14.P.05 Contamination of insects of the order lepidoptera and air pollution

Naumova, E. Yu.; Gorbunov, B.; Rozhina, O.; Mezentzev, N.; Knor, A.

doi:10.1016/0021-8502(94)90290-9

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“…Some researchers consider the relationship between the butterfly bioindicator species occurrence and environmental contamination level (Mulder et al 2005 ; Mulder and Breure 2006 ; Salz and Fartmann 2017 ). Others evaluated the concentration in butterfly tissues relating them with the levels of trace metals in the environment (Heliövaara et al 1987 ; van San and Spitzer 1993 ; Naumova et al 1994 ; Bagatto and Shorthouse 1996 ; Kozlov et al 2000 ; Azam et al 2015 ; Lin et al 2019 ; Perić-Mataruga et al 2019 ). Even fewer articles report about the simultaneous observations among different species (Heliövaara and Väisänen 1990 ; Naumova et al 1994 ), and even those that focus only on adult specimens are rare (van San and Spitzer 1993 ; Azam et al 2015 ; Lin et al 2019 ).…”

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“…Others evaluated the concentration in butterfly tissues relating them with the levels of trace metals in the environment (Heliövaara et al 1987 ; van San and Spitzer 1993 ; Naumova et al 1994 ; Bagatto and Shorthouse 1996 ; Kozlov et al 2000 ; Azam et al 2015 ; Lin et al 2019 ; Perić-Mataruga et al 2019 ). Even fewer articles report about the simultaneous observations among different species (Heliövaara and Väisänen 1990 ; Naumova et al 1994 ), and even those that focus only on adult specimens are rare (van San and Spitzer 1993 ; Azam et al 2015 ; Lin et al 2019 ). Variable accumulation levels in butterflies have been observed likely as a function of the different trace elements (Naumova et al 1994 ; Bagatto and Shorthouse 1996 ; Kozlov et al 2000 ; Prince et al 2001 ; Lin et al 2019 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Even fewer articles report about the simultaneous observations among different species (Heliövaara and Väisänen 1990 ; Naumova et al 1994 ), and even those that focus only on adult specimens are rare (van San and Spitzer 1993 ; Azam et al 2015 ; Lin et al 2019 ). Variable accumulation levels in butterflies have been observed likely as a function of the different trace elements (Naumova et al 1994 ; Bagatto and Shorthouse 1996 ; Kozlov et al 2000 ; Prince et al 2001 ; Lin et al 2019 ).…”

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“…The main findings of these studies are that (i) the biological stages of the lepidopteran life cycle (from egg to adult) often show different values of metal accumulation (Bagatto and Shorthouse 1996 ; Zhou et al 2015b ; Jin et al 2020 ); (ii) species-specific differences are found (Heliövaara and Väisänen 1990 ); (iii) element-specific accumulation levels are possible (Naumova et al 1994 ; Bagatto and Shorthouse 1996 ; Kozlov et al 2000 ; Prince et al 2001 ; Lin et al 2019 ); (iv) associations between metal accumulation and different matrices are found (e.g. soil, larval host plants) (Heliövaara and Väisänen 1990 , Bagatto and Shorthouse 1996 ; Zhuang et al 2009 ; Ding et al 2013 ; Zhou et al 2015a ; Eeva et al 2018 ; Lin et al 2019 in soil).…”

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Butterflies as bioindicators of metal contamination

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Anthropogenic trace metal contamination has significantly increased and has caused many hazardous consequences for the ecosystems and human health. The Terni basin valley (Central Italy) shows a heavy load of pollutants from industrial activities, while the characteristic orography structure of the valley favours air stagnation, thus limiting air pollution dispersal. The present study conducted in 2014 aimed to determine the concentration of ten metals in five species of butterflies at nine sites in the Terni valley along a 21-km-long transect, including both relatively pristine and industrial areas. At sites where soil contamination was high for a given metal, such as for chromium as in the case of site 4 (the closest to the steel plant) and for lead as in the case of site 2 (contaminated by a firing range), higher levels of contamination were observed in the tissues of butterflies. We found a correlation between soil contamination and the concentration of Cr, Al and Sr in the tissues of some species of butterflies. The sensitivity to contamination differed among the five species; in particular, Coenonympha pamphilus was generally the species that revealed the highest concentrations of all the ten trace metals at the sites closer to the industrial area. It is known that C. pamphilus is a sedentary species and that its host plants are the Poaceae, capable of accumulating high quantities of metals in their rhizosphere region, thus providing the link with soil contamination. Therefore, monitoring the metal concentration levels in butterflies might be a good indicator and a control tool of environmental quality, specifically in areas affected by high anthropogenic pollution loads linked to a specific source.

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