Rearing and Description of the Early Stages of the Nearctic Species of Peridea, with Special Reference to P. Basitriens (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)

Excerpt: The genus Peridea Stephens, according to Forbes (1948), is composed of two subgenera: Lophodonta Packard and Peridea. To the former belong the two species, angulosa (J.E. Smith, 1797) and ferruginea Packard, 1864; to the latter only one species, basitriens (Walker, 1855). The foodplant of angulosa is given by Forbes (1948) as oak, that of ferruginea as birch. The larva of basitriens has never been described, while the larvae of the other two species have been described and figured in color by Packard (1895). Efforts to fill this gap in our knowledge have been made by several lepidopterists, but there has been no report of successful rearing of basitriens. The most recent investigator to publish a detailed report about the failure to rear basitriens was Ferguson (1963). Efforts to rear basitriens were also made at the Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ont., but without success; on the report sheet is the interesting remark that the little caterpillars dried after hatching from the eggs

Zur Synonymie von Leucophlebia lineata brunnea Closs nebst Bemerkungen zu einigen Sphingiden aus Sauters Formosa-Ausbeute in der Sammlung des Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae).

Es wurden vier Arten von Sphingiden (Lepidoptera) aus Formosa, die von Sauter gefunden wurden, in der Sammlung des Deutschen Entomologischen Instituts enthalten sind und früher von Closs (1915) besprochen wurden, untersucht und neu bestimmt. Leucophlebia lineata brunnea Closs (1915) gebührt der Vorrang vor Leucophlebia lineata formosana B.P. Clark (1936).Nomenklatorische Handlungenformosana Clark, 1936 (Leucophlebia lineata), syn. n. of Leucophlebia lineata brunnea Closs, 1915Four species of Formosan Sphingids (Lepidoptera), collected by Sauter, preserved in the collection of the German Entomological Institute, and reviously discussed by Closs (1915) were inspected and re-determined. Leucophlebia lineata brunnea Closs (1915) has priority over Leucophlebia lineata formosana B.P. Clark (1936). Nomenclatural Actsformosana Clark, 1936 (Leucophlebia lineata), syn. n. of Leucophlebia lineata brunnea Closs, 191

Australian Sphingidae – DNA Barcodes Challenge Current Species Boundaries and Distributions

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Drivers of site fidelity in ungulates

1. While the tendency to return to previously visited locations—termed ‘site fidelity’—is common in animals, the cause of this behaviour is not well understood. One hypothesis is that site fidelity is shaped by an animal's environment, such that animals living in landscapes with predictable resources have stronger site fidelity. Site fidelity may also be conditional on the success of animals’ recent visits to that location, and it may become stronger with age as the animal accumulates experience in their landscape. Finally, differences between species, such as the way memory shapes site attractiveness, may interact with environmental drivers to modulate the strength of site fidelity. 2. We compared inter‐year site fidelity in 669 individuals across eight ungulate species fitted with GPS collars and occupying a range of environmental conditions in North America and Africa. We used a distance‐based index of site fidelity and tested hypothesized drivers of site fidelity using linear mixed effects models, while accounting for variation in annual range size. 3. Mule deer Odocoileus hemionus and moose Alces alces exhibited relatively strong site fidelity, while wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus and barren‐ground caribou Rangifer tarandus granti had relatively weak fidelity. Site fidelity was strongest in predictable landscapes where vegetative greening occurred at regular intervals over time (i.e. high temporal contingency). Species differed in their response to spatial heterogeneity in greenness (i.e. spatial constancy). Site fidelity varied seasonally in some species, but remained constant over time in others. Elk employed a ‘win‐stay, lose‐switch’ strategy, in which successful resource tracking in the springtime resulted in strong site fidelity the following spring. Site fidelity did not vary with age in any species tested. 4. Our results provide support for the environmental hypothesis, particularly that regularity in vegetative phenology shapes the strength of site fidelity at the inter‐annual scale. Large unexplained differences in site fidelity suggest that other factors, possibly species‐specific differences in attraction to known sites, contribute to variation in the expression of this behaviour. 5. Understanding drivers of variation in site fidelity across groups of organisms living in different environments provides important behavioural context for predicting how animals will respond to environmental change

Supplement I to E. C. Zimmerman, “Insects of Hawaii” Vol. 7 (1958) Macrolepidoptera

This supplement concerns species of the family Sphingidae (pages 425-444) introduced to Hawaii since 1958 and now firmly established. The introductions are connected with the rapid growth of air traffic between Hawaii and SE Asia since the mid-1970s. Of special interest is the fast interisland colonization as reported in the HAWAII COOPERATIVE ECONOMIC INSECT REPORT (HCEIR), published by the State Department of Agriculture, Honolulu, HI until 1980, subsequently called HAWAII PEST REPORT

Moths of North America north of Mexico, supplemental literature: 1

Volume: 19Start Page: 68End Page: 7

Gynandromorphs in Hawaiian butterflies and moths

Volume: 17Start Page: 17End Page: 1