Axonal pathfinding in developing labial palps of the butterflies, Pieris rapae and Pieris brassicae

1989 ◽  
Vol 256 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Kyoo Lee ◽  
Helmut Altner ◽  
Woo-Kap Kim ◽  
Chang-Whan Kim
Author(s):  
Leonardo Favilli

Nel 2015 è stata studiata la fauna a Ropaloceri del litorale a duna della ZSC IT5160004 Padule di Bolgheri (provincia di Livorno). I campionamenti sono stati effettuati due volte al mese, da aprile a ottobre, in un transetto di 1 km utilizzando il metodo di Pollard and Yates (1993). Complessivamente sono stati campionati 422 esemplari attribuibili a 30 specie. Le specie dominanti sono 7 (Lasiommata megera, Leptotes pirithous, Colias crocea, Gonepteryx rhamni, Pieris brassicae, Gonepteryx cleopatra, Hipparchia statilinus, Coenonympha elbana, Anthocharis cardamines, Pieris rapae e Limenitis reducta), abbondanti 4, 7 comuni, 7 occasionali e 5 rare. Rilevante è la presenza di Gegenes nostrodamus, in diminuzione in Italia e di Coenonympha elbana, endemica della Toscana. Si tratta di una fauna povera in specie, costituita da entità euriece e che non sono esclusive dell’ambiente di duna. Nel sistema a duna indagato i Ropaloceri sono, quindi, rappresentati in modo limitato e non annoverano entità utili a caratterizzarle in maniera univoca.


2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
A. S. Pronyushkina ◽  
T. K. Kovalenko ◽  
E. N. Lastushkina

The results of the use of entomophages and biological products to regulate the number of cabbage pests (cabbage moth Mamestra brassicae L., cabbage butterfly Pieris brassicae L., turnip butterfly Pieris rapae L., diamondback moth Plutella xylostella L.) are presented. The study was carried out in the Primorsky Territory in 2018-2020. The efficiency of Trichogramma ussuricum Sorokina applications was assessed on cabbage varieties. The effectiveness of the entomophage against the cabbage moth varied from 33.3 to 66.6%, against the turnip butterfly - from 32.6 to 70.2%. In field experiments the effectiveness of biological products Fitoverm EC (0.09 l/ha), Akarin EC (1.6 l/ha), Proclaim WG (0.3 kg/ha), Bitoxibacillin (10 l/ha), Bitoxibacillin P (2 kg/ha), Lepidocid SC (2 l/ha), Lepidocid P (2 kg/ha) against diamondback moth are studied. Cabbage plants were sprayed with the preparations once. Pest counts were carried out before treatment and after treatment on the 5th, 10th and 15th day in accordance with the approved methods. Bioinsecticide Proclaim showed a high efficiency of 93.0-100% on the 5-10th day. The effectiveness of preparations based on aversectin C and avertin N was 65.0-88.6%. Using the biological product Bitoxibacillin and Lepidocid a decrease the number of diamondback moth relative to the control by 61.2-97.5 и 65.0-78.0% was registered.


2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 3344-3349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Sergeant ◽  
Paul Jarrett ◽  
Margaret Ousley ◽  
J. Alun W. Morgan

ABSTRACT Four genes on a genomic fragment from Xenorhabdus nematophilus PMFI296 were shown to be involved in insecticidal activity towards three commercially important insect species. Each gene was expressed individually and in combinations in Escherichia coli, and the insecticidal activity of the lysates was determined. The combined four genes (xptA1, xptA2, xptB1, and xptC1), in E. coli, showed activity towards Pieris brassicae, Pieris rapae, and Heliothis virescens. The genes xptA1, xptB1, and xptC1 were involved in expressing activity towards P. rapae and P. brassicae, while the genes xptA2, xptB1, and xptC1 were needed for activity towards H. virescens. When each of these three genes was expressed individually in E. coli and the cell lysates were used in insect assays or mixed and then used, insecticidal activity was detected at a very low level. If the genes xptB1 and xptC1 were expressed in the same E. coli cell and this cell lysate was mixed with cells expressing xptA1, activity was restored to P. rapae and P. brassicae. Similarly mixing XptB1/C1 lysate with XptA2 lysate restored activity towards H. virescens. Individual gene disruptions in X. nematophilus PMFI296 reduced activity to insects; this activity was restored by complementation with cells expressing either xptA1 or xptA2 for their respective disruptions or E. coli expressing both xptB1 and xptC1 for individual disruptions of either of these genes. The genes xptA2, xptC1, and xptB1 were expressed as an operon in PMFI296 and inactivation of xptA2 or xptC1 resulted in silencing of downstream gene(s), while xptA1 was expressed as a single gene. Therefore, the two three gene product combinations interact with each other to produce good insecticidal activity.


