Entomologist's Gazette - Vol. 68, No. 3, 2017
Published: 7/28/2017
Article Details for this issue
The British coastal populations of Cetonia aurata (Linnaeus, 1761) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
By: PAUL F. WHITEHEAD
Page: 149–159
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
British populations of the Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata (Linnaeus, 1761) breeding in oceanfringing
maritime turf have an extended history and high conservation status. The historical
ecology, ecology and myrmecophily of such populations on Anglesey and the Isles of Scilly is
discussed. The British status of Cetonia nigra Gautier des Cotes, 1863 is clarified.
Failure to create a second larval case by Coleophora serratella (Linnaeus, 1761) (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
By: DEREK PARKINSON
Page: 160
Type: Short Notes
Assessing probabilities of island location and occupation: a butterfly individual’s perspective
By: RICHARD J. D. TILLEY & ROGER L. H. DENNIS
Page: 161–175
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Island biogeography usually has as its focus island species’ richness or species’ incidence.
Here the probability of a single or several individuals reaching an island from a shore-line
population, simply by chance, and then finding an essential resource in a random search is
quantified. The ability of species to colonise two islands in the Bristol Channel, Flat Holm and
Steep Holm, via completely random flight paths, is used to illustrate the model. It is found that
there is a probability of several percent that a number of butterflies will make such a crossing
and, having arrived, have a significant probability of locating a necessary resource such as a
food plant.
Dichrorampha alpinana (Treitschke, 1830) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): notes on the ovum and site of oviposition
By: R. J. HECKFORD
Page: 176–180
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
This paper records observations made in July 2016 on the oviposition of Dichrorampha
alpinana (Treitschke, 1830) which differ from information published in 2014. An account is
also provided of the ovum which has not been described previously.
Iberis sempervirens L. (Brassicaceae): a new hostplant for Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in the UK?
By: EDDIE JOHN
Page: 181–185
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The popular garden plant Iberis sempervirens (perennial candytuft) is shown to attract Pieris
rapae to oviposit. Although not normally considered a hostplant of P. rapae, development on I.
sempervirens throughout all larval stages progressed uneventfully and concluded with successful
pupation and emergence of the adult.
BOOK REVIEW: The Ague: A History of Indigenous Malaria in Cumbria and the North by Ian D. Hodkinson.
By: ADRIAN SPALDING
Page: 186
Type: Book Review
A review of the status of nominal subspecies of Melitaea arduinna (Esper, [1873]) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), with observations on host-plants, male genitalia and early stages from the Orenburg and Volgograd Regions of the Russian Federation, the Caucasus, Serbia, Republic of Macedonia and Greece
By: PETER RUSSELL, VALENTIN TIKHONOV, GENNADIY KUZNETSOV, W. JOHN TENNENT & JAMES PATEMAN
Page: 187–221
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Status of the nominal subspecies of Melitaea arduinna (Esper, [1873]) is discussed. Field
observations of this species in Orenburg Province, Russia, the Caucasus, Greece, the Republic
of Macedonia and Serbia are reported. The results of rearing M. arduinna from the Russian
Federation, Greece and Serbia are outlined, including photographs of pre-imaginal stages from
Russia. A list of reported host-plants is provided. It is concluded that the taxon rhodopensis
Freyer, 1836, should be considered a subspecies of M. arduinna based on its larger size, larval
characteristics, phenology, habitat requirements and differences in genitalia. The status of the
taxa avinovi Sheljuzhko, 1914, and heynei Rühl, 1893, is discussed. Centaurea grisebachii
Nyman is newly recorded as a host-plant for both Melitaea arduinna and M. phoebe ([Denis &
Schiffermüller], 1775). Acroptilon (previously Centaurea) repens (L.) De Candolle, and Jurinea
cretacea Bunge are recorded as host-plants for M. arduinna.
BOOK REVIEW: An Introduction to the Wildlife of Cyprus, by D. J. Sparrow & E. John (eds.).
By: R. L. H. DENNIS
Page: 222-223
Type: Book Review
BOOK REVIEW: Fine Lines. Vladimir Nabokov’s Scientific Art, by Stephen Blackwell and Kurt Johnson (editors)
By: JOHN TENNENT
Page: 224-225
Type: Book Review
BOOK REVIEW: 1,000 Butterflies. An illustrated guide to the world’s most beautiful butterflies. By Adrian Hoskins
By: ADRIAN SPALDING
Page: 226
Type: Book Review