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1964 Journal of the Lepidopterist~'· Society 243 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 wiH be noticed here. Papets o{ 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.B'] - P. F. BELLINGER [W.H'] - W. HACKMAN [N.O'] - N. S. OBRAZTSOV [I.C'] - I. F. B. COMMON [T.I,] - TARO IWASE [C.R,] - C. L. REMIt-IGTON [W.C,] - W. C. COOK U.M'] - J. MOUCHA U.TJ - J. W. TILDEN' [A.D,] - A. DIAKONOFF [E.M,] - E. G. MUNROE [P.VJ - P. E. L. VIETTE A. GENERAL Collins, Michael M., & Robert D. Weast, Wild Silk Moths of the United States, Saturniinae, experimental studies and observations of natural living habits and relationship. 138 pp., illus. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Collins Radio C. 1960. See review in Journal, vo1.16: p.58. Ehrlich, Paul R., "Lepidoptera." If] McGraw-Hill Enoyclopedia of Science and Technology, vol.7: pp.459-473, 11 figs. 1960. Forbes, William T. M., J. G. Franclemont, & c. B. Knowlton, "The Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states. PaIt IV .. :' Mem. Cornell Univ. agric exper. Sta. 371: 188 pp., 188 figs. 1960. See review in Journal, vol.l7: pp.40-42. 1963. Gullander, Bertil, Nordens dagfjiirilar [in Swedish). 93 pp., ill. Stockholm 1959. Popular handbook of all Scandinavian butterflies and skippers, with short remarks on all spp., and color drawings. [T. W. LJ Gullander, Bertil, Dagsommerfugle i Norden [in Danish], Copenhagen 1960. A Dapish translation of Nordens Dagfjiirilar. [TW.LJ Kettlewell, H. B. D., "Lepidoptera as scientific tools." Journ. Lepid. Soc., vo1.l3: pp.173-177. 1963. Langer, T. W., S;ove ting om sommerfugle [in Danish]). 182 pp., ill. Copenhagen 1960. A shorter and cheaper edition with the same color plates as Nordens .. dagsommerfugle, reviewed in Lep. News. vol.l2: p.205. [T.W.LJ Langel, T. W ., Allhems fiiirilbok [in S»,edish]. Malmo 1958. A Swedish translation of S;ove ting om sommerfugle. [TW.L,] Langer, T Woo Danmarks dagsommerfugle [in Danish], 112 pp., ill. Copenhagen 1960. Systematic handbook of the Danish butterflies and skippers. [T.W.LJ Langer, T. W., Piiiviipe,hosten parissa [in Finnish], Helsinki 1961. A Fi,:!nish trans- lation of Sjove ting om sommerfugle. IT.W.LJ . Langer, T. W., Sommerfugleliv. Streiftog i sommerfuglenes verden [in Danish], 126 pp., ill. Copenhagen 1963. Butterfly senses, catching, immigration, subspecies, colors, chemical control, genetics, variation, etc., i1lu~trated by the major groups of European butterflies. [T.W.LJ Morrell, R., Common Malayan butterflie:s. xii + 64 pp., 20 col. pis., 6 figs. Longon: Longmans Green, 1960. Figures some llO spp. in color, with brief notes on these & related spp.; summaries structure {If butterflies and of Malayan families; gives simple directions for collecting and care of specimens. An excellent introductory handbook. [P.BJ Moucha, Josef, Motif/i. 143 pp., 36 col. pis. Prague: .Stitn! Detske Knihy .. 1962. See review in Journal, vo1.16: p.150. Niculescu, E. V., "Sur les caracteres primitifs et specialises chez les h~pidoptere~" [in French]. Bull. memo Soc. linn. Lyon, vo1.32: pp.22-28 .