Life History of the Pine Tip Moth, Rhyacionia adana Heinrich, in Ontario (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae)

1960 ◽  
Vol 92 (10) ◽  
pp. 724-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Lynton Martin
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Pine Plantations ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Southern Ontario ◽  
Tree Damage ◽  
History Of ◽  
Seasonal History

Infestations of Rhyacionia adana Heinrich have almost certainly been common in young pine plantations throughout southern Ontario for a number of years, but, because resultant tree damage has been confused with that of the European pine shoot moth, R. buoliana (Schiff.), the species itself has been overlooked.Although R. adana was described in 1923 (Heinrich, 1923), the seasonal history has never been worked out, and even the host plants were not recorded until 1959 (Martin, 1959). In 1957, a study program was begun to learn the life history and habits of the species in Ontario, the results of which are presented here.

scholarly journals The application of life history information to the conservation management of Chrysoritis butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in South Africa

Koedoe ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R.F. Terblanche ◽  
H. Van Hamburg
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Life History ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Wing Patterns ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
History Of ◽  
Voucher Specimens

Due to their intricate life histories and the unique wing patterns and colouring the butterflies of the genus Chrysoritis are of significant conservation and aesthetic value. Thisoverview probes into practical examples of butterfly life history research applicable to environmental management of this relatively well-known invertebrate group in South Africa. Despite the pioneer work on life histories of Chrysoritis in the past, more should be done to understand the life history of the butterflies in the wild, especially their natural host plants and the behaviour of adults and larvae. A system of voucher specimens of host plants should be introduced in South Africa. Although various host plant species in nature are used by the members of Chrysoritis, including the Chrysoritis chrysaor group, the choice of these in nature by each species is significant for conservation management and in the case of Chrysoritis aureus perhaps even as a specific characteristic.A revision of the ant genus Crematogaster will benefit the conservation management of Chrysoritis species since some of these ant species may consist of a number of specieswith much more restricted distributions than previously thought. Rigorous quantified tudies of population dynamics of Chrysoritis butterflies are absent and the introductionof such studies will benefit conservation management of these localised butterflies extensively.

scholarly journals Codling-moth Investigations of the State Entomologist's Office

1922 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-10) ◽  
pp. 219-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Glenn
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Codling Moth ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
The State ◽  
Accurate Data ◽  
Rate Of Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
Seasonal History

To secure accurate data in regard to the life history and the seasonal history of the codling-moth in Illinois, and the relation of climatic conditions to the rate of development and the time of appearance of the various stages of the insect, an investigation was begun in the spring of 1915 under the direction of Doctor S. A. Forbes, then State Entomologist.

Feeding and Life History of Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Different Host Plants

2001 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 566-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. GREENBERG ◽  
T. W. Sappington ◽  
B. C. Legaspi ◽  
T.-X. Liu ◽  
M. Sétamou
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Spodoptera Exigua ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

The Life History of Aptesis basizona (Grav.) on Neodiprion sertifer (Geoff.) in Southern Ontario

1961 ◽  
Vol 93 (11) ◽  
pp. 1005-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Neodiprion Sertifer ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Southern Ontario ◽  
History Of

Aptesis biasizona (Grav.) is a common and widely distributed parasite of diprionid sawflies in central, western, and northern Europe, with parasitism varying from three to 90 per cent on different hosts and in different areas. One of these sawflies, Neodiprion sertifer (Geoff.), is very commonly attacked, with parasitism of 30 to 80 per cent in Czechoslovakia, 10 to 52 per cent in Hungary, and 17.5 to 40 per cent in Sweden (Morris et al., 1937).

Observations on the life-history of Alarodia nana (Möschler) (Lep., Limacodidae) in Jamaica and a method for its control on Citrus

1967 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-386
Author(s):  
J. Strangways-Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Incubation Period ◽  
Field Trial ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Wire Mesh ◽  
History Of ◽  
Major Pest ◽  
Low Volume ◽  
Secondary Host Plants ◽  
Work Done

