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Douglasiidae
Douglasiidae is a small Lepidopteran family. It includes around 32 species of micromoth whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths, after British lepidopterist and hemipterist John William Douglas. The largest genus in the family is '' Tinagma''. They are primarily found in the Palearctic realm, with some Nearctic species. The adults have a 6 to 15 mm wingspan, with a reduced hindwing venation and long fringes. The larvae are leaf miners or borers, primarily in stems and petioles, belonging to Boraginaceae, Labiatae, and Rosaceae. Genera There are three extant genera: * '' Klimeschia'' Amsel, 1938 – Palearctic *'' Protonyctia'' Meyrick, 1932 – Ecuador *'' Tinagma'' Zeller, 1839 (=''Douglasia'' Stainton, 1854) – Palearctic and Nearctic One genus is known from the fossil record: *†'' Tanyglossus'' Poinar, 2017 Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinagma
''Tinagma'' is a genus of moths in the family Douglasiidae. It is primarily found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms Species *''Tinagma anchusella'' Benander, 1936 *'' Tinagma balteolella'' (Fischer von Roslerstamm, 1840) *'' Tinagma bledella'' *''Tinagma brunneofasciatum'' Gaedike, 1990 *'' Tinagma californicum'' Gaedike, 1990 *''Tinagma columbella'' *''Tinagma dryadis'' Staudinger, 1872 *'' Tinagma giganteum'' Braun, 1921 *'' Tinagma gaedikei'' Harrison, 2005 *'' Tinagma grisecens'' *''Tinagma hedemanni'' Caradja, 1920 *''Tinagma klimeschi'' Gaedike, 1991 *''Tinagma leucanthes'' Meyrick, 1897 *''Tinagma mexicanum'' Gaedike, 1990 *''Tinagma minutissima'' Staudinger, 1880 *''Tinagma mongolicum'' Gaedike, 1991 *''Tinagma obscurofasciella'' (Chambers, 1881) *''Tinagma ochremaculella'' (Chambers, 1875) *''Tinagma ocnerostomellum'' (Stainton, 1850) *''Tinagma perdicella'' (Zeller, 1839) *''Tinagma powelli'' Gaedike, 1990 *''Tinagma pulverilinea ''Tinagma'' is a genus of moths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protonyctia
''Protonyctia'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Douglasiidae. Its only species, ''Protonyctia originalis'', is found in Ecuador. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Ed ... in 1932. References Moths described in 1932 Douglasiidae Gracillarioidea genera Monotypic moth genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Gracillarioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinagma Perdicella
''Tinagma perdicella'' is a moth in the family Douglasiidae. It is found in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Poland, Albania, Serbia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Romania, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic region, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. The wingspan is 8–12 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June. The larvae feed on ''Fragaria vesca'' and possibly ''Potentilla'' and ''Rubus ''Rubus'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, most commonly known as brambles. Fruits of various species are known as raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, and bristleberries. ...'' species. References External links Lepiforum.de Moths described in 1839 Douglasiidae {{Gracillarioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klimeschia Transversella
''Klimeschia transversella'' is a moth in the family Douglasiidae. It was described by Zeller in 1839. It is found in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece, Finland, Sweden, Belarus, the Baltic region and Russia. The wingspan is 6–8 mm. Adults are on wing from mid to the end of June. The larvae feed on ''Thymus The thymus (: thymuses or thymi) is a specialized primary lymphoid organ of the immune system. Within the thymus, T cells mature. T cells are critical to the adaptive immune system, where the body adapts to specific foreign invaders. The thymus ...'' species. References Moths described in 1839 Douglasiidae {{Gracillarioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klimeschia
''Klimeschia'' is a genus of moths in the family Douglasiidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm. Species * '' Klimeschia afghanica'' Gaedike, 1974 * '' Klimeschia lutumella'' Amsel, 1938 * '' Klimeschia paghmanella'' Gaedike, 1974 * '' Klimeschia thymetella'' (Staudinger, 1859) * ''Klimeschia transversella ''Klimeschia transversella'' is a moth in the family Douglasiidae. It was described by Zeller in 1839. It is found in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia and H ...'' (Zeller, 1839) * '' Klimeschia vibratoriella'' (Mann, 1862) References Douglasiidae Gracillarioidea genera {{Gracillarioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaf Miners
A leaf miner is any one of numerous species of insects in which the larval stage lives in, and eats, the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths ( Lepidoptera), sawflies ( Symphyta, a paraphyletic group which Apocrita (wasps, bees and ants) evolved from), and flies ( Diptera). Some beetles also exhibit this behavior. Like woodboring beetles, leaf miners are protected from many predators and plant defenses by feeding within the tissues of the leaves, selectively eating only the layers that have the least amount of cellulose. When consuming '' Quercus robur'' (English oak), they also selectively feed on tissues containing lower levels of tannin, a deterrent chemical produced in great abundance by the tree. The pattern of the feeding tunnel and the layer of the leaf being mined is often diagnostic of the insect responsible, sometimes even to species level. The mine often contains frass, or droppings, and the pattern of frass deposition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaf Miner
A leaf miner is any one of numerous species of insects in which the larval stage lives in, and eats, the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths (Lepidoptera), sawflies (Symphyta, a paraphyletic group which Apocrita (wasps, bees and ants) evolved from), and flies (Diptera). Some beetles also exhibit this behavior. Like woodboring beetles, leaf miners are protected from many predators and plant defenses by feeding within the tissues of the leaves, selectively eating only the layers that have the least amount of cellulose. When consuming ''Quercus robur'' (English oak), they also selectively feed on tissues containing lower levels of tannin, a deterrent chemical produced in great abundance by the tree. The pattern of the feeding tunnel and the layer of the leaf being mined is often diagnostic of the insect responsible, sometimes even to species level. The mine often contains frass, or droppings, and the pattern of frass deposition, mine sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micromoth
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, so are harder to identify by external phenotypic markings than macrolepidoptera. They present some lifestyles that 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, however, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organisms, making it the second largest insect order (behind Coleoptera) with 126 family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic rank, superfamilies, and one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world. Lepidopteran species are characterized by more than three derived features. The most apparent is the presence of scale (anatomy), scales that cover the torso, bodies, large triangular Insect wing, wings, and a proboscis for siphoning nectars. The scales are modified, flattened "hairs", and give butterflies and moths their wide variety of colors and patterns. Almost all species have some form of membranous wings, except for a few that have reduced wings or are wingless. Mating and the laying of eggs is normally performe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth Families
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) and neither subordinate taxon is used in modern classifications. Moths make up the vast majority of the order. There are approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, although there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia, and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burmese Amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The amber is of significant palaeontological interest due to the diversity of flora and fauna contained as inclusions, particularly arthropods including insects and arachnids but also birds, lizards, snakes, frogs and fragmentary dinosaur remains. The amber has been known and commercially exploited since the first century AD, and has been known to science since the mid-nineteenth century. Research on the deposit has attracted controversy due to the potential role of the amber trade in funding internal conflict in Myanmar and hazardous working conditions in the mines where it is collected. Geological context, depositional environment and age The amber is found in the Hukawng Basin, a large Cretaceous-Cenozoic sedimentary basin within north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
