilta e-mail: [email protected] Suojelutoimikunta: seurannan laskentalinjoilta. Lisää Erkki Laasonen (pj), Petri Hirvonen (siht.), Muut hallituksen jäsenet: Jari Kaitila, Hannu Koski, Jaakko Kullberg, havainnoista ja tuloksista voit lukea Jaakko Kullberg, Luonnontieteellinen Keskusmuseo, lehden sivulta 10 alkaen. Kuva: Timo Reima Leinonen, Kari Nupponen, Panu Välimäki Hyönteisosasto 00014 Helsinki. Puh. 050 328 8886, Havainto- ja tiedonantotoimikunta: Lehto e-mail: [email protected] Olavi Blomster, Sami Haapala, Lassi Jalonen, Marko Mutanen, Vehmaansuontie 202, 90900 Kiiminki Jari Kaitila, Jaakko Kullberg, Pertti Pakkanen, Puh. 040 824 6749, e-mail: [email protected] Hannu Saarenmaa, Panu Välimäki Baptria 1/2011 Kimmo Silvonen, Pronssitie 28, 02750 Espoo.
    [Show full text]
  • The Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Botanical Garden in Lublin As a Refuge of the Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) Within the City
    Acta Biologica 23/2016 | www.wnus.edu.pl/ab | DOI: 10.18276/ab.2016.23-02 | strony 15–34 The Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Botanical Garden in Lublin as a refuge of the moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) within the city Łukasz Dawidowicz,1 Halina Kucharczyk2 Department of Zoology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland 1 e-mail: [email protected] 2 e-mail: [email protected] Keywords biodiversity, urban fauna, faunistics, city, species composition, rare species, conservation Abstract In 2012 and 2013, 418 species of moths at total were recorded in the Botanical Garden of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. The list comprises 116 species of Noctuidae (26.4% of the Polish fauna), 116 species of Geometridae (28.4% of the Polish fauna) and 63 species of other Macrolepidoptera representatives (27.9% of the Polish fauna). The remaining 123 species were represented by Microlepidoptera. Nearly 10% of the species were associated with wetland habitats, what constitutes a surprisingly large proportion in such an urbanised area. Comparing the obtained data with previous studies concerning Polish urban fauna of Lepidoptera, the moths assemblages in the Botanical Garden were the most similar to the one from the Natolin Forest Reserve which protects the legacy of Mazovian forests. Several recorded moths appertain to locally and rarely encountered species, as Stegania cararia, Melanthia procellata, Pasiphila chloerata, Eupithecia haworthiata, Horisme corticata, Xylomoia graminea, Polychrysia moneta. In the light of the conducted studies, the Botanical Garden in Lublin stands out as quite high biodiversity and can be regarded as a refuge for moths within the urban limits of Lublin.
    [Show full text]
  • Lepidoptera of North America 5
    Lepidoptera of North America 5. Contributions to the Knowledge of Southern West Virginia Lepidoptera Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University Lepidoptera of North America 5. Contributions to the Knowledge of Southern West Virginia Lepidoptera by Valerio Albu, 1411 E. Sweetbriar Drive Fresno, CA 93720 and Eric Metzler, 1241 Kildale Square North Columbus, OH 43229 April 30, 2004 Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University Cover illustration: Blueberry Sphinx (Paonias astylus (Drury)], an eastern endemic. Photo by Valeriu Albu. ISBN 1084-8819 This publication and others in the series may be ordered from the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Abstract A list of 1531 species ofLepidoptera is presented, collected over 15 years (1988 to 2002), in eleven southern West Virginia counties. A variety of collecting methods was used, including netting, light attracting, light trapping and pheromone trapping. The specimens were identified by the currently available pictorial sources and determination keys. Many were also sent to specialists for confirmation or identification. The majority of the data was from Kanawha County, reflecting the area of more intensive sampling effort by the senior author. This imbalance of data between Kanawha County and other counties should even out with further sampling of the area. Key Words: Appalachian Mountains,
    [Show full text]
  • Insecta: Lepidoptera) SHILAP Revista De Lepidopterología, Vol
    SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología ISSN: 0300-5267 [email protected] Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología España Vives Moreno, A.; Gastón, J. Contribución al conocimiento de los Microlepidoptera de España, con la descripción de una especie nueva (Insecta: Lepidoptera) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología, vol. 45, núm. 178, junio, 2017, pp. 317-342 Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología Madrid, España Disponible en: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45551614016 Cómo citar el artículo Número completo Sistema de Información Científica Más información del artículo Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal Página de la revista en redalyc.org Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto SHILAP Revta. lepid., 45 (178) junio 2017: 317-342 eISSN: 2340-4078 ISSN: 0300-5267 Contribución al conocimiento de los Microlepidoptera de España, con la descripción de una especie nueva (Insecta: Lepidoptera) A. Vives Moreno & J. Gastón Resumen Se describe una especie nueva Oinophila blayi Vives & Gastón, sp. n. Se registran dos géneros Niphonympha Meyrick, 1914, Sardzea Amsel, 1961 y catorce especies nuevas para España: Niphonympha dealbatella Zeller, 1847, Tinagma balteolella (Fischer von Rösslerstamm, [1841] 1834), Alloclita francoeuriae Walsingham, 1905 (Islas Ca- narias), Epicallima bruandella (Ragonot, 1889), Agonopterix astrantiae (Heinemann, 1870), Agonopterix kuznetzovi Lvovsky, 1983, Depressaria halophilella Chrétien, 1908, Depressaria cinderella Corley, 2002, Metzneria santoline- lla (Amsel, 1936), Phtheochroa sinecarina Huemer, 1990 (Islas Canarias), Sardzea diviselloides Amsel, 1961, Pem- pelia coremetella (Amsel, 1949), Epischnia albella Amsel, 1954 (Islas Canarias) y Metasia cyrnealis Schawerda, 1926. Se citan como nuevas para las Islas Canarias Eucosma cana (Haworth, 1811) y Cydia blackmoreana (Wal- singham, 1903).
