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Eublemma Scitulum
''Eublemma scitulum'', the grey eublemma, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Rambur in 1833. It is widespread in Africa and Asia. Distribution Algeria, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Australia and France, Biology The caterpillar is bright pink to reddish. Its prolegs are modified to a pair of large suckers for adhering to the substrate. Body is covered with a light silken web, which serves as a shield. Pupation occurs within this shield. Caterpillars of the genus ''Eublemma'' are pests on several scale insects. The ''E. scitula'' caterpillar is a pest on ''Kerria (insect), Kerria'', ''Anomalococcus'', ''Lecanium'', ''Ceroplastes'', ''Pulvinaria (insect), Pulvinaria'' species, ''Drepanococcus cajani'', ''Saissetia coffeae'', ''Saissetia ... [...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] |
Saissetia Coffeae
''Saissetia coffeae'', known generally as hemispherical scale, is a species of soft scale insect in the family Coccidae. Other common names include the helmet scale and coffee brown scale. Description The adult scale varies in diameter from about to , largely depending on the identity of the host plant. It is smooth, shiny and brown and closely adpressed to a stem or leaf, resembling a miniature military helmet. Young scales often have a slightly ridged surface, sometimes in the form of a "H". Like other scale insects, the hemispherical scale has no limbs and is immobile, piercing the plant tissues with its mouthparts and feeding on sap. Distribution ''Saissetia coffeae'' is present in West, Central and East Africa, Madagascar, tropical and subtropical Asia, North, Central and South America and the Caribbean region. Life cycle All hemispherical scale insects are female, and breeding occurs by parthenogenesis. The eggs are pinkish-beige, oblong and about long. Up to a thousand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths Of Asia
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 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 w ... and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saissetia Oleae
''Saissetia oleae'' ( syn. ''Coccus oleae'') is a scale insect in the family Coccidae. It is considered one of the three main phytophagous parasites of the olive tree (''Olea europaea''), together with the olive fruit fly (''Bactrocera oleae'') and the olive moth ('' Prays oleae''). Although it is a common parasite which occurs most often in olive trees, it is a polyphagous species, also attacking (but less frequently) citrus trees as well as various ornamental shrubs such as oleanders, pittosporums, sago palm, and euonymus. History One of the first scientists who studied the insect in a scientific and modern way was Italian naturalist Giuseppe Maria Giovene. He wrote a publication entitled ''Descrizione e storia della cocciniglia dell'ulivo'' (1807) in which he answered Giovanni Presta who had denied the existence of the insect in the Apulian provinces of Bari and Otranto. Giovene showed that the insect was common in the above regions as well, even though it occurred less ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala''); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth (''Gynaephora groenlandica''); piercing moths ( Calpinae and others); micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae (for example, crambid snout moths). Some of the erebid moths are called owlets. The sizes of the adults range from among the largest of all moths (> wingspan in the black witch) to the smallest of the macromoths ( wingspan in some of the Micronoctuini). The coloration of the adults spans the full range of dull, drab, and camouflaged (e.g., ''Zale lunifera'' and litter moths) to vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulvinaria (insect)
''Pulvinaria'' is a scale insect genus in the family Coccidae. The type species is ''Coccus vitis'' Linnaeus. Species * ''Pulvinaria acericola'' * '' Pulvinaria aestivalis'' * '' Pulvinaria aethiopica'' * '' Pulvinaria alboinducta'' * '' Pulvinaria aligarhensis'' * '' Pulvinaria ampelopsidis'' * '' Pulvinaria amygdali'' * ''Pulvinaria aonoae'' * ''Pulvinaria araliae'' * '' Pulvinaria areolata'' * '' Pulvinaria aurantii'' * ''Pulvinaria avasthii'' * ''Pulvinaria bambusicola'' * ''Pulvinaria bigeloviae'' * ''Pulvinaria borchsenii'' * ''Pulvinaria brachiungualis'' * ''Pulvinaria brevicornis'' * ''Pulvinaria cacao'' * ''Pulvinaria callosa'' * ''Pulvinaria carieri'' * ''Pulvinaria cestri'' * '' Pulvinaria chrysanthemi'' * ''Pulvinaria citricola'' * '' Pulvinaria claviseta'' * '' Pulvinaria coccolobae'' * '' Pulvinaria cockerelli'' * '' Pulvinaria convexa'' * '' Pulvinaria corni'' * '' Pulvinaria costata'' * '' Pulvinaria crassispina'' * '' Pulvinaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceroplastes
''Ceroplastes'' is a genus of wax scales in the family Coccidae. There are more than 130 described species in ''Ceroplastes''. See also * List of Ceroplastes species, List of ''Ceroplastes'' species References External links * Coccidae Sternorrhyncha genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray Articles created by Qbugbot {{Coccidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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