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Aconophora Compressa
''Aconophora compressa'' is a species of insect in the treehopper family, Membracidae. It is known by the common names lantana bug, lantana treehopper, lantana stemsucking treehopper, and lantana sap-sucking bug.''Aconophora compressa''. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. Queensland Government. Overview This insect is native to , , and |
Francis Walker (entomologist)
Francis Walker (31 July 1809 – 5 October 1874) was an English entomologist. He was born in Southgate, London, on 31 July 1809 and died at Wanstead, England on 5 October 1874. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms. However, his assiduous work on the collections of the British Museum had great significance. Between June 1848 and late 1873 Walker was contracted by John Edward Gray Director of the Natural History Museum, London, British Museum to catalogue their insects (except Coleoptera) that is Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera. Walker largely accomplished this and (Edwards, 1870) wrote of the plan and by implication those who implemented it: It is to him [Gray] that the Public owe the admirable helps to the study of natural history which have been afforded by the series of inventories, guides, and nomenclatures, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeydew (secretion)
Honeydew is a sugar-rich sticky liquid, secreted by aphids, some scale insects, and many other true bugs and some other insects as they feed on plant sap. When their mouthpart penetrates the phloem, the sugary, high-pressure liquid is forced out of the anus of the insects, allowing them to rapidly process the large volume of sap required to extract essential nutrients present at low concentrations. Honeydew is particularly common as a secretion in hemipteran insects and is often the basis for trophobiosis. Some caterpillars of Lycaenidae butterflies and some moths also produce honeydew. In addition to various sugars, honeydew contains small amounts of amino acids, other organic compounds, and inorganic Salt (chemistry), salts with its precise makeup affected by factors such as insect species, host plant species, and whether a symbiotic organism is present. Honeydew-producing insects, like cicadas, pierce phloem ducts to access the sugar rich sap; the excess fluid released by ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Membracinae
Membracinae is a subfamily of treehoppers in the family Membracidae. There are more than 40 genera in Membracinae, mostly recorded from the Americas. Genera These 44 genera belong to the subfamily Membracinae: * ''Acanthicoides'' Metcalf, 1952 * ''Aconophora'' Fairmaire, 1846 * ''Alchisme'' Kirkaldy, 1904 * ''Bolbonota'' Amyot & Serville, 1843 * ''Bolbonotodes'' Fowler, 1894 * ''Calloconophora'' Dietrich, 1991 * ''Campylenchia'' Stål, 1869 * ''Cladonota'' Stål, 1869 * ''Enchenopa'' Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 * ''Enchophyllum'' Amyot & Serville, 1843 * ''Erechtia'' Walker, 1858 * ''Eunusa'' Pinto da Fonseca, 1974 * ''Folicarina'' Sakakibara, 1992 * ''Guayaquila'' Goding, 1920 * ''Havilandia'' Dietrich & McKamey, 1995 * ''Hypsoprora'' Stål, 1869 * ''Hypsoprorachis'' Fonseca & Diringshofen, 1969 * ''Jibarita'' Ramos, 1957 * ''Kronides'' Kirkaldy, 1904 * ''Leioscyta'' Fowler, 1894 * ''Lewdeitzia'' Dietrich & McKamey, 1995 * ''Membracis'' Fabricius, 1775 * ''Metcalfiella'' L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloysia Citrodora
''Aloysia citrodora'', lemon verbena, is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family (biology), family Verbenaceae, native plant, native to South America. Other common names include lemon beebrush. It was brought to Europe by the Spain, Spanish and the Portugal, Portuguese in the 17th century and cultivated for its oil. Description Lemon verbena is a perennial plant, perennial shrub or subshrub growing to high. The , glossy, pointed leaves are slightly rough to the touch and emit a strong lemon scent when bruised (hence the Latin Botanical name#Binary name, specific epithet ''citrodora''—lemon-scented). Sprays of tiny purple or white flowers appear in late spring or early summer, although potted lemon verbenas may not flower. It is evergreen in tropical locations, but is sensitive to cold, losing leaves at temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F), although the wood is hardy to −10 °C (14 °F). Pruning is recommended in spring to encourage a bushy form. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lippia
''Lippia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It was named after Augustin Lippi (1678–1705), a French naturalist and botanist (with Italian origins). He was killed in Abyssinia. The genus contains roughly 200 species of tropical shrubs that are found around the world. Plants are fragrant due to their essential oils, which vary between species but may include estragole, carvacrol, linalool or limonene. The leaves of certain species, such as '' L. graveolens'', can be used as a culinary herb similar to oregano. Selected species * ''Lippia abyssinica'' (Otto & A.Dietr.) Cufod. – Ethiopia * ''Lippia alba'' (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson – Bushy lippia, white lippia (United States (Texas), Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America) * '' Lippia carterae'' (Moldenke) G.L.Nesom – Licorice verbena (Baja California, Mexico) * '' Lippia dulcis'' Trevir. * '' Lippia durangensis'' Moldenke * '' Lippia graveolens'' Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of , the country has Demographics of South Africa, a population of over 64 million people. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament of South Africa, Parliament, is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is regarded as the judicial capital. The largest, most populous city is Johannesburg, followed by Cape Town and Durban. Cradle of Humankind, Archaeological findings suggest that various hominid species existed in South Africa about 2.5 million years ago, and modern humans inhabited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sooty Mold