Alarodia nana (Möschler) (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) is a major pest of Citrus in Jamaica. An outbreak of the larvae, the ‘ slug caterpillar ’, may result in severe defoliation. All stages are found on the foliage and are present throughtout the year; the adults are inactive by day and appear to be weak fliers.Earlier attempts to breed the insect in the laboratory had been unsuccessful, and, whereas attempts at control had indicated that malathion was effective against the larvae, reingestation had invariably taken place, well-grown larvae being found five weeks after treatment.In the present work, done in 1963–4, adults that emerged from field-collected cocoons held in wire-mesh cages over Citrus plants in the laboratory mated on the night of emergence and the females oviposited readily on the following night. A technique for rearing individual larvae and for measuring their head capsules is described. In the laboratory at a mean midday temperature of about 27°C., the incubation period of the eggs was 6–8 days, and the durations of the larval and pupal phases 25–42 and 14–19 days, respectively.Results of a search for secondary host-plants from which reinfestation might take place were negative. Observations of emergence in the laboratory of adults from cocoons collected just before and just after the application to an orchard of a low-volume malathion spray derived from a 57 per cent. emulsifiable concentrate by dilution at the rate of 1: 80 in water showed that many pupae had survived the application, and suggested that reinfestation might arise from moths emerging from such pupae.A field trial comprising two application of the low-volume spray of malathion was carried out; the second application, designed to destroy larvae derived from pupae that had survived the first application, was made after an interval of 312; weeks and was completely successcful.

scholarly journals Notes on the Biology of the Cixiid PlanthopperCixius meridionalis(Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea)

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Bowser
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Picea Mariana ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Empetrum Nigrum ◽  
Potential Host ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sweep Net

With the exception of a handful of economically important species, the biology of cixiid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) is poorly known. The host plants and life history ofCixius meridionalisBeirne were investigated in a wetland in Soldotna, Alaska. Specimens were collected over the course of the growing season by hand, aspirator, Berlese funnel, and sweep net. A handful of live nymphs were placed in a terrarium containing potential host plants for direct observation of feeding.C. meridionaliswas found to feed on roots ofPicea mariana(Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb,Empetrum nigrumL.,Chamaedaphne calyculata(L.) Moench, andVaccinium vitis-idaeaL. At least within the study area,C. meridionalisappears to require multiple years to reach adulthood, with overwintering in nymphal instars.C. meridionaliswas occasionally tended byMyrmica alaskensisWheeler.

Life history and biology of the riffle bug Rhagovelia obesa Uhler (Heteroptera: Veliidae) in Southern Ontario

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lanna Cheng ◽  
C. H. Fernando
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Unusual Feature ◽  
Southern Ontario ◽  
Worldwide Distribution ◽  
First Instar ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
Life History Study

The life history of Rhagovelia obesa (Heteroptera: Veliidae) was investigated using field collected and laboratory reared material. The nymphal instars and adults are described and figured. This is the first life-history study of Rhagovelia or its related genera Tetraripis and Trochopus. These genera together have almost a worldwide distribution and are characterized by a unique swimming plume beating underwater. Four nymphal instars occur instead of the usual five. The overwintering stage is the egg, another unusual feature for aquatic Hemiptera. The site(s) of egg laying have not been located. For the first time Rhagovelia has been raised in the laboratory from first instar to adult.

Taxonomic Revision of the Obligate Plant-Ants of the Genus Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), Associated with Macaranga Thouars (Euphorbiaceae) on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula

Sociobiology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heike Feldhaar ◽  
Ulrich Maschwitz ◽  
Brigitte Fiala
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
Se Asia ◽  
History Information ◽  
History Of

The taxonomy and natural history of ants of the genus Crematogaster Lund, 1831 (Crematogaster borneensis-group of the former subgenus Decacrema) obligately associated with myrmecophytic host-plants of the euphorb genus Macaranga are reviewed. Within this group of ants Crematogaster borneensis André, 1896 (with five subspecies and four varieties), Crematogaster captiosa Forel, 1910 as well as Crematogaster decamera Forel, 1910 have previously been described from SE Asia. Here we synonymise C. borneensis subsp. capax Forel, 1911, C. borneensis subsp. hosei Forel, 1911, C. borneensis subsp. sembilana Forel, 1911, and C. borneensis var. macarangae Viehmeyer, 1916 with C. borneensis André, 1896. Crematogaster borneensis var. harpyia Forel, 1911, C. borneensis var. insulsa Forel, 1911, C. borneensis subsp. symbia Forel, 1911, and C. borneensis subsp. novem Forel, 1911 are synonymised with C. captiosa Forel, 1910. In addition we describe five new species: C. claudiae sp. nov., C. hullettii sp. nov., C. linsenmairi sp. nov., C. maryatii sp. nov., and C. roslihashimi sp. nov.. Seven of these eight species are placed into two informal species subgroups based on queen morphology, life-history characters and a formerly published molecular phylogeny. Keys are provided for the identification of queens and workers, as well as natural history information on the eight ant species. The morphology of these Macaranga-associated Crematogaster (formerly Decacrema) species is compared to the only other three species described for this former subgenus in SE Asia, i.e. C. angulosa André, 1896, C. biformis André, 1892 and C. cephalotes Smith, 1857.

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