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Moths Light a Way? by John Pickering, Tori Staples and Rebecca Walcott
SOUTHERN LEPIDOPTERISTS NEWS VOLUME 38 NO4. (2016), PG. 331 SAVE ALL SPECIES – MOTHS LIGHT A WAY? BY JOHN PICKERING, TORI STAPLES AND REBECCA WALCOTT Abstract -- What would it take to save all species from snakes, and stinging insects, they pose no health risk. extinction? A new initiative, Save all species, plans to Moths are an exceedingly species-rich group, for which answer this question and provide the tools we need to do the diversity at a terrestrial site will typically exceed any so by 2050. Here we consider the merits and problems other taxon except for beetles. Because moth larvae are associated with inventorying moths to help decide which restricted in their diet to specific host taxa, differences in terrestrial areas to protect. We compare the the assemblages of resident moth species could reflect scientifically-described moth fauna of the British Isles differences across sites in plants and other hosts. If which, with 2,441 species, is taxonomically complete, that’s true, we may be able to use moth inventories as with 11,806 described species from North America north efficient proxies to compare surrounding plant of Mexico, the fauna of which is not fully described. As communities. a percentage of the described moth fauna, there are fewer “macro” moths (Geometroidea, Drepanoidea, Inventorying moths presents challenges, notably, Noctuoidea, Bombycoidea, Lasiocampidae) in the sampling smaller species, describing thousands of British Isles (34.9%) than those known for the United species new to science, and identifying specimens States and Canada (46.1%). We present data on 1,254 accurately. Our experience is that we can identify 99% species for an intensively-studied site in Clarke County, of moths from digital images to species, species-groups, Georgia and consider whether species in the British Isles which contain species of similar appearance, or are generally smaller than ones in Georgia. -
SYSTEMATICS of the MEGADIVERSE SUPERFAMILY GELECHIOIDEA (INSECTA: LEPIDOPTEA) DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of T
SYSTEMATICS OF THE MEGADIVERSE SUPERFAMILY GELECHIOIDEA (INSECTA: LEPIDOPTEA) DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Sibyl Rae Bucheli, M.S. ***** The Ohio State University 2005 Dissertation Committee: Approved by Dr. John W. Wenzel, Advisor Dr. Daniel Herms Dr. Hans Klompen _________________________________ Dr. Steven C. Passoa Advisor Graduate Program in Entomology ABSTRACT The phylogenetics, systematics, taxonomy, and biology of Gelechioidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) are investigated. This superfamily is probably the second largest in all of Lepidoptera, and it remains one of the least well known. Taxonomy of Gelechioidea has been unstable historically, and definitions vary at the family and subfamily levels. In Chapters Two and Three, I review the taxonomy of Gelechioidea and characters that have been important, with attention to what characters or terms were used by different authors. I revise the coding of characters that are already in the literature, and provide new data as well. Chapter Four provides the first phylogenetic analysis of Gelechioidea to include molecular data. I combine novel DNA sequence data from Cytochrome oxidase I and II with morphological matrices for exemplar species. The results challenge current concepts of Gelechioidea, suggesting that traditional morphological characters that have united taxa may not be homologous structures and are in need of further investigation. Resolution of this problem will require more detailed analysis and more thorough characterization of certain lineages. To begin this task, I conduct in Chapter Five an in- depth study of morphological evolution, host-plant selection, and geographical distribution of a medium-sized genus Depressaria Haworth (Depressariinae), larvae of ii which generally feed on plants in the families Asteraceae and Apiaceae. -