Sooty mold (also spelled sooty mould) is a collective term for different Ascomycete fungi, which includes many genera, commonly ''Cladosporium'' and ''Alternaria''. It grows on plants and their fruit, but also environmental objects, like fences, garden furniture, stones, and even cars. The mold benefits from either a sugary exudate produced by the plant or fruit, or honeydew (secretion), honeydew-secreting insects or sap suckers the plant may be infested by. Sooty mold itself does little if any harm to the plant. Treatment is indicated when the mold is combined with an insect infestation. Description Sooty mold is a collective, self-descriptive term for a number of different fungi; it is a black, powdery coating adhering to plants and their fruit or environmental objects. Biology The ecology of the different species, their interactions, relationship to the host are little understood. A chance observation of a ''Microcyclospora tardicrescens'' inhibiting the growth of the fruit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lantana
''Lantana'' () is a genus of about 150 species of perennial plant, perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropics, tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in numerous areas, especially in the Australian-Pacific Islands, Pacific region, South and Northeastern part of India. The genus includes both Herbaceous plant, herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to tall. Their common names are shrub verbenas or lantanas. The generic name originated in Late Latin, where it refers to the unrelated ''Viburnum lantana''. Lantana's aromatic flower clusters (called umbels) are a mix of red, orange, yellow, or blue and white florets. Other colors exist as new varieties are being selected. The flowers typically change color as they mature, resulting in inflorescences that are two- or three-colored. "Wild lantanas" are plants of the unrelated genus ''Abronia (plant), Abronia'', usually called "sand-verbenas". Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verbenaceae
The Verbenaceae ( ), the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs, and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell. The family Verbenaceae includes 32 genera and 800 species. Phylogenetic studies have shown that numerous genera traditionally classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae. The mangrove genus ''Avicennia'', sometimes placed in the Verbenaceae or in its own family, Avicenniaceae, has been placed in the Acanthaceae. Economically important Verbenaceae include: * Lemon verbena (''Aloysia triphylla''), grown for aroma or flavoring * Verbenas or vervains (''Verbena''), some used in herbalism, others grown in gardens Taxonomy Tribes and genera in the family and their estimated species numbers: Casselieae (Schauer) Tronc. * ''Casselia'' Nees & Mart. - 6 species * ''Parodianthus'' Tronc. - 2 species * ''Tamonea'' Aubl. - 6 species C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citharexylum Spinosum
''Citharexylum spinosum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Verbenaceae that is native to southern Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Common names include Florida fiddlewood and spiny fiddlewood. Description It is a tree that reaches a height of up to . The ovate to elliptic leaves are long and have orange petioles. Small white flowers are produced throughout the year on hanging axillary and terminal racemes and panicles in length. The fruit are red to black subglobose drupe In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the ''pip'' (UK), ''pit'' (US), ''stone'', or ''pyrena'') of hardened endocarp with a seed ...s in diameter. References External links spinosum Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Trees of the Caribbean Trees of the Dominican Republic Flora of the Dominican Republi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treehopper
Treehoppers (more precisely typical treehoppers to distinguish them from the Aetalionidae) and thorn bugs are members of the family Membracidae, a group of insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers. About 3,200 species of treehoppers in over 400 genera are known.Treehoppers. Dr. Metcalf. NCSU Libraries. North Carolina State University. They are found on all continents except Antarctica; only five species are known from . Individual treehoppers usually live for only a few months. Morphology Treehoppers, due to their unusual appearance, have long interested |
Lantana Camara
''Lantana camara'' (common lantana) is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family (Verbenaceae), native to the American tropics. It is a very adaptable species, which can inhabit a wide variety of ecosystems; once it has been introduced into a habitat it spreads rapidly; between 45ºN and 45ºS and less than in altitude. It has spread from its native range to around 50 countries, where it has become an invasive species. It first spread out of the Americas when it was brought to Europe by Dutch explorers and cultivated widely, soon spreading further into Asia and Oceania where it has established itself as a notorious weed, and in Goa Former Estado da Índia Portuguesa it was introduced by the Portuguese. ''L. camara'' can outcompete native species, leading to a reduction in biodiversity. It can also cause problems if it invades agricultural areas as a result of its toxicity to livestock, as well as its ability to form dense thickets which, if left unchecked, can greatly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
