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Adelius Clandestinus
''Adelius clandestinus'' is a hymenopteran parasitoid in the family Braconidae. It is a solitary endoparasitoid of larvae of micromoths in the family Nepticulidae. It has also been reported from a cecidomyiid fly. It occurs from southern France to northern Sweden to the east coast of Russia. Hosts *''Ectoedemia louisella'' *''Ectoedemia septembrella'' (on ''Hypericum perforatum'') *''Ectoedemia sericopeza'' *''Rabdophaga rosaria'' *''Stigmella obliquella ''Stigmella obliquella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae which feeds on willow (''Salix'' species) and can be found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by Hermann von Heinemann in 1862. Description The wingspan is 4.6–6 mm.A ...'' References Braconidae Parasitic wasps Insects described in 1851 {{Ichneumonoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Förster
Arnold Förster (20 January 1810 – 13 August 1884) was a German entomologist, who worked mainly on Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. Life Arnold Förster, who was born on 20 January 1810 in Aachen, Germany, where he died on 12 August 1884. He was Oberlehrer, or upper teacher, in Aachen for his entire adult life. He worked ceaselessly on entomology paying particular attention to Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. He was a pioneering author on Hymenoptera. Work Selection *''Hymenopterologische Studien'' I . ''Formicariae'': 74 pp. Aachen. (1850) *''Hymenopterologische Studien''. II . Chalcidiae und Prototrupii. Aachen: Ernst ter Meer 152 pp.(1856) *Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconen ''Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens''. 19: 225–228 (1862) *Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Ichneumonen. ''Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens''. 25(1868):135-221.(1869) Collections F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic. Females typically have a special ovipositor for inserting eggs into hosts or places that are otherwise inaccessible. This ovipositor is often modified into a stinger. The young develop through holometabolism (complete metamorphosis)—that is, they have a wormlike larval stage and an inactive pupal stage before they mature. Etymology The name Hymenoptera refers to the wings of the insects, but the original derivation is ambiguous. All references agree that the derivation involves the Ancient Greek πτερόν (''pteron'') for wing. The Ancient Greek ὑμήν (''hymen'') for membrane provides a plausible etymology for the term because species in this order have membranous wings. However, a key characteristic of this order is that the hindwings are co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braconidae
The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis estimated a total between 30,000 and 50,000, and another provided a narrower estimate between 42,000 and 43,000 species. Classification The Braconidae are currently divided into about 47 subfamilies and over 1000 genera, which include '' Aerophilus'', '' Aleiodes'', '' Apanteles'', '' Asobara'', '' Bracon'', '' Cenocoelius'', '' Chaenusa'', '' Chorebus'', ''Cotesia'', '' Dacnusa'', ''Diachasma'', ''Microgaster'', '' Opius'', '' Parapanteles'', '' Phaenocarpa'', '' Spathius'', and '' Syntretus.'' These fall into two major groups, informally called the cyclostomes and noncyclostomes. In cyclostome braconids, the labrum and the lower part of the clypeus are concave with respect to the upper clypeus and the dorsal margin of the mandi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microlepidoptera
Microlepidoptera (micromoths) is an artificial (i.e., unranked and not monophyletic) grouping of moth families, commonly known as the 'smaller moths' ( micro, Lepidoptera). These generally have wingspans of under 20 mm, and are thus harder to identify by external phenotypic markings than macrolepidoptera. They present some lifestyles which the larger Lepidoptera do not have, but this is not an identifying mark. Some hobbyists further divide this group into separate groups, such as leaf miners or rollers, stem or root borers, and then usually follow the more rigorous scientific taxonomy of lepidopterans. Efforts to stabilize the term have usually proven inadequate. Diversity Vernacular usage divides the Lepidoptera simply into smaller and larger or into more-primitive and less-primitive groups: microlepidoptera and macrolepidoptera, respectively. Intuitively, the "micros" are any lepidopteran not currently placed in the macrolepidoptera. This paraphyletic assemblage, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepticulidae
Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes (see also Opostegidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae). These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, include the smallest of all living moths, with a wingspan that can be as little as 3 mm in the case of the European pigmy sorrel moth, but more usually 3.5–10 mm. The wings of adult moths are narrow and lanceolate, sometimes with metallic markings, and with the venation very simplified compared to most other moths. The minute larvae usually are leaf miners but some species also mine seeds or bark of trees. Much is known about their host plants. The Pectinivalvinae, characterised by a "pectinifer" on the valve of the male genitalia, are endemic to Australia, where they mine the leaves of the tree families Myrtaceae (Scoble, 1983) or Cunoniaceae ( Eucryphiaceae), and Elaeocarpaceae (Hoare, 2000). This Australian group probably cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecidomyiidae
Cecidomyiidae is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls. Cecidomyiidae are very fragile small insects usually only in length; many are less than long. They are characterised by hairy wings, unusual in the order Diptera, and have long antennae. Some Cecidomyiids are also known for the strange phenomenon of paedogenesis in which the larval stage reproduces without maturing first. In some species, the daughter larvae consume the mother, while in others, reproduction occurs later on in the egg or pupa. More than 6,650 species and 830 genera are described worldwide, though this is certainly an underestimate of the actual diversity of this family. A DNA barcoding study published in 2016 estimated the fauna of Canada alone to be in excess of 16,000 species, hinting at a staggering global count of over 1 million cecidomyiid species that have ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectoedemia Louisella