Entomology of the Aucklands and Other Islands South of New Zealand: Lepidoptera, Ex Cluding Non-Crambine Pyralidae
Pacific Insects Monograph 27: 55-172 10 November 1971 ENTOMOLOGY OF THE AUCKLANDS AND OTHER ISLANDS SOUTH OF NEW ZEALAND: LEPIDOPTERA, EX CLUDING NON-CRAMBINE PYRALIDAE By J. S. Dugdale1 CONTENTS Introduction 55 Acknowledgements 58 Faunal Composition and Relationships 58 Faunal List 59 Key to Families 68 1. Arctiidae 71 2. Carposinidae 73 Coleophoridae 76 Cosmopterygidae 77 3. Crambinae (pt Pyralidae) 77 4. Elachistidae 79 5. Geometridae 89 Hyponomeutidae 115 6. Nepticulidae 115 7. Noctuidae 117 8. Oecophoridae 131 9. Psychidae 137 10. Pterophoridae 145 11. Tineidae... 148 12. Tortricidae 156 References 169 Note 172 Abstract: This paper deals with all Lepidoptera, excluding the non-crambine Pyralidae, of Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Snares Is. The native resident fauna of these islands consists of 42 species of which 21 (50%) are endemic, in 27 genera, of which 3 (11%) are endemic, in 12 families. The endemic fauna is characterised by brachyptery (66%), body size under 10 mm (72%) and concealed, or strictly ground- dwelling larval life. All species can be related to mainland forms; there is a distinctive pre-Pleistocene element as well as some instances of possible Pleistocene introductions, as suggested by the presence of pairs of species, one member of which is endemic but fully winged. A graph and tables are given showing the composition of the fauna, its distribution, habits, and presumed derivations. Host plants or host niches are discussed. An additional 7 species are considered to be non-resident waifs. The taxonomic part includes keys to families (applicable only to the subantarctic fauna), and to genera and species. -
Butterflies of Ontario & Summaries of Lepidoptera
ISBN #: 0-921631-12-X BUTTERFLIES OF ONTARIO & SUMMARIES OF LEPIDOPTERA ENCOUNTERED IN ONTARIO IN 1991 BY A.J. HANKS &Q.F. HESS PRODUCTION BY ALAN J. HANKS APRIL 1992 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION PAGE 1 2. WEATHER DURING THE 1991 SEASON 6 3. CORRECTIONS TO PREVIOUS T.E.A. SUMMARIES 7 4. SPECIAL NOTES ON ONTARIO LEPIDOPTERA 8 4.1 The Inornate Ringlet in Middlesex & Lambton Cos. 8 4.2 The Monarch in Ontario 8 4.3 The Status of the Karner Blue & Frosted Elfin in Ontario in 1991 11 4.4 The West Virginia White in Ontario in 1991 11 4.5 Butterfly & Moth Records for Kettle Point 11 4.6 Butterflies in the Hamilton Study Area 12 4.7 Notes & Observations on the Early Hairstreak 15 4.8 A Big Day for Migrants 16 4.9 The Ocola Skipper - New to Ontario & Canada .17 4.10 The Brazilian Skipper - New to Ontario & Canada 19 4.11 Further Notes on the Zarucco Dusky Wing in Ontario 21 4.12 A Range Extension for the Large Marblewing 22 4.13 The Grayling North of Lake Superior 22 4.14 Description of an Aberrant Crescent 23 4.15 A New Foodplant for the Old World Swallowtail 24 4.16 An Owl Moth at Point Pelee 25 4.17 Butterfly Sampling in Algoma District 26 4.18 Record Early Butterfly Dates in 1991 26 4.19 Rearing Notes from Northumberland County 28 5. GENERAL SUMMARY 29 6. 1990 SUMMARY OF ONTARIO BUTTERFLIES, SKIPPERS & MOTHS 32 Hesperiidae 32 Papilionidae 42 Pieridae 44 Lycaenidae 48 Libytheidae 56 Nymphalidae 56 Apaturidae 66 Satyr1dae 66 Danaidae 70 MOTHS 72 CONTINUOUS MOTH CYCLICAL SUMMARY 85 7. -
Modular Structure, Sequence Diversification and Appropriate