    [Show full text]
  • A Revision of the New World Species of Donacaula Meyrick and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
    Mississippi State University Scholars Junction Theses and Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 1-1-2010 A Revision Of The New World Species Of Donacaula Meyrick And A Phylogenetic Analysis Of Related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Edda Lis Martinez Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td Recommended Citation Martinez, Edda Lis, "A Revision Of The New World Species Of Donacaula Meyrick And A Phylogenetic Analysis Of Related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)" (2010). Theses and Dissertations. 248. https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/248 This Dissertation - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Scholars Junction. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholars Junction. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A REVISION OF THE NEW WORLD SPECIES OF DONACAULA MEYRICK AND A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF RELATED SCHOENOBIINAE (LEPIDOPTERA: CRAMBIDAE) By Edda Lis Martínez A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Mississippi State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Entomology in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology Mississippi State, Mississippi December 2010 A REVISION OF THE NEW WORLD SPECIES OF DONACAULA MEYRICK AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF RELATED SCHOENOBIINAE (LEPIDOPTERA: CRAMBIDAE) By Edda Lis Martínez Approved: ______________________________ ______________________________ Richard
    [Show full text]
  • Recerca I Territori V12 B (002)(1).Pdf
    Butterfly and moths in l’Empordà and their response to global change Recerca i territori Volume 12 NUMBER 12 / SEPTEMBER 2020 Edition Graphic design Càtedra d’Ecosistemes Litorals Mediterranis Mostra Comunicació Parc Natural del Montgrí, les Illes Medes i el Baix Ter Museu de la Mediterrània Printing Gràfiques Agustí Coordinadors of the volume Constantí Stefanescu, Tristan Lafranchis ISSN: 2013-5939 Dipòsit legal: GI 896-2020 “Recerca i Territori” Collection Coordinator Printed on recycled paper Cyclus print Xavier Quintana With the support of: Summary Foreword ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Xavier Quintana Butterflies of the Montgrí-Baix Ter region ................................................................................................................. 11 Tristan Lafranchis Moths of the Montgrí-Baix Ter region ............................................................................................................................31 Tristan Lafranchis The dispersion of Lepidoptera in the Montgrí-Baix Ter region ...........................................................51 Tristan Lafranchis Three decades of butterfly monitoring at El Cortalet ...................................................................................69 (Aiguamolls de l’Empordà Natural Park) Constantí Stefanescu Effects of abandonment and restoration in Mediterranean meadows .......................................87
    [Show full text]
  • Downloaded from BOLD Or Requested from Other Authors
    www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Towards a global DNA barcode reference library for quarantine identifcations of lepidopteran Received: 28 November 2018 Accepted: 5 April 2019 stemborers, with an emphasis on Published: xx xx xxxx sugarcane pests Timothy R. C. Lee 1, Stacey J. Anderson2, Lucy T. T. Tran-Nguyen3, Nader Sallam4, Bruno P. Le Ru5,6, Desmond Conlong7,8, Kevin Powell 9, Andrew Ward10 & Andrew Mitchell1 Lepidopteran stemborers are among the most damaging agricultural pests worldwide, able to reduce crop yields by up to 40%. Sugarcane is the world’s most prolifc crop, and several stemborer species from the families Noctuidae, Tortricidae, Crambidae and Pyralidae attack sugarcane. Australia is currently free of the most damaging stemborers, but biosecurity eforts are hampered by the difculty in morphologically distinguishing stemborer species. Here we assess the utility of DNA barcoding in identifying stemborer pest species. We review the current state of the COI barcode sequence library for sugarcane stemborers, assembling a dataset of 1297 sequences from 64 species. Sequences were from specimens collected and identifed in this study, downloaded from BOLD or requested from other authors. We performed species delimitation analyses to assess species diversity and the efectiveness of barcoding in this group. Seven species exhibited <0.03 K2P interspecifc diversity, indicating that diagnostic barcoding will work well in most of the studied taxa. We identifed 24 instances of identifcation errors in the online database, which has hampered unambiguous stemborer identifcation using barcodes. Instances of very high within-species diversity indicate that nuclear markers (e.g. 18S, 28S) and additional morphological data (genitalia dissection of all lineages) are needed to confrm species boundaries.