''Ectoedemia louisella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Great Britain to Ukraine, and from Denmark to Italy. The wingspan is 5–8 mm. There are two to three generations per year with adults on wing from April to May and from July to October. The larvae feed on Tatar maple (''Acer tataricum'') and field maple (''Acer campestre'') mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic ... in the seeds (samaras). References Nepticulidae Moths of Europe Moths described in 1849 Taxa named by John Sircom {{Ectoedemia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectoedemia Septembrella
''Ectoedemia septembrella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm. It is also found in the Near East. The wingspan is 5–6 mm. The head is ferruginous to ochreous with a whitish collar. The antennal eyecaps are whitish. The posterior tarsi are whitish. The forewings are dark fuscous, somewhat pale-sprinkled and with a subtriangular whitish tornal spot; tips of apical cilia whitish. The hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing in May and June and again in August. The larvae feed on '' Hypericum bupleuroides'', ''Hypericum caprifolium'', ''Hypericum hircinum'', '' Hypericum hirsutum'', ''Hypericum hookerianum'', ''Hypericum inodorum'', ''Hypericum maculatum'', ''Hypericum montanum'', ''Hypericum nummularium'', '' Hypericum patulum'', ''Hypericum perforatum'', ''Hypericum rhodoppeum'', '' Hypericum serpyllifolium'', '' Hypericum tetrapterum'', ''Hypericum undulatum''. They mine the leaves of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypericum Perforatum
''Hypericum perforatum'', known as St. John's wort, is a flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae and the type species of the genus '' Hypericum''. Possibly a hybrid between '' H. maculatum'' and '' H. attenuatum'', the species can be found across temperate areas of Eurasia and has been introduced as an invasive weed to much of North and South America, as well as South Africa and Australia. While the species is harmful to livestock and can interfere with prescription drugs, it has been used in folk medicine over centuries, and remains commercially cultivated in the 21st century. Hyperforin, a phytochemical constituent of the species, is under basic research for possible therapeutic properties. Description ''Hypericum perforatum'' is an herbaceous perennial plant with extensive, creeping rhizomes. Its reddish stems are erect and branched in the upper section, and can grow up to high. The stems are woody near their base and may appear jointed from leaf scars. The branche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectoedemia Sericopeza
''Ectoedemia sericopeza'', the Norway maple seedminer, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae, found in Europe and North America. It was described by the German entomologist, Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839. Description The wingspan is 6–9 mm. Edward Meyrick gives this description: Head ferruginous-orange, collar ochreous-whitish. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings blackish ; a basal spot, a bent fascia before middle,a tornal spot, and opposite costal spot yellow-whitish. Hindwings grey. The moths fly in May and August. The larvae feed on Norway maple (''Acer platanoides''). The mine of first generation larvae consists of a short, superficial corridor, leading towards the seed, which is eaten. Larvae of the second generation make a short mine in the bark of a petiole, and from there penetrates a bud that is consumed from the inside out. Distribution It is found from Fennoscandinavia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Greece and from Great Britain to Russia and Ukraine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabdophaga Rosaria
''Rabdophaga rosaria'' is a gall midge which forms ''Camellia'' galls or terminal rosette gall on willow species.Darlington, page 169.Stubbs, page 61. It was first described by Hermann Loew in 1850. Description Willows are extremely susceptible to gall induction and growth manipulation and ''Salix'' is one of the plant genera with the highest known numbers of associated galler species. ''Rabdophaga rosaria'' is probably a group of closely related, unnamed species, possibly each restricted to one species of willow. Galls should be recorded as ''R rosaria'' and the host plant should also be recorded. The gall consists of from thirty to sixty leaves, shortened and crowded together in rosettes on white willow (''S. alba''), crack willow (''S. fragilis''), goat willow (''S. caprea'') and purple willow (''S. purpurea'') willows as well as the eared sallow (''S. aurita'') and grey sallow (''S. cinerea''). The oviposition of this species results in a chemical interaction that halts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stigmella Obliquella
''Stigmella obliquella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae which feeds on willow (''Salix'' species) and can be found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by Hermann von Heinemann in 1862. Description The wingspan is 4.6–6 mm.A small, dark moth. The head is covered with yellow, hair-like scales, the enlarged first antennae joint and the collar are white. The body and forewing are blackish-brown, the forewing has a cream-coloured transverse band in the middle that is narrower in the middle. The hind wing is grey. The larva is yellow. Meyrick - The head is orange, the collar yellow-white. Antennal eyecaps yellow-white. Forewings are coarse, dark brown basal to the yellowish cross fascia, apex black. Hindwings grey. The morphology of the genitalia must be examined for certain determination. Adults are on wing from April to May and again in August. Life cycle Eggs Laid on either side of a leaf of one of the smooth-leaved willows in May–June or August–Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
