Latest Articles from Nota Lepidopterologica Latest 7 Articles from Nota Lepidopterologica https://nl.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:54:32 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://nl.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Nota Lepidopterologica https://nl.pensoft.net/ Bionomics and host plants of the invasive Cydia interscindana (Möschler, 1866) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), an emerging pest in the Carpathian Lowlands https://nl.pensoft.net/article/74236/ Nota Lepidopterologica 45: 53-64

DOI: 10.3897/nl.45.74236

Authors: Attila Takács, Csaba Szabóky, Balázs Tóth, Miklós Bozsó, János Kutas, Szilárd Molnár, Gábor Farkas, Krisztina Erdélyi, Ilona Tunyoginé Búzás, Csaba Hargitai, Nikoletta Terman, Anna Menyhárt, Szabolcs Bodnár, Éva Gajdos, Sándor Bogya, Judit Csabai, Bianka Molnár, Antal Nagy

Abstract: Cydia interscindana (Möschler, 1866) has spread through several European countries in the past few years, becoming an invasive pest of ornamental trees. It was collected in Hungary for the first time in a pheromone trap set for Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus, 1758) in 2014. Here we discuss its recent distribution in Hungary based on intensive sampling between 2018 and 2020, which showed the dispersal of the pest by humans. Two formerly unknown host plants are also recorded. The damage caused by the larvae, the external morphology of the adult male, larva, pupa (described for the first time) and pupal exuviae are presented. We also analyse DNA barcodes, identifying this pest for the first time via DNA sequencing of immature stages. Introduction Cydia interscindana is native in the Mediterranean region, where it was described by Möschler in 1866 from Andalusia. It is distributed in Mediterranean countries including Portugal (Corley 2004), Spain (Férriz et al. 2006), France (Lévêque et al. 2017) and Italy (Minelli 1995). Later the species was recorded in the British Isles (Knill-Jones 2020), Belgium (De Prins 2016), Switzerland (Swisslepteam 2010), Slovakia (Pastorális et al. 2018) and Russia (Caucasus; Schurov et al. 2017). In Hungary, Cydia interscindana adults were caught by a sticky delta pheromone trap (CSALOMON RAG type) for Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus 1758) in 2014 during a study on swarming dynamics of the latter pest in Budapest. This provided the first record of the species in the Carpathian basin (Szabóky 2014; Takács and Szabóky 2015). In the Mediterranean region larvae feed on Juniperus oxycedrus (L.) (Miller 1990). In Belgium the larva was recorded on Juniperus spp. (Meert et al. 2019). J. oxycedrus is not native in Hungary, but Cupressus × leylandii A.B. Jacks. & Dallim 1926, Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco 1949 and Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murray bis) Parl. 1864 are popular evergreens used as ornamental trees both in parks and gardens. In Hungary several pests of these plants have been recorded, all probably introduced with imported plants; in the literature, 11 Lepidoptera, nine Coleoptera and six Hemiptera species have been mentioned already (Csóka and Kovács 1999; Maráczi 2013; Bozsik et al. 2016; Schurov et al. 2017). However, until the end of the 2000s, only Scolytidae (Coleoptera) species caused serious damage (Bozsik and Szőcs 2017). In 2012, an outbreak of the formerly detected (Muskovits 2001) Lamprodila festiva (Linnaeus 1767) (Buprestidae) took place in Budapest (Németh 2012) causing serious damage on Platycladus orientalis and several ornamental gymnosperm species. This outbreak was certainly caused by introduced specimens, that had arrived with trees from the Mediterranean region where this beetle is a well-known pest (Merkl 2016), whose abundance in Hungary increases due to climatic change (Csóka et al. 2018). Based on the available data, in Hungary this beetle pest has also been blamed for all the damage caused on Cupressus, Platycladus and Chamaecyparis trees and management has been carried out only against them. In 2018, a larva of L. festiva, an unidentified caterpillar and a freshly emerged specimen of Cydia interscindana were collected simultaneously from a Leyland cypress in Székesfehérvár (Central Hungary). In that year, similar Lepidoptera larvae were found in three neighbouring villages: Velence, Sukoró and Pákozd. To identify the sampled caterpillar, DNA analysis was undertaken. Additionally, in 2019–2020 a country-wide investigation was carried out to map the distribution and abundance of C. interscindana and gather data on bionomics of this pest in the Carpathian basin.