    [Show full text]
  • Additions, Deletions and Corrections to An
    Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society No. 36 (2012) ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE IRISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA) WITH A CONCISE CHECKLIST OF IRISH SPECIES AND ELACHISTA BIATOMELLA (STAINTON, 1848) NEW TO IRELAND K. G. M. Bond1 and J. P. O’Connor2 1Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, School of BEES, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland. e-mail: <[email protected]> 2Emeritus Entomologist, National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Abstract Additions, deletions and corrections are made to the Irish checklist of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera). Elachista biatomella (Stainton, 1848) is added to the Irish list. The total number of confirmed Irish species of Lepidoptera now stands at 1480. Key words: Lepidoptera, additions, deletions, corrections, Irish list, Elachista biatomella Introduction Bond, Nash and O’Connor (2006) provided a checklist of the Irish Lepidoptera. Since its publication, many new discoveries have been made and are reported here. In addition, several deletions have been made. A concise and updated checklist is provided. The following abbreviations are used in the text: BM(NH) – The Natural History Museum, London; NMINH – National Museum of Ireland, Natural History, Dublin. The total number of confirmed Irish species now stands at 1480, an addition of 68 since Bond et al. (2006). Taxonomic arrangement As a result of recent systematic research, it has been necessary to replace the arrangement familiar to British and Irish Lepidopterists by the Fauna Europaea [FE] system used by Karsholt 60 Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society No. 36 (2012) and Razowski, which is widely used in continental Europe.
    [Show full text]
  • Download This Article in PDF Format
    Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst. 2018, 419, 42 Knowledge & © K. Pabis, Published by EDP Sciences 2018 Management of Aquatic https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018030 Ecosystems www.kmae-journal.org Journal fully supported by Onema REVIEW PAPER What is a moth doing under water? Ecology of aquatic and semi-aquatic Lepidoptera Krzysztof Pabis* Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland Abstract – This paper reviews the current knowledge on the ecology of aquatic and semi-aquatic moths, and discusses possible pre-adaptations of the moths to the aquatic environment. It also highlights major gaps in our understanding of this group of aquatic insects. Aquatic and semi-aquatic moths represent only a tiny fraction of the total lepidopteran diversity. Only about 0.5% of 165,000 known lepidopterans are aquatic; mostly in the preimaginal stages. Truly aquatic species can be found only among the Crambidae, Cosmopterigidae and Erebidae, while semi-aquatic forms associated with amphibious or marsh plants are known in thirteen other families. These lepidopterans have developed various strategies and adaptations that have allowed them to stay under water or in close proximity to water. Problems of respiratory adaptations, locomotor abilities, influence of predators and parasitoids, as well as feeding preferences are discussed. Nevertheless, the poor knowledge on their biology, life cycles, genomics and phylogenetic relationships preclude the generation of fully comprehensive evolutionary scenarios. Keywords: Lepidoptera / Acentropinae / caterpillars / freshwater / herbivory Résumé – Que fait une mite sous l'eau? Écologie des lépidoptères aquatiques et semi-aquatiques. Cet article passe en revue les connaissances actuelles sur l'écologie des mites aquatiques et semi-aquatiques, et discute des pré-adaptations possibles des mites au milieu aquatique.
