A new species of Glena Hulst (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from northern Chile

Vargas, Héctor A.

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“…As stated in Vargas (2010), larvae of G. mielkei fed with leaves of the native shrub T. cacalioides developed normally producing viable and fertile progeny. So far, there have been no records of larvae of G. mielkei feeding on other Asteraceae species, apart from T. cacalioides, in the coastal valleys of the Arica Province.…”

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“…G. mielkei is a species whose distribution has been found to be mostly restricted to the Azapa and Chaca valleys in the Arica Province. So far, this species has been known to be associated only to a single host plant species of the Asteraceae family, Trixis cacalioides (Kunth) (Vargas 2010). The aim of this note is to determine the host plant specificity of G. mielkei in five plant species of the Asteraceae family in laboratory conditions.…”

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“…The distribution of G. mielkei is known to be restricted to the valleys of Azapa and Chaca in the Arica Province (Vargas 2010). Intensive agriculture has caused fragmentation, destruction and replacement of the native vegetation in these coastal valleys (Latorre 2013;Luebert and Pliscoff, 2006;Valenzuela et al, 2004).…”

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Host plant specificity of the moth species Glena mielkei (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in northern Chile

Méndez-Abarca

Méndez

Mundaca

2014

Rev. Chil. de Hist. Nat.

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Background: Host plant specificity refers to the preference of insects for particular plant species that allow them to complete their life cycle. Moth species of the Geometridae family depend closely on the vegetation composition to complete their life cycles. In northern Chile, the Geometridae species Glena mielkei is the only species described of the genus Glena. So far, this species has only been associated to a single host plan species of the Asteraceae family, Trixis cacalioides. The aim of this study was to determine the suitability of five commonly occurring plant species of Asteraceae as hosts for G. mielkei. Findings: We collected G. mielkei larvae from T. cacalioides plants occurring in the Azapa valley and reared them in the laboratory. We tested host plant suitability by exposing recently lab-reared adults of G. mielkei to the following Asteraceae species: T. cacalioides, Pluchea chingollo, Baccharis salicifolia, Grindelia tarapacana and Tessaria absinthioides. Larvae fed with G. tarapacana died of starvation within four to five days. Larvae fed with B. salicifolia fed partially on the plant but died within the first and third day. Larvae fed with both plant species did not complete their development. Larvae fed with T. cacalioides, P. chingollo and T. absinthioides developed into adult stages, producing viable progeny. Conclusions: We found T. cacalioides, P. chingollo and T. absinthioides to be suitable hosts for G. mielkei. None of the larvae fed on G. tarapacana and B. salicifolia completed their life cycle. We conclude that this narrow range of host plants potentially threatens G. mielkei given the continuous loss of its host plants and feeding sources due to habitat loss and agricultural activities.

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Host plant specificity of the moth species Glena mielkei (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in northern Chile

Méndez-Abarca

Méndez

Mundaca

2014

Rev. Chil. de Hist. Nat.

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Larva, pupa and DNA barcodes of the Neotropical geometrid moth Glena mielkei (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae: Boarmiini)

Méndez-Abarca

Espinoza-Donoso

Escobar-Suárez

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Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

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Lepidoptera family-group names proposed by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841

Lafontaine¹,

Schmidt²

2013

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In 1841, T. W. Harris published “A Report on the Insects of Massachusetts, Injurious to Vegetation,” a seminal work in North American Entomology and one of the first New World publications to describe Lepidoptera species. Although appearing in several subsequent editions, the eight family-group names proposed by Harris were largely overlooked. In summarizing Harris’ family-group names, we show that authorship for two Noctuidae names in current usage require changes: Acronictinae Harris, 1841 (originally as Acronyctadae) has priority over Heinemann, 1859, and Agrotini Harris, 1841 (as Agrotitidae) has priority over Rambur, 1848. Mamestradae Harris, 1841 is also a senior synonym of Mamestrinae Hampson, 1902 (Type genus: Mamestra Ochsenheimer, 1816), an available name that is currently a junior subjective synonym of Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Hadenini Guenée, 1837 (Type genus: Hadena Schrank, 1802). Geometridae: Ennominae: Hyberniini Harris, 1841 (as Hyberniadae), based on Erranis Hübner, [1825] (= Hybernia Berthold, 1827), has precedence over two family-group names with long-standing usage, Bistonini Stephens, 1850 and Boarmiini Duponchel, 1845, and a reversal of precedence for the latter two names over Hyberniini is proposed under ICZN guidelines.

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A new species of Glena Hulst (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from northern Chile

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Host plant specificity of the moth species Glena mielkei (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in northern Chile

Host plant specificity of the moth species Glena mielkei (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in northern Chile

Larva, pupa and DNA barcodes of the Neotropical geometrid moth Glena mielkei (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae: Boarmiini)

Lepidoptera family-group names proposed by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841

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