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Modular structure, sequence diversifcation and appropriate nomenclature of seroins produced Received: 17 July 2018 Accepted: 14 February 2019 in the silk glands of Lepidoptera Published: xx xx xxxx Lucie Kucerova1, Michal Zurovec 1,2, Barbara Kludkiewicz1, Miluse Hradilova3, Hynek Strnad3 & Frantisek Sehnal1,2 Seroins are small lepidopteran silk proteins known to possess antimicrobial activities. Several seroin paralogs and isoforms were identifed in studied lepidopteran species and their classifcation required detailed phylogenetic analysis based on complete and verifed cDNA sequences. We sequenced silk gland-specifc cDNA libraries from ten species and identifed 52 novel seroin cDNAs. The results of this targeted research, combined with data retrieved from available databases, form a dataset representing the major clades of Lepidoptera. The analysis of deduced seroin proteins distinguished three seroin classes (sn1-sn3), which are composed of modules: A (includes the signal peptide), B (rich in charged amino acids) and C (highly variable linker containing proline). The similarities within and between the classes were 31–50% and 22.5–25%, respectively. All species express one, and in exceptional cases two, genes per class, and alternative splicing further enhances seroin diversity. Seroins occur in long versions with the full set of modules (AB1C1B2C2B3) and/or in short versions that lack parts or the entire B and C modules. The classes and the modular structure of seroins probably evolved prior to the split between Trichoptera and Lepidoptera. The diversity of seroins is refected in proposed nomenclature. Te silk spun by caterpillars is a composite material based on two protein agglomerates that have been known for centuries as fbroin and sericin. -
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, -
New Records of Microlepidoptera in Alberta, Canada
Volume 59 2005 Number 2 Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 59(2), 2005, 61-82 NEW RECORDS OF MICROLEPIDOPTERA IN ALBERTA, CANADA GREGORY R. POHL Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, 5320 - 122 St., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 3S5 email: [email protected] CHARLES D. BIRD Box 22, Erskine, Alberta, Canada T0C 1G0 email: [email protected] JEAN-FRANÇOIS LANDRY Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6 email: [email protected] AND GARY G. ANWEILER E.H. Strickland Entomology Museum, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H1 email: [email protected] ABSTRACT. Fifty-seven species of microlepidoptera are reported as new for the Province of Alberta, based primarily on speci- mens in the Northern Forestry Research Collection of the Canadian Forest Service, the University of Alberta Strickland Museum, the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, and the personal collections of the first two authors. These new records are in the families Eriocraniidae, Prodoxidae, Tineidae, Psychidae, Gracillariidae, Ypsolophidae, Plutellidae, Acrolepi- idae, Glyphipterigidae, Elachistidae, Glyphidoceridae, Coleophoridae, Gelechiidae, Xyloryctidae, Sesiidae, Tortricidae, Schrecken- steiniidae, Epermeniidae, Pyralidae, and Crambidae. These records represent the first published report of the families Eriocrani- idae and Glyphidoceridae in Alberta, of Acrolepiidae in western Canada, and of Schreckensteiniidae in Canada. Tetragma gei, Tegeticula -
Nota Lepidopterologica
ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Nota lepidopterologica Jahr/Year: 1994 Band/Volume: 17 Autor(en)/Author(s): Riedl Tadeusz Artikel/Article: Une nouvelle espèce européenne du genre Pancalia Stephens (Lepidoptera : Cosmopterigidae, Antequerinae) 87-91 ©Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica; download unter http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ und www.zobodat.at Nota lepid. 