Author(s):  
Sandro Piazzini ◽  
Elena Spadini ◽  
Fabio Cianchi ◽  
Leonardo Favilli ◽  
Giuseppe Manganelli

Negli anni 2007-2009 è stata effettuata una ricerca sui Lepidotteri Ropaloceri della Riserva Statale di Popolamento animale “Lago di Burano” (Capalbio, GR). Le specie accertate sono 50 tra le quali otto (Thymelicus acteon, Gegenes nostrodamus, Zerynthia cassandra, Lycaena thersamon, Charaxes jasius, Libythea celtis, Hipparchia fagi, Hipparchia statilinus) di interesse conservazionistico. Le entità più diffuse sono Pieris brassicae, Colias crocea, Polyommatus icarus, Lasiommata megera, Pieris rapae, Gonepteryx cleopatra, Maniola jurtina, Coenonympha pamphilus, Papilio machaon, Limenitis reducta e Kanetisa circe, specie in grado di colonizzare diverse situazioni ambientali, quelle sporadiche Thymelicus sylvestris, Ochlodes venatus, Zerynthia cassandra, Euchloe ausonia, Favonius quercus, Satyrium ilicis, Cacyreus marshalli, Celastrina argiolus, Polyommatus thersites, Inachis io e Polygonia c-album, che non trovano nella riserva ambienti idonei alla loro sopravvivenza. Le principali minacce per i Ropaloceri di Burano sono rappresentate dalla gestione della vegetazione operata per fini agricoli e dalla regimazione delle acque. Per ridurre l’impatto di questa attività si suggeriscono: il mantenimento di una fascia di terreno incolto (ampia almeno 20 m) intorno al lago e di una striscia di vegetazione (larga tra 2 e 4 m) lungo i canali retrostanti; la conservazione di siepi e arbusti; l’effettuazione degli interventi di sfalcio della vegetazione erbacea tra dicembre e gennaio.


1976 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis F. Owen

Sixteen species of butterflies occur in a small suburban garden in Leicester, England. During a five-years' survey, 9,000 individuals were caught, marked, and released, and it is suggested that this astonishing total is evidence that English gardens support a vast and highly mobile community of butterflies.The contrived vegetational diversity of gardens provides an excellent environment for adult butterflies, but apart from Pieris rapae and Pieris brassicae, rather few seem to breed in gardens. One attractive species, Anthocharis cardamines, may have recently become adapted to breeding on Arabis albida, a common plant in rock-gardens. Suggestions are offered as to how gardens can be made attractive for butterflies.


2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Hamid Ullah ◽  
Ibrar Muhammad ◽  
Waheed Ullah ◽  
Farzana Parveen ◽  
Sohail Aslam

Tea plants are visited by different types of insects including tea pests and pollinator. The objective of the study was to identify tea associated insects in National Tea Research Institute (NTRI), Mansehra, Pakistan during April-June 2012. A collection of tea associated insects was made during April-June 2012 in Tea Experimental Garden (TEG), NTRI, Mansehra, Pakistan. A total of 128 samples were collected from TEG randomly. During the present research, 10 species were identified. Species collected were brush-footed butterfly, Argynnis hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763); painted lady, Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758), Lucerne butterfly, Colias electo (Linnaeus, 1763)( Nymphalidae); small cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758), white cabbage butterfly, Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)( Pieridae); Asiatic honey bee, Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793, Western honey bee, Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758(Apidae); seven-spot ladybird Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)( Coccinellidae); blue marsh hawk Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865), Crimson-tailed marsh hawk, Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum (Rambur, 1842)( Libellulidae). Different numbers of individuals were collected of each species. Seventeen individuals of P. brassicae, 16 of C. septempunctata, 15 of P. rapae, 14 of C. electo, 13 of V. cardui and A. cerana, 10 of A. mellifera, 9 of O. pruinosum neglectum and 7 of O. glaucum.It is concluded that there is a diversity to explain tea associated insects in NTRI, Mansehra, Pakistan.


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