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European Corn Borer, Ostrinia Nubilalis (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)1 John L
EENY156 European Corn Borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)1 John L. Capinera2 Distribution flights and oviposition typically occur in May, late June, and August. In locations with four generations, adults are active First found in North America near Boston, Massachusetts in April, June, July, and August-September. in 1917, European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), now has spread as far west as the Rocky Mountains in both Egg Canada and the United States, and south to the Gulf Coast Eggs are deposited in irregular clusters of about 15 to 20. states. European corn borer is thought to have originated in The eggs are oval, flattened, and creamy white in color, Europe, where it is widespread. It also occurs in northern usually with an iridescent appearance. The eggs darken Africa. The North American European corn borer popula- to a beige or orangish tan color with age. Eggs normally tion is thought to have resulted from multiple introductions are deposited on the underside of leaves, and overlap like from more than one area of Europe. Thus, there are at least shingles on a roof or fish scales. Eggs measure about 1.0 two, and possibly more, strains present. This species occurs mm in length and 0.75 m in width. The developmental infrequently in Florida. threshold for eggs is about 15°C. Eggs hatch in four to nine days. Life Cycle and Description The number of generations varies from one to four, with only one generation occurring in northern New England and Minnesota and in northern areas of Canada, whereas three to four generations occur in Virginia and other southern locations. -
Feminizing Wolbachia in an Insect, Ostrinia Furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Heredity (2002) 88, 444–449 2002 Nature Publishing Group All rights reserved 0018-067X/02 $25.00 www.nature.com/hdy Feminizing Wolbachia in an insect, Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) D Kageyama, G Nishimura, S Hoshizaki and Y Ishikawa Laboratory of Applied Entomology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan Wolbachia, which forms a group of maternally inherited bac- findings indicate that the Wolbachia infection induces femin- teria in arthropods, often cause reproduction alterations in ization of genetic males in O. furnacalis. Differences in the their hosts, such as cytoplasmic incompatibility, partheno- Wolbachia-induced feminization in O. furnacalis and that in genesis, male-killing, hybrid breakdown and feminization. To isopods are discussed along with the differences in sex date, Wolbachia-induced feminization has been reported determination mechanisms between insects and isopods. only in isopods. Here we report that a Wolbachia strain femi- Phylogenetic analysis of the wsp gene sequence of Wolba- nizes an insect host, Ostrinia furnacalis. Among 79 wild chia suggests independent evolutionary origins for the females of O. furnacalis examined, Wolbachia infection was Wolbachia-induced feminizations in O. furnacalis and in iso- detected in 13 females. Twelve of the 13 infected females pods. Our findings over 5 years suggest that the infection produced all-female progenies, and this trait was maternally has been maintained at a low prevalence in the O. furna- inherited. Tetracycline treatment of thelygenic matrilines calis population. resulted in the production of all-male progenies. The present Heredity (2002) 88, 444–449. DOI: 10.1038/sj/hdy/6800077 Keywords: feminization; Lepidoptera; Ostrinia furnacalis; sex-ratio distorter; Wolbachia Introduction In the present study, we reveal that the feminization of genetic males in O. -
Flight Dynamics of Ostrinia Nubilalis Hbn. (Lep., Crambidae) Based on the Light and Pheromone Trap Catches in Nienadówka (South-Eastern Poland) in 2006–2008
JOURNAL OF PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH Vol. 52, No. 1 (2012) FLIGHT DYNAMICS OF OSTRINIA NUBILALIS HBN. (LEP., CRAMBIDAE) BASED ON THE LIGHT AND PHEROMONE TRAP CATCHES IN NIENADÓWKA (SOUTH-EASTERN POLAND) IN 2006–2008 Paweł K. Bereś* Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute Regional Experimental Station Langiewicza 28, 35-101 Rzeszów, Poland Received: September 29, 2011 Accepted: October 30, 2011 Abstract: The experiment was conducted in the 2006–2008 time period, in Nienadówka near Rzeszów, Poland (50°11’ N, 22°06’ E). The high suitability of light traps for the monitoring of Ostrinia nubilalis Hbn. moth flights on maize fields was shown. These light traps were compared to the pheromone types of traps; the “delta” model, and the “funnel” with a pheromone dispenser containing Z–11–tetradecenyl acetate (series ONC036A and ONC048A/107). In the light trap, the first moths were found in the second decade or third decade of June. The population peak was in the first decade or second decade of July, and the end of the flight in August. In September 2007 and 2008, single O. nubilalis moths collected in the light trap indicated the presence of a small second pest generation. The first male moths were captured in the pheromone traps in the third decade of June or the first decade of July, with a slightly marked population peak in the first or second decade of July. The moth flight ended in the last decade of July. The first egg clusters of O. nubilalis were usually recorded 4–7 days after the first moths were found in the light trap. -
Bird Checklists of the World Country Or Region: Ghana
Avibase Page 1of 24 Col Location Date Start time Duration Distance Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World 1 Country or region: Ghana 2 Number of species: 773 3 Number of endemics: 0 4 Number of breeding endemics: 0 5 Number of globally threatened species: 26 6 Number of extinct species: 0 7 Number of introduced species: 1 8 Date last reviewed: 2019-11-10 9 10 Recommended citation: Lepage, D. 2021. Checklist of the birds of Ghana. Avibase, the world bird database. Retrieved from .https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN®ion=gh [26/09/2021]. Make your observations count! Submit your data to ebird. -
Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
Zootaxa 3786 (4): 469–482 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3786.4.5 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8EC12B47-B992-4B7B-BBF0-BB0344B26BE3 Discovery of a third species of Lamproptera Gray, 1832 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) SHAO-JI HU1,5, XIN ZHANG2, ADAM M. COTTON3 & HUI YE4 1Laboratory of Biological Invasion and Ecosecurity, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China. E-mail: [email protected] 2Laboratory for Animal Genetic Diversity and Evolution of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China. E-mail: [email protected] 386/2 Moo 5, Tambon Nong Kwai, Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, Thailand. E-mail: [email protected] 4Laboratory Supervisor, Laboratory of Biological Invasion and Ecosecurity, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China. E-mail: [email protected] 5Corresponding author Abstract A newly discovered, third species of the genus Lamproptera (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) is described, 183 years after the second currently recognised species was first named. Lamproptera paracurius Hu, Zhang & Cotton sp. n., from N.E. Yun- nan, China, is based on marked differences in external morphology and male genital structure. The species is confirmed as a member of the genus, and detailed comparisons are made with other taxa included in the genus. Keys to Lamproptera species based on external characters and male genitalia are included. Key words: Leptocircini, new species, Dongchuan, Yunnan, China Introduction The dragontails, genus Lamproptera Gray, 1832 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Leptocircini), are the smallest papilionid butterflies found in tropical Asia (Tsukada & Nishiyama 1980b). -
The Debate on Plant and Crop Biodiversity and Biotechnology
The Debate on Plant and Crop Biodiversity and Biotechnology Klaus Ammann, [email protected] Version from December 15, 2017, 480 full text references, 117 pp. ASK-FORCE contribution No. 11 Nearly 470 references on biodiversity and Agriculture need still to be screened and selected. Contents: 1. Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2. The needs for biodiversity – the general case ................................................................................................................ 3 3. Relationship between biodiversity and ecological parameters ..................................................................................... 5 4. A new concept of sustainability ....................................................................................................................................... 6 4.1. Revisiting the original Brundtland definition of sustainable development ...............................................................................................................7 4.2. Redefining Sustainability for Agriculture and Technology, see fig. 1 .........................................................................................................................8 5. The Issue: unnecessary stigmatization of GMOs .......................................................................................................... 12 6. Types of Biodiversity ...................................................................................................................................................... -
