Lepidoptera genitalia

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Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)

Abstract: Genomic sequencing and analysis of worldwide skipper butterfly (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) fauna points to imperfections in their current classification. Some tribes, subtribes and genera as they are circumscribed today are not monophyletic. Rationalizing genomic results from the perspective of phenotypic characters suggests two new tribes, two new subtribes and 50 new genera that are named here: Ceratrichiini Grishin, trib. n., Gretnini Grishin, trib. n., Falgina Grishin, subtr. n., Apaustina Grishin, subtr. n., Flattoides Grishin, gen. n., Aurivittia Grishin, gen. n., Viuria Grishin, gen. n., Clytius Grishin, gen. n., Incisus Grishin, gen. n., Perus Grishin, gen. n., Livida Grishin, gen. n., Festivia Grishin, gen. n., Hoodus Grishin, gen. n., Anaxas Grishin, gen. n., Chiothion Grishin, gen. n., Crenda Grishin, gen. n., Santa Grishin, gen. n., Canesia Grishin, gen. n., Bralus Grishin, gen. n., Ladda Grishin, gen. n., Willema Grishin, gen. n., Argemma Grishin, gen. n., Nervia Grishin, gen. n., Dotta Grishin, gen. n., Lissia Grishin, gen. n., Xanthonymus Grishin, gen. n., Cerba Grishin, gen. n., Avestia Grishin, gen. n., Zetka Grishin, gen. n., Turmosa Grishin, gen. n., Mielkeus Grishin, gen. n., Coolus Grishin, gen. n., Daron Grishin, gen. n., Barrolla Grishin, gen. n., Brownus Grishin, gen. n., Tava Grishin, gen. n., Rigga Grishin, gen. n., Haza Grishin, gen. n., Dubia Grishin, gen. n., Pares Grishin, gen. n., Chitta Grishin, gen. n., Artonia Grishin, gen. n., Lurida Grishin, gen. n., Corra Grishin, gen. n., Fidius Grishin, gen. n., Veadda Grishin, gen. n., Tricrista Grishin, gen. n., Viridina Grishin, gen. n., Alychna Grishin, gen. n., Ralis Grishin, gen. n., Testia Grishin, gen. n., Buzella Grishin, gen. n., Vernia Grishin, gen. n., and Lon Grishin, gen. n. In addition, the following taxonomic changes are suggested. Prada Evans is transferred from Hesperiinae to Trapezitinae. Echelatus Godman and Salvin, Systaspes Weeks, and Oenides Mabille are removed from synonymy and are treated as valid genera. The following genera are new junior subjective synonyms: Tosta Evans of Eantis Boisduval; Turmada Evans of Neoxeniades Hayward, Arita Evans of Tigasis Godman, and Alera Mabille of Perichares Scudder. Eantis pallida (R. Felder) (not Achlyodes Hübner), Gindanes kelso (Evans) (not Onenses Godman and Salvin), Isoteinon abjecta (Snellen) (not Astictopterus C. and R. Felder), Neoxeniades ethoda (Hewitson) (not Xeniades Godman), Moeris anna (Mabille) (not Vidius Evans), and Molo pelta Evans (not Lychnuchus Hübner) are new genus-species combinations. The following are species-level taxa: Livida assecla (Mabille) (not a subspecies of Livida grandis (Mabille), formerly Pythonides Hübner) and Alychna zenus (E. Bell) (not a junior subjective synonym of Alychna exclamationis (Mabille), formerly Psoralis Mabille); and Barrolla molla E. Bell (formerly Vacerra Godman) is a junior subjective synonym of Barrolla barroni Evans (formerly Paratrytone Godman). All these changes to taxonomic status of names are propagated to all names currently treated as subspecies (for species), subgenera (for genera) and synonyms of these taxa. Finally, taxa not mentioned in this work are considered to remain at the ranks and in taxonomic groups they have been previously assigned to.