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Research Article Fri, 14 Jan 2022 09:42:05 +0200
Carried with the wind: mass occurrence of Zeiraphera griseana (Hübner, 1799) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) on Vize Island (Russian High Arctic) https://nl.pensoft.net/article/63662/ Nota Lepidopterologica 44: 91-97

DOI: 10.3897/nl.44.63662

Authors: Maria V. Gavrilo, Igor I. Chupin, Mikhail V. Kozlov

Abstract: Vize Island, located in the northern part of the Kara Sea (79°30’N, 76°59’E), is one of the least studied islands of the Russian High Arctic in terms of its biota. Hundreds of live and freshly dead individuals of Larch Budmoth Zeiraphera griseana (Hübner, 1799) were observed on this island from 16 July–2 August 2020. This is the first and the only terrestrial invertebrate ever discovered on Vize Island. The moths were likely transported to the island by air currents from the northern part of the Krasnoyarsk region, where an outbreak of Z. griseana was reported on over 75,000 ha. The distance travelled by moths approached 1200 km. Thus, the high Arctic islands are less isolated from insect migrants than was commonly thought. These islands will be colonised by boreal insects as soon as changing environmental conditions allow the establishment of local populations.

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Research Article Wed, 17 Mar 2021 13:27:30 +0200
Dichrorampha carpatalpina sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), a high mountain species of the Romanian Carpathians https://nl.pensoft.net/article/33412/ Nota Lepidopterologica 42(1): 37-48

DOI: 10.3897/nl.42.33412

Authors: Sándor Kovács, Zoltán Kovács

Abstract: Dichrorampha carpatalpina sp. n., is described from the Southern Carpathians (Romania). It is closely related to D. inconspiqua (Danilevsky, 1948) and D. podoliensis (Toll, 1942). Adults, male and female genitalia, the habitat of the new species are described and figured and some details of the biology are given. The larva and its host-plant, Achillea oxyloba schurii (Sch. Bip.) Heimerl, are illustrated. The species inhabits the north-facing slopes of the highest regions of the Carpathians. During their flight period from the beginning of July to the beginning of August the moths are on wing in the morning and only in sunny weather.

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Research Article Tue, 9 Apr 2019 19:09:07 +0300
Phtheochroa unionana (Kennel, 1900) recognised as a dimorphic Cochylini species, with description of the hitherto unknown male genitalia (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) https://nl.pensoft.net/article/9050/ Nota Lepidopterologica 39(2): 113-121

DOI: 10.3897/nl.39.9050

Authors: Boyan Zlatkov, Peter Huemer

Abstract: The previously unknown male genitalia of Phtheochroa unionana (Kennel, 1900) are described and illustrated. The species is dimorphic: one form is white with very faint yellow scales in the fascial areas and the other is white with distinct orange fasciae. The everted vesicae of the males do not show interspecific variation but are remarkably different from those of a closely related species. Apparently, the morphology of the everted vesica is a useful tool for species recognition in this genus. The conspecificity of the two forms of P. unionana is further corroborated by evidence from COI barcodes.

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Research Article Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:59:17 +0300
Taxonomy of two montane Dichrorampha species from the Balkans and Caucasus (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) https://nl.pensoft.net/article/6760/ Nota Lepidopterologica 39(1): 13-20

DOI: 10.3897/nl.39.6760

Authors: Boyan Zlatkov

Abstract: Dichrorampha pentheriana (Rebel, 1917), previously known only from the type locality in Montenegro, is reported from the Vitosha Mountains in Bulgaria, at an altitude of 2100 m. Data on the habitat and the suspected larval host plant (Achillea lingulata Waldst. & Kit., Asteraceae) are provided. A new species, Dichrorampha sakartvelana sp. n., is described from the Georgian Great Caucasus Mountains, at altitude 2280 m. Male and female moths and their genitalia are illustrated with photographs and line drawings.

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Research Article Fri, 5 Feb 2016 05:04:08 +0200
Book Review: Eucosma Hübner of the Contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini) https://nl.pensoft.net/article/6909/ Nota Lepidopterologica 38(2): 157-158

DOI: 10.3897/nl.38.6909

Authors: Joaquin Baixeras

Abstract: Do not correspond

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Book Review Fri, 6 Nov 2015 13:11:10 +0200
The biology of Gynnidomorpha permixtana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) on Sagittaria trifolia L. (Alismataceae) in paddy fields in Iran https://nl.pensoft.net/article/4013/ Nota Lepidopterologica 37(2): 113-121

DOI: 10.3897/nl.37.7708

Authors: Atousa Farahpour Haghani, Bijan Yaghoubi, Farzad Majidi-Shilsar, Naser Davatghar, Leif Aarvik

Abstract: While testing the efficacy of herbicides on paddy weeds at the Rice Research Institute of Iran (RRII) in 2008, we encountered the failure of arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia L., Alismataceae) seeds to germinate. Detailed investigation revealed physical damage of seeds caused by the larvae of Gynnidomorpha permixtana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Tortricidae, Tortricinae, Cochylina). Further studies showed that larvae feed on the seeds and flowers of the host plant and destroy the achenes. Under laboratory conditions G. permixtana required 23–30 days to complete its life cycle. Arrowhead is a new host record for this moth species; furthermore, this is the first detailed record of a tortricid feeding on this plant.

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Research Article Mon, 8 Sep 2014 02:00:00 +0300