Entomologist's Gazette - Vol. 65, No. 1, 2014

Published: 1/31/2014

Article Details for this issue

EDITORIAL

By: A. SPALDING

Page: 1

Type: Editorial

NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS Scrobipalpa clintoni Povolný, 1968 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) reared from Rumex obtusifolius L.

By: S. D. BEAVAN & R. J. HECKFORD

Page: 1-2

Type: Short Notes

The probable demise of an interesting population of Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) in West Sussex

By: PETER RUSSELL

Page: 3–7

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Visits to Pilsey Island, Chichester Harbour, West Sussex, were undertaken in August 2013 to determine if the population of Hipparchia semele L. was still extant on the island. Unfortunately, despite apparently suitable habitat, it appears to have been lost since the author’s previous visit to the island in 1974. This mirrors the general decline of this species in West Sussex over the past 50 years.

BOOK REVIEW Britain’s Hoverflies. An introduction to the hoverflies of Britain, by Stuart Ball & Roger Morris

By: PETER J. CHANDLER

Page: 8-9

Type: Book Review

NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS An unusual pairing of Melanargia larissa (Geyer, 1828) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) in Greece

By: LAZAROS N. PAMPERIS

Page: 10

Type: Short Notes

First record of Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758) in Altai Krai, Russia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

By: ROMAN YAKOVLEV, ARTEM NAIDENOV, YURIJ PERUNOV & ROMAN ARTEMIEV

Page: 11–14

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758) is reported from the Altai for the first time. The recent eastwards spread of this species is discussed.

A re-examination of the Portuguese Microlepidoptera collected by the Reverend A. E. Eaton in 1880

By: MARTIN F. V. CORLEY & BRIAN GOODEY

Page: 15–25

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
A small collection of Microlepidoptera made by A. E. Eaton in Portugal in 1880 with specimens determined by H. T. Stainton has been re-examined. Sixty-one specimens belong to 43 species including one which cannot be safely named. Sixteen species mentioned by Stainton are misidentifications and 12 of these must be deleted from the Portuguese faunal list.

NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS Variation of Aricia agestis (Linnaeus, 1761) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae) in South Cambridgeshire and Essex, England

By: D. E. NEWLAND

Page: 26-29

Type: Short Notes

First European record of Chryseococcus arecae (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha, Pseudococcidae), a hypogeal mealybug pest of ornamental plants

By: CHRISTOPHER MALUMPHY, EVELYN STEVENS & DOUGLAS J. WILLIAMS

Page: 30–36

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The mealybug Chryseococcus arecae (Maskell) is reported for the first time from Europe. It was collected from the roots of Meconopsis spp. hybrid clones (Papaveraceae) in Sheriffmuir, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland, in September 2012, and subsequently at the same locality on the roots of Meconopsis grandis Prain and Primula chungensis Balf. f. & Kingdo- Ward (Primulaceae). It is a hypogeal species native to New Zealand that has been introduced to eastern Australia. This is the first time that it has been found outside Australasia. It is polyphagous, feeding on plants assigned to 14 families. Its hosts include several ornamental plant genera commonly grown in Britain, such as Dendrobium, Dianthus, Erica, Gentiana, Meconopsis, Primula and Rhopalostylis, and it also occurs on grasses. It is of no economic importance in New Zealand but has been reported damaging ornamental plants in Tasmania. It has also been observed feeding on tomato roots under quarantine laboratory conditions in the U.K. The geographical distribution, host range, biology and economic importance of C. arecae are reviewed and a description and illustration are provided for its identification.

The Coleoptera of the Scottish Outer Hebridean machair – success, failure, life, death and evolution in an exposed terrestrial environment

By: Paul F. Whitehead

Page: 37–61

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
a visit to the Outer hebrides during June 2007 enabled observations on the Coleoptera of unique machair grassland systems to be documented, together with evidence of mass-mortality in full maritime exposure during an extreme climatic event. the ecology and history of the Outer hebridean beetle fauna is discussed with reference to landscape features and vegetation development using specific examples. New distributional data increase the number of known beetle species in the Outer hebrides by twelve and of Scotland by one. taxonomic issues are discussed and some reference is made to other invertebrate groups.

Illiberis (Alterasvenia) banmauka sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Procridinae) from China and Myanmar

By: KONSTANTIN A. EFETOV & GERHARD M. TARMANN

Page: 62–70

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Illiberis (Alterasvenia) banmauka sp. nov. is described from China and Myanmar (Burma). a key to the males and females of all known species of the subgenus Alterasvenia alberti, 1971, is provided.