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Atteva Pustulella
''Atteva pustulella'' is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is found from Costa Rica, where it meets '' Atteva aurea'', southwards to Uruguay and Argentina. It is also present in the Antilles. There are also several reports from Dominica, Jamaica, Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ... and Martinique. The larvae feed only on new shoots of '' Simarouba amara''. There are records for '' Ailanthus altissima'' in Argentina (Berg 1880), '' Castela erecta'' in Saint Croix, Antilles (Walsingham, 1914), '' Castela peninsularis'', '' Castela polyandra'' and '' Castela emory'' in the United States (Powell et al. 1973), but these are doubtful records for which either the host or the moth species may be misidentified (Becker 2009). External linksA review of the New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification. Biography Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remained dependent on subsidies from his father, who worked as a consultant at Frederiks Hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. To its south-west lies the small Navassa Island, which is claimed by Haiti but is disputed as a United States territory under federal administration."Haiti" ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Haiti is in size, the third largest country in the Caribbean by area, and has an estimated population of 11.4 million, making it the most populous country in the Caribb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castela Polyandra
''Castela'' is a genus of thorny shrubs and small trees in the family Simaroubaceae. Members of the genus are native to the Americas, especially the tropical regions. The generic name honours the French naturalist René Richard Louis Castel. ''Castela'' is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. Species There are 17 accepted species:"''Castela'' Turpin". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 6 October 2021. *'' Castela calcicola'' (Britton & Small) Ekman ex Urb. *'' Castela coccinea'' Griseb. *'' Castela depressa'' Turpin *''Castela emoryi'' (A.Gray) Moran & Felger – Crucifixion thorn *''Castela erecta'' Turp. – Goatbush *''Castela galapageia'' – Bitterbush *''Castela jacquiniifolia'' (Small) Ekman ex Urb. *''Castela leonis'' Acuña & Roíg *''Castela macrophylla'' Urb. *''Castela peninsularis'' Rose *''Castela polyandra'' Moran & Felger *''Castela retusa'' Liebm. *''Castela spinosa'' Cronquist *''Castela stewartii'' (C.H.Mü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castela Peninsularis
''Castela'' is a genus of thorny shrubs and small trees in the family Simaroubaceae. Members of the genus are native to the Americas, especially the tropical regions. The generic name honours the French naturalist René Richard Louis Castel. ''Castela'' is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. Species There are 17 accepted species:"''Castela'' Turpin". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 6 October 2021. *'' Castela calcicola'' (Britton & Small) Ekman ex Urb. *'' Castela coccinea'' Griseb. *'' Castela depressa'' Turpin *''Castela emoryi'' (A.Gray) Moran & Felger – Crucifixion thorn *''Castela erecta'' Turp. – Goatbush *''Castela galapageia'' – Bitterbush *''Castela jacquiniifolia'' (Small) Ekman ex Urb. *''Castela leonis'' Acuña & Roíg *''Castela macrophylla'' Urb. *''Castela peninsularis'' Rose *''Castela polyandra'' Moran & Felger *''Castela retusa'' Liebm. *''Castela spinosa'' Cronquist *''Castela stewartii'' (C.H.Mül ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castela Erecta
''Castela'' is a genus of thorny shrubs and small trees in the family Simaroubaceae. Members of the genus are native to the Americas, especially the tropical regions. The generic name honours the French naturalist René Richard Louis Castel. ''Castela'' is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. Species There are 17 accepted species:"''Castela'' Turpin". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 6 October 2021. *'' Castela calcicola'' (Britton & Small) Ekman ex Urb. *''Castela coccinea'' Griseb. *'' Castela depressa'' Turpin *''Castela emoryi'' (A.Gray) Moran & Felger – Crucifixion thorn *''Castela erecta'' Turp. – Goatbush *''Castela galapageia'' – Bitterbush *''Castela jacquiniifolia'' (Small) Ekman ex Urb. *''Castela leonis'' Acuña & Roíg *''Castela macrophylla'' Urb. *''Castela peninsularis'' Rose *''Castela polyandra'' Moran & Felger *''Castela retusa'' Liebm. *''Castela spinosa'' Cronquist *''Castela stewartii'' (C.H.Müll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailanthus Altissima
''Ailanthus altissima'' , commonly known as tree of heaven, ailanthus, varnish tree, or in Chinese as ''chouchun'' (), is a deciduous tree in the family Simaroubaceae. It is native to northeast and central China, and Taiwan. Unlike other members of the genus ''Ailanthus'', it is found in temperate climates rather than the tropics. The tree grows rapidly, and is capable of reaching heights of in 25 years. While the species rarely lives more than 50 years, some specimens exceed 100 years of age. Its suckering ability allows this tree to clone itself indefinitely. It is considered a noxious weed and vigorous invasive species, and one of the worst invasive plant species in Europe and North America. In 21st-century North America, the invasiveness of the species has been compounded by its harboring of the also destructive and invasive spotted lanternfly. Description ''A. altissima'' is a medium-sized tree that reaches heights between with a diameter at breast height of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simarouba Amara
''Simarouba amara'' is a species of tree in the family Simaroubaceae, found in the rainforests and savannahs of South and Central America and the Caribbean. It was first described by Aubl. in French Guiana in 1775 and is one of six species of ''Simarouba''. The tree is evergreen, but produces a new set of leaves once a year. It requires relatively high levels of light to grow and grows rapidly in these conditions, but lives for a relatively short time. In Panama, it flowers during the dry season in February and March, whereas in Costa Rica, where there is no dry season it flowers later, between March and July. As the species is dioecious, the trees are either male or female and only produce male or female flowers. The small yellow flowers are thought to be pollinated by insects, the resulting fruits are dispersed by animals including monkeys, birds and fruit-eating bats and the seeds are also dispersed by leaf cutter ants. ''Simarouba amara'' has been studied extensively by s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atteva Pustulella Ill
''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the relationships, placement, and ranking of Attevidae have been published, but the prevalent view is that they likely form a monophyletic group within the Yponomeutoidea.Sohn et al. 2013"A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use". ''PLoS One''. 8(1): e55066. Species *''Atteva albiguttata'' - Zeller, 1873 (from Australia) *''Atteva albitarsis'' - Zeller, 1875 (Australian region) *''Atteva aleatrix'' - Meyrick, 1922 (from Fiji) *''Atteva anisochrysa'' - Meyrick, 1928 (from New Britain) *''Atteva apicalis'' - Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863 (from Java, Philippines) *'' Atteva aurata'' - Butler, 1882 (Duke of York Islands/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinique
Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It has a land area of and a population of 364,508 inhabitants as of January 2019.Populations légales 2019: 972 Martinique INSEE One of the , it is directly north of Saint Lucia, northwest of |
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some to the north-west. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers. The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered it, renaming it ''Jamaica''. Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the African slaves and later their des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but 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 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominica
Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically situated as part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. Dominica's closest neighbours are two constituent territories of the European Union, the overseas departments of France, Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast. Dominica comprises a land area of , and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census. The island was settled by the Arawak arriving from South America in the fifth century. The Kalinago displaced the Arawak by the 15th century. Columbus is said to have passed the island on Sunday, 3 November 1493. It was later colonised by Europeans, predominantly by the French from the 1690s to 1763. The Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