17 (1/2) : 87-91 ; 30.XI.1994 ISSN 0342-7536 Une nouvelle espèce européenne du genre Pancalia Stephens (Lepidoptera : Cosmopterigidae, Antequerinae) Tadeusz Riedl Witosa 5/5, 80-809 Gdansk, Pologne Summary A new European species of the genus Pancalia Stephens (Lepidoptera, Cosmo- pterigidae, Antequerinae) — Pancalia baldizzonella sp. n. is described from southern Italy. Adults and genitalia of both sexes are illustrated. The new species is most closely related to P. latreillella Curtis and P. nodosella (Bruand), from which it can be distinguished by the wing markings and genitalic cha- racters. Résumé Description de Pancalia baldizzonella sp. n. d'Italie méridionale. Les adultes et les armures génitales des deux sexes de ce taxon sont figurées. Zusammenfassung Pancalia baldizzonella sp. n. wird aus Süditalien beschrieben. Die Imagines und die Genitalien beider Geschlechter werden abgebildet. Die neue Art steht P latreillella Curtis und P nodosella (Bruand) am nächsten, von denen sie sich durch die Flügelzeichnung und Genitalmerkmale unterscheidet. Introduction Depuis la parution d'un article de Gaedike (1967) consacré aux espèces de Pancalia Stephens, 1829, ce genre et ses espèces ont été étudiés à plusieurs réprises (Leraut, 1984 ; Riedl, 1984 ; Sinev, 1985). Ces études ont permis d'expliquer la position systématique du genre en question et de confirmer, après deux révisions, l'existence de 9 espèces nomi- nales habitant uniquement la zone paléarctique, à savoir P. -
Big Creek Lepidoptera Checklist
Big Creek Lepidoptera Checklist Prepared by J.A. Powell, Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Berkeley. For a description of the Big Creek Lepidoptera Survey, see Powell, J.A. Big Creek Reserve Lepidoptera Survey: Recovery of Populations after the 1985 Rat Creek Fire. In Views of a Coastal Wilderness: 20 Years of Research at Big Creek Reserve. (copies available at the reserve). family genus species subspecies author Acrolepiidae Acrolepiopsis californica Gaedicke Adelidae Adela flammeusella Chambers Adelidae Adela punctiferella Walsingham Adelidae Adela septentrionella Walsingham Adelidae Adela trigrapha Zeller Alucitidae Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus Arctiidae Apantesis ornata (Packard) Arctiidae Apantesis proxima (Guerin-Meneville) Arctiidae Arachnis picta Packard Arctiidae Cisthene deserta (Felder) Arctiidae Cisthene faustinula (Boisduval) Arctiidae Cisthene liberomacula (Dyar) Arctiidae Gnophaela latipennis (Boisduval) Arctiidae Hemihyalea edwardsii (Packard) Arctiidae Lophocampa maculata Harris Arctiidae Lycomorpha grotei (Packard) Arctiidae Spilosoma vagans (Boisduval) Arctiidae Spilosoma vestalis Packard Argyresthiidae Argyresthia cupressella Walsingham Argyresthiidae Argyresthia franciscella Busck Argyresthiidae Argyresthia sp. (gray) Blastobasidae ?genus Blastobasidae Blastobasis ?glandulella (Riley) Blastobasidae Holcocera (sp.1) Blastobasidae Holcocera (sp.2) Blastobasidae Holcocera (sp.3) Blastobasidae Holcocera (sp.4) Blastobasidae Holcocera (sp.5) Blastobasidae Holcocera (sp.6) Blastobasidae Holcocera gigantella (Chambers) Blastobasidae -
Towards a Mitogenomic Phylogeny of Lepidoptera ⇑ Martijn J.T.N
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79 (2014) 169–178 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ympev Towards a mitogenomic phylogeny of Lepidoptera ⇑ Martijn J.T.N. Timmermans a,b, , David C. Lees c, Thomas J. Simonsen a a Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom b Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom c Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Downing Street CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom article info abstract Article history: The backbone phylogeny of Lepidoptera remains unresolved, despite strenuous recent morphological and Received 13 January 2014 molecular efforts. Molecular studies have focused on nuclear protein coding genes, sometimes adding a Revised 11 May 2014 single mitochondrial gene. Recent advances in sequencing technology have, however, made acquisition of Accepted 26 May 2014 entire mitochondrial genomes both practical and economically viable. Prior phylogenetic studies utilised Available online 6 June 2014 just eight of 43 currently recognised lepidopteran superfamilies. Here, we add 23 full and six partial mitochondrial genomes (comprising 22 superfamilies of which 16 are newly represented) to those Keywords: publically available for a total of 24 superfamilies and ask whether such a sample can resolve deeper tRNA rearrangement lepidopteran phylogeny. Using recoded datasets we obtain topologies that are highly congruent with Ditrysia Illumina prior nuclear and/or morphological studies. Our study shows support for an expanded Obtectomera LR-PCR including Gelechioidea, Thyridoidea, plume moths (Alucitoidea and Pterophoroidea; possibly along with Pooled mitochondrial genome assembly Epermenioidea), Papilionoidea, Pyraloidea, Mimallonoidea and Macroheterocera. -
