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Lycorma Imperialis Diagram
''Lycorma'' is a genus of planthoppers native to Asia. The first species within the genus was described by Frederick William Hope in 1843 and the genus was formally established by Carl Stål in 1863. ''L. delicatula'', known as the spotted lanternfly, is an invasive species in the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Discovery and taxonomy The genus ''Lycorma'' is in the planthopper family Fulgoridae, subfamily Aphaeninae. Species within this genus are native to Asia. Frederick William Hope, in 1843, described ''Lystra punicea'' (now a subspecies of ''L. imperialis''), the first named species of the clade. In 1845, Adam White classified two new species under the genus ''Aphaena'', ''Aphaena imperialis'' and ''Aphaena delicatula''. White described the species as similar to '' Aphaena variegata'', another planthopper species native to Asia, and referenced prior descriptions by George Tradescant Lay in his initial classification of the lanternflies. Between 1846 and 186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycorma Delicatula
The spotted lanternfly (''Lycorma delicatula'') is a planthopper indigenous (ecology), indigenous to parts of China. It has spread Invasive species, invasively to Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Its preferred Host (biology), host is tree of heaven (''Ailanthus altissima''), but it infests crop, economically significant plants including soybean, grapes, Drupe, stone fruits, and ''Malus'' spp. In its native habitat, ''L. delicatula'' populations are kept in check by Parasitoid wasp, parasitic wasps. The spotted lanternfly's Biological life cycle, life cycle is often centered on its preferred host ''Ailanthus altissima'' but ''L. delicatula'' can associate with more than 173 plants. Early life stages (instars) of the spotted lanternfly are characterized by spotted black and white Nymph_(biology), nymphs that develop a red pigmentation and wings as they mature. Early life instars display a large host range that narrows with maturation. Adult spotted lanternflies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tradescant Lay
George Tradescant Lay (c. 1800 – 6 November 1845) was a British naturalist, missionary and diplomat. Lay was a naturalist on the English sailing ship HMS ''Blossom'' under the command of Captain Frederick William Beechey from 1825 to 1828, where he collected specimens in the Pacific including California, Alaska, Kamchatka, China, Mexico, South America, and Hawaii, and other South Pacific islands. He is credited as being one of the discoverers of the flower '' Layia gaillardioides'', as a result having the genus '' Layia'' named for him. He then went on to become a missionary in China for the British and Foreign Bible Society from 1836 to 1839. During this time, he studied the Chinese language and culture. Upon returning to England in 1839, his experience in China helped him obtain a position of British Consul in China. He was posted in Canton in 1843, then Foochow in 1844, and finally Amoy in 1845, before dying later that year from a fever. His son, Horatio Nelson Lay f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotted Lanternfly
The spotted lanternfly (''Lycorma delicatula'') is a planthopper indigenous to parts of China. It has spread invasively to Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Its preferred host is tree of heaven (''Ailanthus altissima''), but it infests economically significant plants including soybean, grapes, stone fruits, and ''Malus'' spp. In its native habitat, ''L. delicatula'' populations are kept in check by parasitic wasps. The spotted lanternfly's life cycle is often centered on its preferred host ''Ailanthus altissima'' but ''L. delicatula'' can associate with more than 173 plants. Early life stages (instars) of the spotted lanternfly are characterized by spotted black and white nymphs that develop a red pigmentation and wings as they mature. Early life instars display a large host range that narrows with maturation. Adult spotted lanternflies display a black head, grey wings, and red hind wings. Adults do not display any specialized feeding associations with herb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insect Wing
Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly. They are found on the second and third thoracic segments (the mesothorax and metathorax), and the two pairs are often referred to as the forewings and hindwings, respectively, though a few insects lack hindwings, even rudiments. The wings are strengthened by a number of longitudinal veins, which often have cross-connections that form closed "cells" in the membrane (extreme examples include the dragonflies and lacewings). The patterns resulting from the fusion and cross-connection of the wing veins are often diagnostic for different evolutionary lineages and can be used for identification to the family or even genus level in many orders of insects. Physically, some insects move their flight muscles directly, others indirectly. In insects with direct flight, the wing muscles directly attach to the wing base, so that a small downward movement of the wing base lifts the wing itself upward. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert L
