A New Leafmining Moth (Cameraria cotinivora, Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) of the American Smoketree (Cotinus obovatus)

The Wound Healing Potential of Aspilia africana (Pers.) C. D. Adams (Asteraceae)

“…The anti-inflammatory activity is due to its ability to suppress mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF- κ B) pathway which makes it a vital compound in the treatment of inflammatory diseases [44]. Beside its anti-inflammatory activity, singly or in synergy with other compounds, α -pinene has been observed to have interesting antimicrobial properties [46–48]. An in vivo study on Pistacia atlantica resin extract with 46.57% α -pinene as the main content had a concentration-dependent effect on the healing of burn wounds after 14 days of treatment by increasing the concentration of basic fibroblast growth factor (BFGF), platelet derived growth factor, and improving angiogenesis [49].…”

First Record of Citheronia regalis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Feeding on Cotinus obovatus (Anacardiaceae)

“…In any case, there is an urgent need to document the native and introduced arthropod pests in natural populations of smoketree. Previous to this paper, the only documented arthropod pests of smoketree were the notodontid moth, Datana perspicua Grote and Robinson (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae; Crocker & Simpson 1982), reported from a nursery plant in Texas, and the recently described gracillariid leafmining moth (Cameraria cotinivora Davis and Graves; Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in natural populations of smoketree on the Ozark Plateau (Davis & Graves 2016). Fieldwork was supported by the Alexander Wetmore Fund (Smithsonian Institution) and the Smoketree Trust.…”

“…1) and had entirely consumed 6 leaves, leaving only the petioles. The smoketree is a rare endemic tree with a relictual distribution comprising three localized populations: (1) on the Ozark Plateau in Arkansas and Missouri with a few scattered stations in eastern Oklahoma, (2) from the southern Cumberland Plateau in northeastern Alabama and adjacent Tennessee and Georgia, and (3) on the Edward's Plateau of south-central Texas (Little 1977;Davis & Graves 2016). All known populations occur on soils derived from calcareous bedrock, typically in glades, and on cliffs and bluffs.…”

“…Opportunities for arthropod-host specialization are relatively limited given the general rarity of the smoketree and its disjunct geographic range. The Butterflies and Moths of North America database (Lotts & Naberhaus 2016) shows historic and recent records of C. regalis for only 11 of the 34 counties in which natural populations of smoketree have been documented (Davis & Graves 2016).…”