• 1963. Discussion abo\l~ 244 Recent Literature on Lepidoptera Vo1.l8: no.4 the meaning of the terms: "primitive characters" and "'specialized characters" in the Lepidoptera. [P.V J Patocka, Jan, Die Tannenschmetterlinge der Slowakei. 219 pp., 470 figs. Bratislava: Slovak Academy of Sciences. 1960. See re\'iew in louT1WI, vol.l5: p.74. Ponec, Jozef, Nose MotYle. 99 pp., 205 figs. Bratislava: Osveta. 1960. Shirozu, Takashi, Butterflies of Formosa in colour [in Japanesel [8] + 482 + [2] pp., 76 pIs., 479 figs. Osaka: Hoikusha. 1960. See review in lourrUll, vol.l4: p.243. B. SYSTEMATICS Aagesen, Stig, "Nogle bemaerkinger til belysning af type form en hos Heodes phlaeas" [in Danish], Flora og Fau1W, voI.59: pp.55-57, 2 figs. 1953. Proves that Linnaeus' type specimen had blue spots on upperside of hind wing. [T.W.LJ Agarwala, S. B. D., & Mohammad Wasiul Haque, "Studies on Argyria sticticraspis Dudgeon - the early shoot borer of sugarcane in Bihar." Indian lourn. Ent., vol. 17 : pp.307-314. 1955. Syn.: Chilotraea infuscatellus. Incidence, hosts, biology, life history. [J.DJ Amsel, H. G., "Microlepidopteren aus dem Kaukasus und der Ukraine" [in German]. Acta ent. Mus. nation. Pragae, vo1.33: ppAI9-422, 2 figs. 1959. Records 39 spp. collected by J. Moucha in W. and central Caucasus. Describes as new Lozopera caucasica (Tbilisi - Chanisi), Tortricidae. [J.MJ Amsel, H. G., "Eine neue japanische Laspeyresia-Art (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae )" [in German]. Mushi, vo1.33: pp.105-106, 2 figs. 1960. Describes as new L. kurokoi (Kyushu, Hikosan, Buzen). [P .BJ Aubert, Jacques F ., "Supplement au travail concernant les geometrides palearctiques du genre Entephria Hb." [in French; German summary]. Z mtschr. wiener enl. Ges., voI.45: pp.172-174, 1 pI. 1960. Describes as new E. ignorata persicata (Elburs, Tacht i Suleiman, Sardab valley (Vandarban), N. Persia) also names a "form". [P.BJ Balduf, W. V., "A significant synonym of C elerio intermedia Kirby (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)." Ann. ent. Soc. Amer., vo1.55: p.259. 1962. C. oxybaphi, refelTing to foodplant Mirabilis ( = Oxybaphus), suggests early eastern invasion of this western plant, & physiological similarity of C. intermedia & C. lineata. [P.BJ Balogh, Imre, "A new Hungarian moth (Oecophoridae )" [in English; Hungarian summary]. Folia ent. hung., volA: pp.25-28, 3 figs. 1951. Describes as new Martyrhilda gozmanyi (Rupp Hill, Budapest, & Kaposvar, N. Hungary). [J.M.J Balogh, Imre, "Eine neue Lycaenide aus Ungarn" [in Hungarian; German summary]. Folia ent. hung., s.nn, vol.9: pp.65-77. 1956. Describes as new Aricia aUous isse.kutti (Balvany Mt., Biikk Mts., N. Hungary). [J.MJ Bauer, David L., "Descriptions of two new Chlosyne (Nymphalidae) from Mexico, with a discussion of related forms." Journ. Lepid. Soc., vol.l4: pp.148-154, 1 pI., 2 figs. 1961. Describes as new C. rosita browni (EI SaIto. 1600 ft., San Luis Potosi), C. riobalsensis (Mexcala, 2000 ft., Guerrero). Bell, Ernest L., "Descriptions of some new species of neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)." Amer. Mus. Novit., no.1962: 16 pp., 27 figs . 