An evaluation of the suitability of ERTS data for the purposes of petroleum exploration

This experiment was designed to determine the types and amounts of information valuable to petroleum exploration extractable from ERTS data and the cost of obtaining the information using traditional or conventional means. It was desired that an evaluation of this new petroleum exploration tool be made in a geologically well known area in order to assess its usefulness in an unknown area. The Anadarko Basin lies in western Oklahoma and the panhandle of Texas. It was chosen as a test site because there is a great deal of published information available on the surface and subsurface geology of the area, and there are many known structures that act as traps for hydrocarbons. This basin is similar to several other large epicontinental sedimentary basins. It was found that ERTS imagery is an excellent tool for reconnaissance exploration of large sedimentary basins or new exploration provinces. For the first time, small and medium size oil companies can rapidly and effectively analyze exploration provinces as a whole

Diagnostics of new species of Neotropical Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera), with the first record of Coptotriche Walshingham from South America

We describe seven new Neotropical species of Tischeriidae: Astrotischeria dondavisi Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. bacchariphaga Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. guatemalica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. sanjosei Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. truncata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., Coptotriche parvisacculata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. and C. carmencita Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov. We report the discovery of Coptotriche Walsingham in South America and provide the following new host-plant records for the Neotropical Tischeriidae: Terminalia australis Cambess. (Combretaceae), Baccharis latifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers., and B. emarginata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. (Asteraceae). We update the biology of Astrotischeria ochrimaculosa Diškus, Stonis & Vargas with the discovery that Wissadula (Malvaceae) is a new, verified host plant. The new species are illustrated with photographs of the adults, male and, if available, female genitalia, and the leaf mines. We expect broader distributions of tisheriid species in South America inferred from known host-plant distributions.Fil: Stonis, Jonas R.. Vytautas Magnus University; LituaniaFil: Diskus, Arunas. Vytatutas Magnus University; LituaniaFil: Remeikis, Andrius. Nature Research Centre and Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute; LituaniaFil: Katinas, Liliana. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División de Plantas Vasculares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Torres, Nixon Cumbicus. Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja; EcuadorFil: Schuster, Jack. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; GuatemalaFil: Puplesyte Chambers, Julia. No especifíca

Additions to the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia, with descriptions of three new species from Primorskiy Kray

Stonis, Jonas R., Rocienė, Agnė (2014): Additions to the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia, with descriptions of three new species from Primorskiy Kray. Zootaxa 3846 (2): 204-220, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.

Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (2). Study of a collection sample deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences, with descriptions of new species and a checklist

Rocienė, Agnė, Stonis, Jonas R. (2013): Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (2). Study of a collection sample deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences, with descriptions of new species and a checklist. Zootaxa 3652 (2): 75-116, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.1.

Odd species of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from the American rainforest and southern Andes

Stonis, Jonas R., Remeikis, Andrius (2018): Odd species of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from the American rainforest and southern Andes. Zootaxa 4392 (3): 458-468, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.

The first records on the genus Acalyptris from the Caribbean (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)

Stonis, Jonas R., Remeikis, Andrius (2015): The first records on the genus Acalyptris from the Caribbean (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Zootaxa 4057 (1): 79-90, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4057.1.

First discovery of Quercus- feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in South America, with description of new species and designation of the S. nigriverticella complex in the S. saginella group

Remeikis, Andrius, Stonis, Jonas R. (2015): First discovery of Quercus- feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in South America, with description of new species and designation of the S. nigriverticella complex in the S. saginella group. Zootaxa 4057 (3): 409-429, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4057.3.

Trifurcula subnitidella Duponchel 1843

56. <i>Trifurcula subnitidella</i> (Duponchel, 1843) <p>(Fig. 126)</p> <p> <b>Host-plants.</b> Unknown in the Crimea; probably <i>Lotus</i> spp. as in other regions.</p> <p> <b>Type of distribution</b> (chorological group). Euro-Mediterranean; the species occurs from North Africa (Tunisia), Spain and Ireland to Finland, the Ural (Cheliabinsk), Crimea, and Greece.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> CRIMEA: 1♂, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, at light, 11.vi.1987, leg. Yu. Budashkin, genitalia slide no. AG094♂.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> The species is very rare in the Crimea: highly limited in distribution and sporadic (no mines, collected only at light).</p>Published as part of <i>Navickaitė, Asta, Diškus, Arūnas & Stonis, Jonas R., 2014, An updated checklist of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of the Crimea, Sub-Mediterranean SE Europe, pp. 151-202 in Zootaxa 3847 (2)</i> on page 168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/251666">http://zenodo.org/record/251666</a&gt

Astrotischeria neotropicana sp. nov. — a leaf-miner on Sida, Malvaceae, currently with the broadest distribution range in the Neotropics (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae)

Diškus, Arūnas, Stonis, Jonas R. (2015): Astrotischeria neotropicana sp. nov. — a leaf-miner on Sida, Malvaceae, currently with the broadest distribution range in the Neotropics (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae). Zootaxa 4039 (3): 456-466, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.

Coptotriche Walsingham 1890

Genus Coptotriche Walsingham, 1890. 9. Coptotriche pulverescens (Meyrick, 1936). Host-plant: Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill. (Euphorbiaceae). Distribution. Tanzania: Bukoba (BMNH). 10. Coptotriche zimbabwiensis Puplesis and Diškus, 2003. Host-plant: unknown. Distribution: Zimbabwe (TMSA). 11. Coptotriche africana Puplesis and Diškus, 2003. Host-plants: Rhus guenzii Sond., R. lancea L., R. pyroides Burch. (Anacardiaceae). Distribution: Namibia, Republic of South Africa (BMNH, NMN, TMSA, VPU, ZMHB). 12. Coptotriche basipectinella Puplesis and Diškus, 2003. Host-plant: probably Terminalia sericea Burch. ex DC. (Combretaceae). Distribution: Zimbabwe, Republic of South Africa (TMSA). 13. Coptotriche alavelona Lees & Stonis, sp. n. Host-plant: unknown. Distribution: SE Madagascar (BMNH).Published as part of Lees, David C. & Stonis, Jonas R., 2007, The first record of Tischeriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Madagascar, with description of Coptotriche alavelona sp. n. and an updated distributional checklist of Afrotropical Tischeriidae, pp. 35-45 in Zootaxa 1645 on page 38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17972