Chloroclystis v-ata relicta ssp. n. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), a new taxon from SW Finland, doomed to go extinct?

An isolated population of Chloclystis v-ata (Haworth, 1809), occurring at Karkali Peninsula, a nature reserve in southwestern Finland, is described as a new subspecies, ssp. relicta ssp.n., on the basis of differences in appearence and phenology compared to the nominate subspecies. The Central European population of Ch. v-ata has been expanding to the north, reaching the Baltic Sea area in recent decades and Finland in 1985. Thus, the new subspecies which is actually protected by law is now threatened by hybridization with the nominate subspecies. In contrast to the bivoltine nominate subspecies, the Karkali population is univoltine. The biology of the new subspecies is discussed

Exapate bicuspidella sp.n., a new species of Tortricidae from northeastern Finland (Lepidoptera)

Exapate bicuspidella sp.n. is described on the basis of 8 specimens reared from larvae collected in 1984-86 at Kuusamo in northeastern Finland. The habitat was coniferous primeval forest interspersed with bogs with smoothleaved willow (Salix phylicifolia), the host plant of larvae. The male E. bicuspidella differs from that of E. congelatella in details of wing pattern and in wing colour, the female in its darker and smaller appearance. Study of several morphological characters showed that E. congelatella is intermediate between E. bicuspidella and E. duratella of the Alps. The differences in characters are greater between E. bicuspidella and E. congelatella than between the latter and E. duratella. In the genus Exapate the sexual dimorphism of wing-length is most extreme in E. bicuspidella. Two hooks on pupal cremaster are sub basally widened and parallel, in E. congelatella tapering and divergent

Acta societatis pro fauna et flora Fennica 65

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Interstitial Pneumonitis and Coinfection of Human Herpesvirus 6 and Pneumocystis carinii in a Patient with Hypogammaglobulinemia

Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) has occasionally been associated with cases of interstitial pneumonitis, mainly in individuals with impaired cellular immunity. Here we report for the first time severe interstitial pneumonitis with simultaneous HHV-6 and Pneumocystis carinii infections in the lung tissue of a young patient with hypogammaglobulinemia