Entomologist's Gazette - Vol. 67, No. 2, 2016
Published: 1/1/1900
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Adult feeding in butterflies (Papilionoidea): accessing the inaccessible and obtaining the unobtainable
By: ROGER L. H. DENNIS, MARGARET P. DENNIS & PETER B. HARDY
Page: 75–78
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Aglais io and Gonepteryx rhamni have been observed feeding on Anemone nemorosa and a
Daffodil cultivar, in the first case a flower long considered to lack nectar; in the second, a flower
with a narrow and deep corolla. These observations are considered in the wider context of
resource use in butterfly species that hibernate as adults.
Studies of Palaearctic Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): the status of Parnassius bremeri amgunensis Sheljuzhko, 1928
By: STANISLAV K. KORB
Page: 79–81
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The taxonomic status of the taxon described as Parnassius bremeri amgunensis Sheljuzhko,
1928, is revised; considered by some authors to be a valid species, this taxon is here placed as
a subspecies of P. bremeri Bremer, 1864, as originally described; it might even be a synonym.
A lectotype of P. bremeri Bremer, 1864, is here designated.
BOOK REVIEW Loe Bar and the Sandhill Rustic Moth: The Biogeography, Ecology and History of a Coastal Shingle Bar, by Adrian Spalding
By: R. L. H. DENNIS
Page: 82-84
Type: Book Review
The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of the Rostov-on-Don Province of Russia, II. Family Crambidae (subfamily Crambinae)
By: A. N. POLTAVSKY, K. S. ARTOKHIN & M. A. POLTAVSKY
Page: 85–103
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The present paper is the second part of the series comprising data on the Crambidae
occurring in the Rostov-on-Don Province of southern Russia, based on studies undertaken
during the present century. The systematic list comprises 54 species collected in 52 localities,
together with the dates of collecting and the number of specimens.
BOOK REVIEW Rainbow Dust. Three centuries of delight in British butterflies, by Peter Marren
By: R. L. H. DENNIS
Page: 104-106
Type: Book Review
On the Plume moth fauna of Tajikistan (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
By: PETER USTJUZHANIN & VASILY KOVTUNOVICH
Page: 107–118
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
A review of the species of the family Pterophoridae inhabiting Tajikistan is provided. Two
species are newly described: Platyptilia avicennai sp. nov. and Platyptilia tajikistana sp. nov.
Procapperia tadzhica Zagulajev, 2002, is newly synonymised under Capperia salanga
Arenberger, 1995. Forty-eight species in 18 genera are listed. Of these, eighteen are recorded
from Tajikistan for the first time and are denoted with an asterisk.
Scythris potentillella (Zeller, 1847) (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae): discovery of the larva in the British Isles and other observations on the species
By: S. D. BEAVAN & R. J. HECKFORD
Page: 119–133
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
An account is given of the discovery of the larva of Scythris potentillella (Zeller, 1847) at five
localities in England. Hitherto, the larva had not been found in the British Isles. Descriptions
and photographs are provided of the larva and cocoon, as well as several adults, because of
variation in the forewing markings. The history of the species in the British Isles is set out as
well as a review of the biology as known to date.
BOOK REVIEW Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (second edition), volume 2 parts 1 and 2, Hydrophiloidea and Staphylinoidea, edited by Ivan Löbl & Daniel Löbl
By: P. F. WHITEHEAD
Page: 134-136
Type: Book Review
A new Illiberis species: I. (Alterasvenia) kislovskyi (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Procridinae) from Myanmar
By: KONSTANTIN A. EFETOV & GERHARD M. TARMANN
Page: 137–142
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Illiberis (Alterasvenia) kislovskyi sp. nov. is described from Myanmar. A key to the males of
all known species of the subgenus Alterasvenia Alberti, 1971, is provided.
The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Nepal
By: ROMAN YAKOVLEV
Page: 143–146
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Eighteen species of Cossidae representing 13 genera are reported for Nepal. Six species,
Rapdalus pardicolor (Moore, 1876), Azygophleps scalaris (Fabricius, 1775), Roerichiora
stigmaticus (Moore, 1879), Phragmataecia minor Moore, 1879, Phragmataecia gummata
Swinhoe, 1892, and Phragmacossia dudgeoni (Arora, 1974), are new country records. A brief
biogegraphical overview of the Cossidae of Nepal is given.
Autumn copulation of Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) at Mill Bank, Penallt, Monmouthshire, Wales
By: IAN P. RABJOHNS, JESSICA RABJOHNS & PAUL F. WHITEHEAD
Page: 147–149
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The unusual autumn copulation of a pair of Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758) in southeast
Wales during October 2014 invites a variety of questions some of which are discussed.
BOOK REVIEW La Vie des Papillons. Ecologie, Biologie et Comportement des Rhopalocères de France, by Tristan Lafranchis, David Jutzeler, Jean-Yves Guillosson, Pieter Kan & Brigitte Kan.
By: PETER RUSSELL
Page: 150-152
Type: Book Review