Folk Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Medicinal and Other Uses, Folklore, and Nature Conservation Viktor Ulicsni1* , Ingvar Svanberg2 and Zsolt Molnár3
Ulicsni et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2016) 12:47 DOI 10.1186/s13002-016-0118-7 RESEARCH Open Access Folk knowledge of invertebrates in Central Europe - folk taxonomy, nomenclature, medicinal and other uses, folklore, and nature conservation Viktor Ulicsni1* , Ingvar Svanberg2 and Zsolt Molnár3 Abstract Background: There is scarce information about European folk knowledge of wild invertebrate fauna. We have documented such folk knowledge in three regions, in Romania, Slovakia and Croatia. We provide a list of folk taxa, and discuss folk biological classification and nomenclature, salient features, uses, related proverbs and sayings, and conservation. Methods: We collected data among Hungarian-speaking people practising small-scale, traditional agriculture. We studied “all” invertebrate species (species groups) potentially occurring in the vicinity of the settlements. We used photos, held semi-structured interviews, and conducted picture sorting. Results: We documented 208 invertebrate folk taxa. Many species were known which have, to our knowledge, no economic significance. 36 % of the species were known to at least half of the informants. Knowledge reliability was high, although informants were sometimes prone to exaggeration. 93 % of folk taxa had their own individual names, and 90 % of the taxa were embedded in the folk taxonomy. Twenty four species were of direct use to humans (4 medicinal, 5 consumed, 11 as bait, 2 as playthings). Completely new was the discovery that the honey stomachs of black-coloured carpenter bees (Xylocopa violacea, X. valga)were consumed. 30 taxa were associated with a proverb or used for weather forecasting, or predicting harvests. Conscious ideas about conserving invertebrates only occurred with a few taxa, but informants would generally refrain from harming firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus), field crickets (Gryllus campestris) and most butterflies. -
FIRST OCCURRENCE of the MASKED SHRIKE LANIUS NUBICUS in the MALTESE ISLANDS Song
IL-MERILL No. 25 1988 IL-MERILL No. 25 1988 band, giving the impression of a black patch behin.d the eye. lhe crown was greyish UNUSUAL MOULT IN A WOOD WARBLER PHYLLOSCOPUS SIB/LATRIX n turning blackish Towards the back of the head on both sides of the middle stripe. sides of the head were faintLy washed greyish green below the eye. lhe upperparts An aduLt Y~ood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix caught for r 1ng 1ng at Xemx i on were :sh gree~ with a conspicuous pale yellow rump, in a rectangular form from one 14 September 1988 was found to have undergone a partial post-nuptiaL moult in side other. European breeding ground. lhe bird had moulted the following remiges: pp 3-4 and ss 6-8 as well as some greater coverts~ All other tracts showed no sign of mouLt and as such lhe greater and median coverts were boldly and widely edged pale yelLow forming showed a contrast between old feathers and the brighter green of the new feathers, two wi bars, with the upper smaller than the lower one. lhe 2nd and 3rd i"ert1als were also pale yellow, whiLe the rest of the wing flight feathers were edged greyish 'lhe bird also had an unusually short second primary which fell between pp 5-6. lhis green, and when closed getting the same appearance as the upper parts. lhe tall was could have been due to the fact that pp 3-4 were new while 2s5 and 6 were noi, and as greyish green with the lower parts of the outer webs greenish. -
Evidence from European Butterfly Sister Species
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.04.282962; this version posted November 3, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 1 The Pleistocene species pump past its prime: 2 evidence from European butterfly sister species 1 1 2 3 Sam Ebdon* , Dominik R. Laetsch , Leonardo Dapporto , 3 4 5 4 Alexander Hayward , Michael G. Ritchie , Vlad Dinc˘a , Roger 6 1 5 Vila , and Konrad Lohse 1 6 Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, 7 Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK 2 8 ZEN lab, Dipartimento di Biologia dell'Universit`adi Firenze, 9 Firenze, Italy 3 10 Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, 11 Penryn Campus, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK 4 12 Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St 13 Andrews, Fife KY16 9TH, UK 5 14 Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, 15 Finland 6 16 Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC - Universitat Pompeu 17 Fabra), Passeig Mar´ıtimde la Barceloneta 37, ESP-08003 18 Barcelona, Spain 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.04.282962; this version posted November 3, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. -
