Entomologist's Gazette - Vol. 69, No. 2, 2018
Published: 4/27/2018
Article Details for this issue
EDITORIAL Editorial Panel and Digital Access
By: A. SPALDING
Page: 71
Type: Editorial
The first British specimen of Hippotion celerio Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
By: PETER ANDREWS
Page: 72-74
Type: Short Notes
Coincidental shifts in abundance of nymphalid butterflies: a link with egg deposition behaviour?
By: ROGER L. H. DENNIS & PETER B. HARDY
Page: 75–82
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
In the Greater Manchester area 2017 was an unusual year for nymphalid populations, the first in a thirty year period when the numbers of records of both Vanessa atalanta and Polygonia c-album (single egg-layers) exceeded those of Aglais urticae and A. io (large batch egg-layers). Annual abundances in Greater Manchester of these nettle-feeding nymphalids has revealed that the members of these two groups of species correlate with one another more closely than with either species of the other group. It is suggested that the mode of egg deposition (single egg-layers versus batch-layers) is involved in associations of changes in abundances of the nettle-feeding nymphalids. Other factors in life history may also be involved and are discussed (autumn adult food resources and larval host use). The same pattern is not found in pierids which differ in over-wintering mode and host plant condition. The costs and benefits of different egg-laying strategies are considered in relationship to changing abundances of species.
Two records of Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) from Mallorca, Balearic Islands
By: JAMIE C. WEIR
Page: 83-84
Type: Short Notes
The arrival of Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae) in Crete, with additional notes on range expansion in Greece and along coastal areas of northwestern Turkey
By: EDDIE JOHN, BETHAN THOMAS, ONAT BAŞBAY, ZEYNEL CEBECİ & JOHN G. COUTSIS
Page: 85–97
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
In recent decades, the introduced lycaenid Cacyreus marshalli has received much attention because of the damage caused to ornamental species of Geranium and Pelargonium following the species’ rapid spread from Mallorca to many other areas of the Mediterranean and to mainland Europe. Concerns have been expressed that native Geraniaceae and those lepidopteran species using these as hostplants, might be at some risk. In this paper, we demonstrate further range expansion in the eastern Mediterranean countries of Greece and Turkey, note that little if any evidence is available to indicate any threat to native Geraniaceae and, perhaps for the first time, consider that the damage now being caused has fallen to acceptable levels. Taken together, current experience appears to imply that C. marshalli might soon become regarded as a welcome addition to the Palaearctic fauna.
On three unpublished lectotype designations and on the status and positions of Kreizbergius simo-group taxa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)
By: STANISLAV K. KORB
Page: 98–106
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The taxonomic status and positions of taxa described within the genus Kreizbergius Korshunov, 1990 (the simo-group sensu Ackery, 1975) are rearranged. Lectotypes of the following taxa are designated: Parnassius simo var. simonius Staudinger, 1889, Parnassius simo var. simulator Staudinger, 1889, Parnassius gylippos Fruhstorfer, 1903, Parnassius simo confusa Bang-Haas, 1927. It is shown that K. anrdeji (Eisner, 1930) is a subspecies of K. simonius and has the oldest available name K. simonius kozlovi Avinov, 1913. New synonyms within K. simo and K. simonius are established.
Contribution to the biology and larval morphology of Nebula ibericata (Staudinger, 1871) in Madrid (central Spain) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)
By: GARETH EDWARD KING & JOSÉ LUIS VIEJO MONTESINOS
Page: 107–114
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Data are provided on the biology, phenology, oviposition and morphology (first to final instars) as well as the chaetotaxy L2, L5 of the larentine moth Nebula ibericata (Staudinger, 1871) in Madrid, central Spain.
Coleophora arctostaphyli Meder, 1934 (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae): observations on the early stages
By: R. J. HECKFORD & S. D. BEAVAN
Page: 115–118
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The ovum and larva of the case-bearing stage of Coleophora arctostaphyli Meder, 1934, are apparently undescribed, unlike the larva of the leaf-mining stage, larval case and biology. Descriptions of the ovum and final instar are provided but for reasons given in the text only a limited account is given of the final instar. We also record finding several mines on the foodplant, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng., containing dead larvae.
New records of Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in Western Mongolia
By: ROMAN V. YAKOVLEV & VALENTIN V. RUDOJ
Page: 119–122
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
New records of Pieridae, Nymphalidae and Lycaenidae are reported for Western Mongolia (Hovd and Govi-Altai aimaks).
Leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the Kuznetsk- Salair Mountain Area (Russia, Siberia). Part One: Subfamilies Donaciinae, Criocerinae, Cassidinae and Chrysomelinae
By: ELENA V. GUS’KOVA, DMITRIY A. EFIMOV & ANDREY A. ATUCHIN
Page: 123–145
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
A check-list of Chrysomelidae (Donaciinae, Criocerinae, Cassidinae, Chrysomelinae) of the Kuznetsk-Salair Mountain Area is provided. Currently, 97 species belonging to 25 genera of these subfamilies are recorded. Accurate localities for each species are indicated.
BOOK REVIEW: The Ecology and Evolution of Heliconius Butterflies by Chris D. Jiggins
By: ADRIAN SPALDING
Page: 146-148
Type: Book Review