    [Show full text]
  • Ours to Save: the Distribution, Status & Conservation Needs of Canada's Endemic Species
    Ours to Save The distribution, status & conservation needs of Canada’s endemic species June 4, 2020 Version 1.0 Ours to Save: The distribution, status & conservation needs of Canada’s endemic species Additional information and updates to the report can be found at the project website: natureconservancy.ca/ourstosave Suggested citation: Enns, Amie, Dan Kraus and Andrea Hebb. 2020. Ours to save: the distribution, status and conservation needs of Canada’s endemic species. NatureServe Canada and Nature Conservancy of Canada. Report prepared by Amie Enns (NatureServe Canada) and Dan Kraus (Nature Conservancy of Canada). Mapping and analysis by Andrea Hebb (Nature Conservancy of Canada). Cover photo credits (l-r): Wood Bison, canadianosprey, iNaturalist; Yukon Draba, Sean Blaney, iNaturalist; Salt Marsh Copper, Colin Jones, iNaturalist About NatureServe Canada A registered Canadian charity, NatureServe Canada and its network of Canadian Conservation Data Centres (CDCs) work together and with other government and non-government organizations to develop, manage, and distribute authoritative knowledge regarding Canada’s plants, animals, and ecosystems. NatureServe Canada and the Canadian CDCs are members of the international NatureServe Network, spanning over 80 CDCs in the Americas. NatureServe Canada is the Canadian affiliate of NatureServe, based in Arlington, Virginia, which provides scientific and technical support to the international network. About the Nature Conservancy of Canada The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) works to protect our country’s most precious natural places. Proudly Canadian, we empower people to safeguard the lands and waters that sustain life. Since 1962, NCC and its partners have helped to protect 14 million hectares (35 million acres), coast to coast to coast.
    [Show full text]
  • An Annotated List of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada
    A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 38: 1–549 (2010) Annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada 1 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383 MONOGRAPH www.pensoftonline.net/zookeys Launched to accelerate biodiversity research An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada Gregory R. Pohl1, Gary G. Anweiler2, B. Christian Schmidt3, Norbert G. Kondla4 1 Editor-in-chief, co-author of introduction, and author of micromoths portions. Natural Resources Canada, Northern Forestry Centre, 5320 - 122 St., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 3S5 2 Co-author of macromoths portions. University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum, Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 3 Co-author of introduction and macromoths portions. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, K.W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6 4 Author of butterfl ies portions. 242-6220 – 17 Ave. SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2A 0W6 Corresponding authors: Gregory R. Pohl ([email protected]), Gary G. Anweiler ([email protected]), B. Christian Schmidt ([email protected]), Norbert G. Kondla ([email protected]) Academic editor: Donald Lafontaine | Received 11 January 2010 | Accepted 7 February 2010 | Published 5 March 2010 Citation: Pohl GR, Anweiler GG, Schmidt BC, Kondla NG (2010) An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada. ZooKeys 38: 1–549. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383 Abstract Th is checklist documents the 2367 Lepidoptera species reported to occur in the province of Alberta, Can- ada, based on examination of the major public insect collections in Alberta and the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes.
    [Show full text]
  • Crambidae Biosecurity Occurrence Background Subfamilies Short Description Diagnosis
    Diaphania nitidalis Chilo infuscatellus Crambidae Webworms, Grass Moths, Shoot Borers Biosecurity BIOSECURITY ALERT This Family is of Biosecurity Concern Occurrence This family occurs in Australia. Background The Crambidae is a large, diverse and ubiquitous family of moths that currently comprises 11,500 species globally, with at least half that number again undescribed. The Crambidae and the Pyralidae constitute the superfamily Pyraloidea. Crambid larvae are concealed feeders with a great diversity in feeding habits, shelter building and hosts, such as: leaf rollers, shoot borers, grass borers, leaf webbers, moss feeders, root feeders that shelter in soil tunnels, and solely aquatic life habits. Many species are economically important pests in crops and stored food products. Subfamilies Until recently, the Crambidae was treated as a subfamily under the Pyralidae (snout moths or grass moths). Now they form the superfamily Pyraloidea with the Pyralidae. The Crambidae currently consists of the following 14 subfamilies: Acentropinae Crambinae Cybalomiinae Glaphyriinae Heliothelinae Lathrotelinae Linostinae Midilinae Musotiminae Odontiinae Pyraustinae Schoenobiinae Scopariinae Spilomelinae Short Description Crambid caterpillars are generally cylindrical, with a semiprognathous head and only primary setae (Fig 1). They are often plainly coloured (Fig. 16, Fig. 19), but can be patterned with longitudinal stripes and pinacula that may give them a spotted appearance (Fig. 10, Fig. 11, Fig. 14, Fig. 22). Prolegs may be reduced in borers (Fig. 16). More detailed descriptions are provided below. This factsheet presents, firstly, diagnostic features for the Pyraloidea (Pyralidae and Crambidae) and then the Crambidae. Information and diagnostic features are then provided for crambids listed as priority biosecurity threats for northern Australia.
    [Show full text]