Supplementary Material for "Host Plants Alter the Reproductive Behavior of Pieris brassicae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) and Its Solitary Larval Endo-Parasitoid, Hyposoter ebeninus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in a Cruciferous Ecosystem"

Abstract: ABSTRACT The behavior of most destructive pest of cabbage, Pieris brassicae and that of its potential parasitoid, Hyposoter ebeninus, were studied under the influence of 4 common Brassica host plantspecies, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and knol-kohl. These host plant species were found to have considerable influence on egg distribution and leaf surface preference for oviposition and pupation. The number of egg masses was highest on knol-khol; however, the number of eggs per mass was highest on cabbage. Similarly, larval incidence was also highest on cabbage throughout the season, indicating that cabbage is the most preferred host. Natural parasitism on P. brassicae larvae by Hyposoter ebeninus was higher on knol-khol and cabbage. The weight of the third instar parasitized caterpillars was the highest on cabbage, suggesting that cabbage is the most favorable of these 4 hosts of P. brassicae for mass rearing of H. ebeninus. The development time of H. ebeninus was also shortest for cabbagereared larvae. Also the cocoon weight of the parasitoid was significantly higher when its host larvae were reared on cabbage. Overall from this study it can be concluded that, of the host plants evaluated, cabbage was preferred for oviposition by P. brassicae and its parasitoid. In addition, cabbage was found to be the best host plant for producing excellent quality H. ebeninus parasitoids.

DNA barcodes of caterpillars (Lepidoptera) from Papua New Guinea

Abstract: This paper provides metadata for DNA barcode (COI) data in GenBank for a collection of caterpillar vouchers from ecological studies in Wanang, Papua New Guinea, sampled as part of long term research on the ecology and taxonomy of herbivorous insects there (Miller et al. 2003, Craft et al. 2010, Novotny et al. 2010, Whitfeld et al. 2012). This paper aims to make DNA barcode data available to document ongoing research, to contribute to the International Barcode of Life (iBOL; www.ibol.org) project, and to encourage enhancement in identifications , in line with the concept of DNA barcode data release papers and the Fort Lauderdale principles for genetic data (Schindel et al. 2011). Data released on Genbank (accession numbers HM906186-HM906529, HQ558240-HQ558310, KC158225-KC158271) includes the standard fields for the BARCODE data standard (Benson et al. 2012) and more data, including images and host plant codes, are available on BOLD (www.boldsystems. org; Ratnasingham and Hebert 2007), accessible from the project CATS using a DOI (dx.doi.org/10.5883/DS-CATS1). Field methods and host plants: Trees and shrubs with stems greater or equal to 5 cm in diameter at breast height (dbh) in two 100 x 100 m plots near Wanang (145.182° E, 5.231° S), Madang Province, Papua New Guinea were destructively sampled (see Whitfeld et al. 2012 for details). The two plots were 800 m apart in a mosaic of primary and secondary rain forest vegetation at 100–200 m above sea level in an extensive mixed evergreen forest on latosols in the Ramu River basin (Paijmans 1976). The climate is generally humid and relatively aseasonal. Historical readings from Madang (70 km east, 1956– 1970; McAlpine et al. 1983) indicate a mean annual rainfall of 3500 mm and mean monthly temperature between 26.2 °C and 26.7 °C. Local landowners practice subsistence agriculture in 0.25– 1.0 ha gardens planted after felling and burning of primary forest, and we coordinated our sampling with local landowners who were planning to clear the sites for subsistence gardens. After mapping and clearing adjacent vegetation, trees were individually felled and immediately inspected for the presence of caterpillars and leaf miners by a team of eight field workers. Live caterpillars were hand-collected and placed in plastic vials for processing. The live caterpillars were assigned to morphospecies (numbered in the CATX series), documented with photographs , and, in most cases, with preserved vouchers. Host plant data are included in the BOLD records via the plant number in …