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Ectoedemia Variicapitella
''Ectoedemia variicapitella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands. The larvae feed on ''Hypericum canariense ''Hypericum canariense'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae known by the common name Canary Islands St. John's wort. It is the sole member of ''Hypericum'' sect. ''Webbia''. Etymology Among its numerous aliases in Spanis ...''. They mine the leaves of their host plant. External linksFauna Europaea Ectodemia Moths of Africa Moths described in 1908 {{Ectoedemia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, 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 animal, diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the Butterfly, butterflies form a monophyly, 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 a ... [...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. 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 constitutes the sister group of other p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the continent being 100 kilometres (62 miles) away. The islands have a population of 2.25 million people and are the most populous overseas Special member state territories and the European Union, special territory of the European Union. The seven main islands are from largest to smallest in area, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro. The only other populated island is Graciosa, Canary Islands, La Graciosa, which administratively is dependent on Lanzarote. The archipelago includes many smaller islands and islets, including Alegranza, Islote de Lobos, Isla de Lobos, Montaña Clara, Roque del Oeste, and Roque del Este. It includes a number of rocks, including Roque de Garachico, Garachico and Roques de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypericum Canariense
''Hypericum canariense'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae known by the common name Canary Islands St. John's wort. It is the sole member of ''Hypericum'' sect. ''Webbia''. Etymology Among its numerous aliases in Spanish are ''granadillo'', ''espanta demonios'', ''flor de cruz'', and ''leña de brujas''. In Finnish, the species is known as ''Kanariankuisma.'' Its specific epithet ''canariense'' is a reference to the populousness of ''H. canariense'' in the Canary Islands. As such, its common names include Canary Islands St. John's wort or Canary Islands ''Hypericum''. Distribution It is endemic to the Canary Islands and Madeira, where it grows in low-moisture scrub and forested slopes of the five westernmost islands from 150 to 800m. It is also known as an introduced species in Australia, New Zealand, and the US states of California and Hawaii, where it is an escaped ornamental plant and generally considered a minor noxious weed. Habitat ''Hypericum can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mine The Leaves
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 shape, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ectodemia
''Ectoedemia'' is a genus of moths in the family Nepticulidae. It consists of the subgenera ''Ectoedemia'', ''Etainia'', ''Fomoria'' and ''Zimmermannia''. This genus was established by August Busck in 1907. Species Note that some species have multiple entries, since they are found in different regions. Species found in Africa *'' Ectoedemia alexandria'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia bicarina'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia capensis'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia commiphorella'' Scoble, 1978 *'' Ectoedemia craspedota'' (Vári, 1963) *'' Ectoedemia crispae'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia crypsixantha'' (Meyrick, 1918) *'' Ectoedemia denticulata'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia digitata'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia expeditionis'' Mey, 2004 *'' Ectoedemia furcella'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia fuscata'' (Janse, 1948) *'' Ectoedemia gambiana'' (Gustafsson, 1972) *'' Ectoedemia grandinosa'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Ectoedemia guerkiae'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia gymnosporiae'' (Vári, 1955) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths Of Africa
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 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
