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Mompha Subbistrigella -Toukkien Etsimisestä Ja Kasvattamisesta (Lepidoptera, Momphidae) Juhani Itämies REIJO SILOAHO Mompha subbistrigella -toukkien etsimisestä ja kasvattamisesta (Lepidoptera, Momphidae) Juhani Itämies Kirjoittajan osoite — Authors address: 10 mm Kaitoväylä 25 as. 6, FI-90570 Oulu, e-mail: [email protected] Mompha subbistrigella — ojatupsukoi icrolepidoptera of Europe -kirjasarjassa ilmestyi mässä säässä aamupäivällä muutaman sadan metrin etäisyy- vuonna 2003 mainio kuutta pientä tai pienehköä dellä ensimmäisestä keruupaikasta. Tilanne oli muuttumaton perhosheimoa, Momphidae mukaan lukien, käsit- eli keltaiset toukan peräpäät tai kokonaan kodan kyljessä näky- M televä osa (Koster & Sinev 2003). Opus on mielestäni villä olevat toukat oli helppo huomata. Huomautettakoon, että erityinen, koska lajien biologia on kuvattu mahdollisuuksien melko samannäköinen M. sturnipennella elää toukkana maito- mukaan poikkeuksellisen hyvin. Kirja antaa erinomaisia vihjei- horsman (E. angustifolium) varren yläosaan tekemässä äkämäs- tä lajien toukkien etsimiseen ja kasvattamiseen. Mompha sub- sä (omat havainnot, Koster & Sinev 2003). M. subbistrigellan ja M. stur- bistrigella -lajin kohdalla tilanne toteutui omalta kohdaltani nipennellan aikuisten erottamisesta ja biologiasta on saatavilla kesällä 2009. Etelä-Suomen valorysäaineistoista laji oli minul- hyviä lisävihjeitä (Nupponen & Nupponen 2001). le tuttu. Tunnetusti kestorysistä ei juuri levitykseen kelpaavaa Kuten yleensäkin saman kesän aikana kuoriutuvat lajit, M. mikromateriaalia saa ja omat tallennetut yksilöt edustivatkin subbistrigella oli helppo kasvatettava. Laitoin osan toukista il- tyypillisiä pitkän koentavälin kiusallisen ”muhjoutuneita” näyt- mastoituun salaattirasiaan, jossa oli rypistettyä käsipyyhettä ja teitä. Sain varhain keväällä aikuisen M. subbistrigellan St Eura- nippu siemenystöjä — tulos oli hyvä. Toinen kasvatus oli ämpä- joen Olkiluodosta (680:320) käsittääkseni Satakunnalle uutena rissä, johon istutin keruupaikalta muutamia mäkihorsmia ja nip- lajina (ks. Kullberg 2004) — siispä yllämainittua teosta lukemaan pu irtolatvustoja. Tässä kasvatuksessa tulos oli jopa odottamat- ja painamaan tarkasti mieleen toukkien hakuohjeita. toman hyvä, sillä ämpäristä kuoriutui paljon enemmän yksilöi- Heinäkuun lopulla, kun lajin yhdeksi ravintokasviksi ilmoite- tä kuin mitä olin sinne toukkana siirtänyt. Myönnettäköön, että tun mäkihorsman (Epilobium montanum), alimmat siemenko- keräsin lähinnä vääntyneitä siemenkotia käsittäneitä latvustoja, dat olivat avautumassa, painuin kirjan ohjeiden mukaisesti et- mikä osaltaan selittää reippaasti odotukset ylittäneen kasvatus- simään käyristyneitä siemenystöjä ja niissä näkyvää ulostenys- tuloksen. Ämpärikasvatusta koteloiden tallentamiseksi purka- tyä ja sisäänmenoreikää. Monenlaisia käpertyneitä kotia löytyi, essani huomasin, että ontot kasvin varret olivat hyvin suosittu- mutta kovin selvää jälkeä toukasta ei ollut yksiselitteisesti tun- ja koteloitumispaikkoja. Koteloituminen näytti tosin onnistuvan nistettavissa. Melko pian huomasin kuitenkin paljon helpom- kaikenlaisten karikkeiden alle ja kylkeen ja jopa paperin taitok- man tavan. Keltaisen toukan peräpää vilkkui nimittäin usein ko- siin, joista jälkimmäisimmästä paikasta kotelot oli luonnollisesti dan tyvipuolella — ulkona kodasta kuin liikennevalo (kuva 1). Tä- helpoin kaivaa talteen. män perusteella toukkia oli mukava ”bongata”. Aina välillä löy- Tiivistäen, jos haluaa kasvattaa kokoelmakelpoisia M. sub- tyi jopa toukkia, jotka olivat juuri vaihtamassa kotaa ja siten ko- bistrigella -yksilöitä tai kartoittaa lajin esiintymistä, niin siitä vaan konaan näkösällä (kuva 2). heinäkuun loppupuolella mäkihorsman alimpien siemenkotien Ensimmäiset kymmenkunta toukkaa keräsin aurinkoisena il- avautumisen aikaan kedoille ja joutomaille keltaisia toukkia tii- tapäivänä. Kokeilin toukkien etsimistä muutaman päivän ku- railemaan. ■ luttua uudelleen, mutta pilvisessä ja aikalailla aiempaa viileäm- JUHANI ITÄMIES KUVA 1. Mäkihorsman siemenkodasta pilkistä- vä toukan keltainen taka- pää paljastaa näkyvästi Mompha subbistrigella -esiintymän. FIG. 1 The yellow abdo- men of Mompha subbis- trigella larva reveals the presence of the species in the seedcases of Epilobi- um montanum. KUVA 2. Toisinaan touk- ka on kokonaisuudessaan näkyvissä. FIG. 2. Occassionally, the whole larva is visible. 91 Baptria 3/2010 Baptria_3-2010_00.indd 91 27.12.2010 12:28:34.
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