Entomologist's Gazette - Vol. 66, No. 3, 2015

Published: 7/31/2015

Article Details for this issue

Pammene luedersiana (Sorhagen, 1885) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Olethreutinae): a larval description and note on the biology

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

Page: 157–165

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Hitherto, the larva of Pammene luedersiana (Sorhagen, 1885) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Olethreutinae) appears to be undescribed. We provide accounts of the larva and what appears to be its characteristic larval spinning on Myrica gale L., as well as a review of the historical records of the species in Scotland, the only country in Great Britain from which it is known.

An aberrant form of Tyria jacobaeae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae) at Dungeness, Kent

By: SEAN CLANCY

Page: 166

Type: Short Notes

Bucculatrix lerchianella sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) from the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria

By: Zdenko Tokár

Page: 167–173

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
A new species of Bucculatricidae, Bucculatrix lerchianella sp. nov., is described from the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Bulgaria. It is related to B. artemisiella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855, and several other closely related species but differs from them in the structures of the genitalia and dnA-barcoding sequences. The adult and genitalia of both sexes are figured and photographs are provided of the type locality.

On leucistic morphs of Aricia agestis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae)

By: W. G. TREMEWAN

Page: 174

Type: Short Notes

Using pheromone traps for the detection and monitoring of the seasonal flight of the vine bud moth Theresimima ampellophaga (Bayle-Barelle, 1808) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Procridinae) in Serbia

By: ANA NAHIRNIĆ, SONJA PETROVIĆ, ZORAN KRIVOŠEJ, PREDRAG JAKŠIĆ & TEODORA B. TOSHOVA

Page: 175–181

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
the vine bud moth, Theresimima ampellophaga (Bayle-Barelle, 1808), is known as a vineyard pest in parts of Europe, Asia Minor, Georgia, Syria, Lebanon and Israel. the literature data on the occurrence of this species in Serbia are old and sparse. So far, it has been recorded in Srem district (town of Ruma in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire), Fruška Gora Mt. and in the town of Niš. Delta sticky traps baited with the synthetic sex pheromone of Th. ampellophaga, (2R)-butyl (7Z)-tetradecenoate, were used for the first time for detection and seasonal monitoring of this species at three sites in Serbia in 2013, viz. Đunis (municipality Kruševac, central Serbia), Malča village (municipality Niš, eastern Serbia) and Jelašnička Klisura Gorge (eastern Serbia), and in 2014 at Malča village and Jarinje (municipality Leposavić, central Serbia). In 2013 the pest was found in vineyards in two of the investigated sites, viz. Malča and Jelašnička Klisura Gorge. Catches of Th. ampellophaga males were recorded from the middle of june to the beginning of july. No catches of males of the vine bud moth were recorded at either site in 2014.

Recent British records of Margarinotus (Stenister) obscurus (Kugelann, 1792) (Coleoptera: Histeridae), including its entrapment in human hair

By: PAUL F. WHITEHEAD

Page: 182–186

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Recent and new British records of the histerid beetle Margarinotus obscurus (Kugelann, 1792) are presented. Aspects of its synecology and historical ecology are discussed.

Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea & Hesperioidea) of the Croatian islands: new surveys of Vir, Murter, Čiovo and Šolta

By: T. KOREN, K. VUKOTIĆ & R. VEROVNIK

Page: 187–197

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The study of the butterfly fauna of the Croatian islands Vir, Murter, Čiovo and Šolta is presented. Fieldwork was carried out from 2012 to 2014, and each island was visited several times, in different vegetation seasons. Altogether 56 species were recorded during the survey, 36 on Vir, 42 on Murter, 30 on Čiovo and 37 on Šolta. Most species records are new for these islands. Although we have not added any new species for the Croatian islands in general, records of rare species such as Zerynthia polyxena, Iolana iolas, Cupido minimus, Scolitantides orion, Euphydryas aurinia, Satyrus ferula, Gegenes pumilio and Thymelicus lineola present important extensions of their known ranges on the islands and in Dalmatia. None of the surveyed islands has particularly high butterfly diversity when compared to neighbouring or similar-sized islands. Lack of biotope diversity and high anthropogenic pressure are the main reason for the observed low diversity. Future surveys, in particularly of Čiovo and Šolta, should provide some additional species records.

Coleophora ahenella Heinemann, [1876] (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) and Argyresthia abdominalis Zeller, 1839 (Lepidoptera: Argyresthiidae) new to Ireland

By: B. P. HENWOOD, P. H. STERLING & D. FOOT

Page: 198

Type: Short Notes

Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) discovered in Montenegro, with a list of the butterflies recorded in May 2013

By: PETER RUSSELL

Page: 199–204

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
A short visit to a small area in the coastal hills of Montenegro was made in May 2013, where 48 species of butterflies were recorded; of these seven are considered to be vulnerable, endangered or threatened. Among the species recorded was a Melitaea phoebe-like butterfly that was later shown from antennal shape, wing morphology and male genitalia to be M. ornata, the first record of this species for Montenegro. Because of the apparent lack of recent records of Papilionoidea from Montenegro, a species list is provided.

Mass mortality of bumblebees, Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), possibly caused by Brown Long-eared Bats, Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758), at Penallt, Monmouthshire, Wales

By: PAUL F. WHITEHEAD

Page: 205-206

Type: Short Notes

The Mendelian genetics of the two larval morphs of Zygaena (Mesembrynus) corsica Boisduval, [1828] (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Zygaeninae)

By: W. G. TREMEWAN

Page: 207–215

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The Mendelian genetics of the two larval morphs of Zygaena (Mesembrynus) corsica Boisduval, [1828], are described. The larvae of the populations from Sardinia have a crimson subspiracular band, whereas this band is various shades of grey in those from the island of Corsica. It has been shown that the crimson coloration of the subspiracular band in the Sardinian populations is a dominant character, in contrast to the recessive whitish grey to grey band in the Corsican populations.

Lymantrichneumon disparis (Poda, 1761) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a genus and species new to Britain

By: GAVIN R. BROAD & ANTONY M. DAVIS

Page: 216–218

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Based on a single specimen collected in Broadwater Forest, East Sussex, Lymantrichneumon disparis (Poda, 1761) is reliably recorded for the first time in Britain. As a large and distinctive icheumonid parasitoid of Lymantria pupae, this probably represents a recent colonisation of southern England.

The Pterophoridae fauna (Lepidoptera) of Armenia

By: PETER USTJUZHANIN, VASILY KOVTUNOVICH, ALEXANDER DANTCHENKO & ROMAN YAKOVLEV

Page: 219–226

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
A review of the species of the family Pterophoridae inhabiting Armenia is provided. Fiftyfive species representing 24 genera are listed of which 34 are recorded for the fauna of the country for the first time (marked by an asterisk).