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and '' berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lucas Distant
William Lucas Distant (12 November 1845 Rotherhithe – 4 February 1922 Wanstead) was an English entomologist. Biography Early years Distant was born in Rotherhithe, the son of whaling captain Alexander Distant Rao, B.R. Subba (1998) ''History of Entomology in India''. Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Bangalore. and his wife, Sarah Ann Distant (née Berry). Following his father's death in 1867, a trip to the Malay Peninsula to visit his older brother, also named Alexander and a ship's captain, aroused his interest in natural history, and resulted in the publication of ''Rhopalocera Malayana'' (1882–1886), a description of the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. (He considered 5 August 1867 as the most eventful day in his life). Career Much of Distant's early life was spent working in a London tannery, and while employed there he made two long visits to the Transvaal. The first resulted in the publication of ''A Naturalist in the Transvaal'' (1892). The second v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Felix Thomas Atkinson
Edwin Felix Thomas Atkinson, (6 September 1840 – 15 September 1890) was an Irish lawyer in the Indian Civil Service who contributed in his spare time collecting insects and contributing to entomology. Life and career He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, studied at Trinity College, Dublin and sat the Indian Civil Service Examinations in 1861. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1862 and served in Bengal Presidency and the North-Western Provinces. Atkinson was a lawyer specialising in Indian law, and successively worked as Judge in a Small Cause Court, Deputy Commissioner of Paper Currency in Allahabad, and Accountant General of the North West Provinces. He was commissioned to produce a Gazetteer of Northwestern India and also wrote several books. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Entomological Society of London. As an entomologist he had a particular interest in Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) and was credited with identif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycorma Olivacea
''Lycorma olivacea'' is a planthopper indigenous to Taiwan. Taxonomy and discovery ''Lycorma olivacea'' is a species in the genus '' Lycorma'', in the planthopper family Fulgoridae, subfamily Aphaeninae. Species within this genus are found in Asia. ''L. olivacea,'' along with ''L. meliae,'' was described by Masayo Kato in Taiwan in 1929 and the species has not been reclassified since. Taxonomic classification places three other species ('' L. delicatula'', '' L. meliae'', and '' L. imperialis'') as closely related to ''L. olivacea''. See also * '' Lycorma'' * '' Lycorma delicatula'' * '' Lycorma imperialis'' * ''Lycorma meliae ''Lycorma meliae'' is a planthopper indigenous to Taiwan. Taxonomy and discovery ''L. meliae'' is a species in the genus '' Lycorma'', in the planthopper family Fulgoridae, subfamily Aphaeninae. Species within this genus are found in Asia. ...'' References Aphaeninae Taxa named by Masayo Kato Insects described in 1929 {{Fulg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycorma Meliae
''Lycorma meliae'' is a planthopper indigenous to Taiwan. Taxonomy and discovery ''L. meliae'' is a species in the genus '' Lycorma'', in the planthopper family Fulgoridae, subfamily Aphaeninae. Species within this genus are found in Asia. ''L. meliae'', along with ''L. olivacea'', was described by Masayo Kato in Taiwan in 1929 and the species has not been reclassified since. Taxonomic Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ... classification places three other species ('' L. delicatula'', ''L. olivacea'', and '' L. imperialis'') as closely related to ''L. meliae''. Evolution and distribution ''Lycorma'' ''meliae'' is native to Taiwan. ''L. meliae'' and ''L. olivacea'' are the only two members of the genus restricted to Taiwan. ''Lycorma meliae'', along with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayo Kato
was a Japanese entomologist.Ishikura, H. 1968. Memory of Dr. Masayo Kato n Japanese ''Japanese journal of entomology'' 36(2):203-205 Publications *Kato, M. 1925. Japanese Cicadidae, with descriptions of new species. '' Natural History Society of Formosa'' 15:1-47 *Kato, M. 1925. Japanese Cicadidae, with descriptions of some new species and genera. ''Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa'' 15:55-76 *Kato, M. 1926. Japanese Cicadidae, with descriptions of four new species. ''Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa'' 16:171-176 *Kato, M. 1930. Two new butterflies from Japan and Formosa. ''Zephyrus'' 2(4):206-208, 1 fig. *Kato, M. 1961. Fauna Japonica Vol. 3: Cicadidae (Insecta). Biogeographical Society of Japan, Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an esti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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