1959. Describes as new Dalla pota (R. Mapoto, Ecuador), D. cola (R. San Joaquin, Cauca, Colombia); Corticea graziellae (Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil); Zalomes dores (Carmen, Ecuador); Moeris patriciae (Salama, Guatemala, 3000 ft.); Cobalopsis brema (New Bremen, Santa Catharina, Brazil); Psoralis alis (Massarancluba, Blul11enau, Santa Catharina, Brazil); Argon casca (Cascade Mt. Road, St. Anne, Trinidad, W.I.); Phlebodes pares (M ubevo, Paraguay); Oarisma brul1eri Uvloa, Cuba); ParatTytone browni (Cerro EI Muerto, Talamanca, Costa Rica, 11,500 ft.); M diana agnesae. (Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico); Vaccera moUa (Molleturo, Ecuador, 7700 ft.). [P.B'] Bender, R., "Beitrage zur Lepidoptercnfauna cler Insel Rhoclos" [in German]. Zeitschr. wiener e.nt. Ges., vo1.48: pp.1l-20, 2 pIs. 1963. Review of previous studies & annotated list of 150 macros from Rhodes. Figures races of Gonepteryx cleopatra (in color), Maniola telmessia ornata, & GlaucopslJche alexis insulicola. [P.B.] 1964 ] ournal of the Lepidopterist.,' Society 245 Bentinck, G. A., "Coieophora lutipenella Z. en C. flavipenella H.-S." [in Dutch; English summary]. Ent. Berichten, vo1.20: pp.75-76. 1960. Notes on nomenclature, & on occurrence in Holland. [P.B'] Bernardi, G., "Le polymorphisme de deux especes jumelles du genre Dixeia Talbot" [in French]. Bull. 1nst. franc. Afr. noire (A), vo1.23: pp.496-505, 4 figs. 1961. Note on the polymorphism of two sibling species of West African pierids: D. capricornus & D. cehron. [P.V.] Bernardi, G., "Note sur deux especes jumelles du genre Aporia Hubner (Lcp. Pieridae)" [in French]. Bull. Soc. ent. France_ vo1.65: pp.221-228, 17 figs., 1 pI. "1960" [1961]. Note on the sibling species A. hippia & A. bieti and their subspecies. [P.V.] Bernardi, G., & P. Viette, "Que representent Zygae/Ul pennina Rambur (1866), Z. ettdaemon Mabille et Z. mauritanica Mabille (1885)? (Lep. Zygaenidae)" [in French]. Bull. mens. Soc. linn. Lyon, vo1.30: pp.140-145. 1961.Notes on the identity of three spp. of Zygaena named by Rambur and Mabille. Z. pennina is a species close to Z. contaminei; new collections of Z. pennina are needed to give a sure conclusion about this species. 7.. eudaemon is a synonym of Z. felix; tbis last species was decribed from East, not West, Algeria (error by Staudinger). Z. mauretanjca is badly labelled "Algeria" and is a synonym of Z. fausta genev~sis, as is Z . f. mabillei. The lectotype of Z. mauretanica is a <;> (and not a is as indicated by a misprint). [P.V'] Bernardi, G., & P. Viette, "Une nouvelle sous-espece de Parnassius mnemosyne (L.) (Lepidoptera Papilionidae)" [in French). Rev. franc;. Ent., vo1.28: pp.54-.56, 2 figs. 1961. Description of P. m. viva ric us, a new subspecies from central France. [P.V.] Bernardi, C., "Note sur la position systematique correcte du Lycaena pontica Courvoisier (Lep. Lycaenidae)" [in French]. Rev. fT(~nc. Ent., vo1.29: pp.238-240, 1 fig. 1962. L. pontica is, in fact, a subspecies of Lysandra coelestina. [P.V.] Bernardi, C., "Un nouveau cas d'especes jumelles chez les Aporia Hubner (Lep. Pieridae)" [in French), Bull. Soc. ent. France, vo1.67: pp.173-181, 13 figs. 1963. Study of the sibling species A. potan~ni & A. gernestieri. Describes as new A. g. pseudopotanini (Tsing-ling-schan Mts., Tai-pai-chan) and A.