Fungi on Juncus Trifldus in the Czech Republic (II) with Taxonomical Notes to Some Species
C z e c h m y c o l . 56 (3-4), 2004 Fungi on Juncus trifldus in the Czech Republic (II) with taxonomical notes to some species M a r k é t a S u k o v á 1 a n d A n d r z e j C h l e b ic k i2 National Museum, Mycological Department, Václavské nám. 68, CZ-115 79 Praha 1, Czech Republic, [email protected] “Polish Academy of Sciences, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Lubicz 46, PL-31 512 Kraków, Poland, [email protected] Suková M. and Chlebicki A. (2004): Fungi on Juncus trifidus in the Czech Republic (II) with taxonomical notes to some species - Czech Mycol. 56: 203-221 In this second contribution, other eight species of ascomycetes and anamorphic fungi on Juncus trifidus collected in the Czech Republic are described (Ascochyta junci, Lachnum diminutum, Phaeosphaeria vagans, Phialocephala sp., Pseudoseptoria sp., Pycnothyrium junci, Stagonospora junciseda, Unguicularia sp.). Additional localities of Arthrinium cuspidatum and Niptera eriophori described in the first contribution are given. A fungus previously published as Septoria sp. was identified as Septoria chanousiana. Additional material of some fungi (Ascochyta junci, Septoria chanousiana, S. minuta, Unguicularia millepunctata) from other substrata and countries was studied with the aim to compare it with material from Juncus trifidus from the Czech Republic. Numbers of fungi on Juncus trifidus at studied localities are discussed. Key words: Ascochyta, dark septate endophyte (DSE), Pseudoseptoria, Pycnothyrium, Septoria, Stagonospora, Unguicularia Suková M. a Chlebicki A. (2004): Houby na sítině Juncus trifidus v České republice (II) s taxonomickými poznámkami k některým druhům - Czech Mycol. -
Radiation-Induced Substerility of Ostrinia Furnacalis (Lepidoptera
XA0201538 Radiation-induced substerility of Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) integrated with the release of Trichogramma ostriniae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) for area-wide control H.S. Wang, Q.R. Liu, D.G. Lu, E.D. Wang, W. Kang, X.H. Liu, Y.J. Li, Q.L. He, H.Q. Zhang Institute for Application of Atomic Energy, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China Abstract. The mating competitiveness of Ostrinia furnacalis Fi male moths (progeny of male parents irradiated with 200 Gy) was compared with the mating competitiveness of untreated moths. These studies revealed that Fx male moths were involved in more than 50% of the matings with normal females. The flight ability and response towards sex pheromone was similar for Fi and untreated moths, although the number of Fi moths captured was slightly less than the number of untreated moths captured. The number of eupyrene sperm in the testes of Pi moths treated with 200 Gy was similar to the number of eupyrene sperm in the testes of normal moths. However, the number of sperm bundles was significantly reduced in the testes of 200 Gy Fi moths. Compared to normal moths, daily sperm descent into the duplex ejaculatorius was affected only at day 3 after eclosion of Fi moths. Sperm transfer to spermatheca by 200 Gy Fi male moths was less than that of their irradiated (200 Gy) parents and of normal moths. Successive releases of Trichogramma ostriniae in the egg stage of first and second generation Ostrinia furnacalis were combined with the release of Fi moths from male parents treated with 200 Gy. -
Whole Genome Shotgun Phylogenomics Resolves the Pattern
Whole genome shotgun phylogenomics resolves the pattern and timing of swallowtail butterfly evolution Rémi Allio, Celine Scornavacca, Benoit Nabholz, Anne-Laure Clamens, Felix Sperling, Fabien Condamine To cite this version: Rémi Allio, Celine Scornavacca, Benoit Nabholz, Anne-Laure Clamens, Felix Sperling, et al.. Whole genome shotgun phylogenomics resolves the pattern and timing of swallowtail butterfly evolution. Systematic Biology, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020, 69 (1), pp.38-60. 10.1093/sysbio/syz030. hal-02125214 HAL Id: hal-02125214 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02125214 Submitted on 10 May 2019 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Running head Shotgun phylogenomics and molecular dating Title proposal Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/sysbio/syz030/5486398 by guest on 07 May 2019 Whole genome shotgun phylogenomics resolves the pattern and timing of swallowtail butterfly evolution Authors Rémi Allio1*, Céline Scornavacca1,2, Benoit Nabholz1, Anne-Laure Clamens3,4, Felix