Lepidoptera, Incurvariidae) with Two New Species from China and Japan
Zootaxa 4927 (2): 209–233 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2021 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4927.2.3 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:96B9981B-01B5-4828-A4C6-E2E4A08DB8F2 Review of the genus Vespina (Lepidoptera, Incurvariidae) with two new species from China and Japan TOSHIYA HIROWATARI1*, SADAHISA YAGI1, ISSEI OHSHIMA2, GUO-HUA HUANG3 & MIN WANG4 1Entomological laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395 Japan. [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-1219 2Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, 606-8522 Japan. [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8295-9749 3Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology and Control of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, China. [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6841-0095 4Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China. [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5834-4058 *Corresponding author. [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6839-2229 Abstract Asian species of the genus Vespina Davis, 1972 (Lepidoptera, Incurvariidae) are mainly reviewed. Vespina meridiana Hirowatari & Yagi sp. nov. from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and Vespina sichuana Hirowatari, Huang & Wang sp. nov. from Sichuan, China, are described. The previously known Vespina species are associated with plants from the Fagaceae family on the western coast of the USA and East Asia and with Sapindaceae (Aceraceae) in eastern Europe. -
Davis, D. R. 1991. First Old World Record of the Moth Family
Vol. 2 No. 1 1991 DAVIS: Arrhenophanidae 41 TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA, 2(1): 41-42 FIRST OLD WORLD RECORD OF THE MOTH FAMILY ARRHENOPHANIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA: TINEOIDEA) DONALD R. DAVIS Department of Entomology, NHB 127, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20560, USA ABSTRACT.- The presence of a new genus and two new species of the tineoid family Arrhenophanidae is reported from the central mountains of Taiwan. This constitutes the first record of the family for the Old World. A summary of the diagnostic features of the family is also provided. KEY WORDS: biogeography, Dysoptus, larva, Micrerethista, morphology, Neotropical, Oriental, pupa, systematics, Harmaclona, Psychidae, Taiwan, Tineidae. 1 2 Fig. 1. Adult male (forewing = 4.9mm), Fennchihwu, ca. 1400m, Chiayi Co., Taiwan. Fig. 2. Adult male (forewing = 5.8mm), Lukuei Forestry Station, 750m, Kaohsiung Co., Taiwan. Currently, the family Arrhenophanidae consists of eight most Harmaclona, which was considered by Bradley to constitute described species divided amongst four genera, all restricted to a synapomorphy of the Arrhenophanidae, is variably developed the American tropics (Becker, 1984; Davis, 1984). Previously, in the latter family as well as in Tineidae and Harmaclona. the pantropical genus Harmaclona had been erroneously assigned The Arrhenophanidae are recognized to be closely allied to the to the Arrhenophanidae (Fletcher, 1929; Bradley, 1953). Harma- Psychidae, largely on basis of the similar metafurcal bridge clona has recently been reassigned to the Tineidae (Robinson and (Brock,