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    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.
  • Check List of Noctuid Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae And

    Check List of Noctuid Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae And

    Бiологiчний вiсник МДПУ імені Богдана Хмельницького 6 (2), стор. 87–97, 2016 Biological Bulletin of Bogdan Chmelnitskiy Melitopol State Pedagogical University, 6 (2), pp. 87–97, 2016 ARTICLE UDC 595.786 CHECK LIST OF NOCTUID MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE AND EREBIDAE EXCLUDING LYMANTRIINAE AND ARCTIINAE) FROM THE SAUR MOUNTAINS (EAST KAZAKHSTAN AND NORTH-EAST CHINA) A.V. Volynkin1, 2, S.V. Titov3, M. Černila4 1 Altai State University, South Siberian Botanical Garden, Lenina pr. 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology, Lenina pr. 36, 634050, Tomsk, Russia 3 The Research Centre for Environmental ‘Monitoring’, S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University, Lomova str. 64, KZ-140008, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. E-mail: [email protected] 4 The Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Prešernova 20, SI-1001, Ljubljana, Slovenia. E-mail: [email protected] The paper contains data on the fauna of the Lepidoptera families Erebidae (excluding subfamilies Lymantriinae and Arctiinae) and Noctuidae of the Saur Mountains (East Kazakhstan). The check list includes 216 species. The map of collecting localities is presented. Key words: Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Erebidae, Asia, Kazakhstan, Saur, fauna. INTRODUCTION The fauna of noctuoid moths (the families Erebidae and Noctuidae) of Kazakhstan is still poorly studied. Only the fauna of West Kazakhstan has been studied satisfactorily (Gorbunov 2011). On the faunas of other parts of the country, only fragmentary data are published (Lederer, 1853; 1855; Aibasov & Zhdanko 1982; Hacker & Peks 1990; Lehmann et al. 1998; Benedek & Bálint 2009; 2013; Korb 2013). In contrast to the West Kazakhstan, the fauna of noctuid moths of East Kazakhstan was studied inadequately.
  • Davis, D. R. 1991. First Old World Record of the Moth Family

    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,
  • Phylogeny and Evolution of Lepidoptera

    Phylogeny and Evolution of Lepidoptera

    EN62CH15-Mitter ARI 5 November 2016 12:1 I Review in Advance first posted online V E W E on November 16, 2016. (Changes may R S still occur before final publication online and in print.) I E N C N A D V A Phylogeny and Evolution of Lepidoptera Charles Mitter,1,∗ Donald R. Davis,2 and Michael P. Cummings3 1Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742; email: [email protected] 2Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 3Laboratory of Molecular Evolution, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 Annu. Rev. Entomol. 2017. 62:265–83 Keywords Annu. Rev. Entomol. 2017.62. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org The Annual Review of Entomology is online at Hexapoda, insect, systematics, classification, butterfly, moth, molecular ento.annualreviews.org systematics This article’s doi: Access provided by University of Maryland - College Park on 11/20/16. For personal use only. 10.1146/annurev-ento-031616-035125 Abstract Copyright c 2017 by Annual Reviews. Until recently, deep-level phylogeny in Lepidoptera, the largest single ra- All rights reserved diation of plant-feeding insects, was very poorly understood. Over the past ∗ Corresponding author two decades, building on a preceding era of morphological cladistic stud- ies, molecular data have yielded robust initial estimates of relationships both within and among the ∼43 superfamilies, with unsolved problems now yield- ing to much larger data sets from high-throughput sequencing. Here we summarize progress on lepidopteran phylogeny since 1975, emphasizing the superfamily level, and discuss some resulting advances in our understanding of lepidopteran evolution.