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Eriocraniidae
Eriocraniidae is a family of moths restricted to the Holarctic region, with six extant genera. These small, metallic moths are usually day-flying, emerging fairly early in the northern temperate spring. They have a proboscis with which they drink water or sap. The larvae are leaf miners on Fagales, principally the trees birch (''Betula'') and oak (''Quercus''), but a few on Salicales and Rosales. Characteristics Moths in this family are diurnal, flying in the spring at dawn, and in sunshine, sometimes in swarms around host trees. They sometimes come to light and also rest on twigs and branches. By tapping branches over a beating tray, they fall and remain motionless. The moths are small with a forewing length of 4–7 mm. Forewings marking are shining pale golden or purple and often mottled. The purple moths can be difficult to tell apart with certainty and may require genitalia examination. The female moth has a piercing ovipositor and the almost colourless eggs are laid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issikiocrania
''Issikiocrania'' is a genus of moths of the family Eriocraniidae. It contains only one species, ''Issikiocrania japonicella'', which is found in Japan. The larvae feed on ''Fagus crenata ''Fagus crenata'', known as the Siebold's beech, Japanese beech, or buna, is a deciduous tree of the beech genus, ''Fagus'', of the family Fagaceae. Distribution and habitat It is endemic to Japan, where it is widespread and often one of the do ...''. References Eriocraniidae Monotypic moth genera Moths of Japan {{Eriocranioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriocrania Semipurpurella
''Eriocrania semipurpurella'' (Purplish birch-miner) is a moth of the family Eriocraniidae, found from Europe to Japan and in North America. It was first described by James Francis Stephens in 1835. The species closely resembles '' Eriocrania sangii'' and the larvae of both species mine the leaves of birch. Description The wingspan is 10–16 mm. Edward Meyrick gives this description: Forewings elongate, bronzy-purple, more or less sprinkled with pale shining golden; an indistinct usually small transverse pale golden dorsal spot before tornus, sometimes almost obsolete; cilia bronzy-grey, on dorsal spot ochreous-whitish; 9 absent. Hindwings with hairscales except towards margins posteriorly, bronzy-grey, posteriorly purplish-tinged. Larva whitish; head pale ochreous-brown, mouth darker in blotch in leaves of birch. The moth flies from March to April depending on the location. The moth flies in sunshine around birch trees (''Betula'' species), sometimes in swarms in March and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neocrania
''Neocrania'' is a genus of moth of the family Eriocraniidae. It contains only one species, ''Neocrania bifasciata'', which is found in the Coast Ranges of southern California. The wingspan is 8–9 mm for males and 7–10 mm for females. The forewings are pale brownish fuscous with a golden iridescence. The hindwings are slightly darker than the forewings and more fuscous and sometimes with a slight purplish sheen. Adults are on wing in early June in one generation per year. The larvae feed on ''Quercus chrysolepis ''Quercus chrysolepis'', commonly termed canyon live oak, canyon oak, golden cup oak or maul oak, is a North American species of evergreen oak that is found in Mexico and in the western United States, notably in the California Coast Ranges. This ...''. References Eriocraniidae Moths of North America Monotypic moth genera {{Eriocranioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyseriocrania
''Dyseriocrania'' is a genus of moth of the family Eriocraniidae. Species *'' Dyseriocrania auricyanea'' (Walsingham, 1882) *''Dyseriocrania subpurpurella'' (Haworth Haworth () is a village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, in the Pennines, south-west of Keighley, west of Bradford and east of Colne in Lancashire. The surrounding areas include Oakworth and Oxenhope. Nearby villages includ ..., 1828) *'' Dyseriocrania griseocapitella'' (Walsingham, 1898) References External links * Eriocraniidae Moth genera Glossata genera {{Eriocranioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriocrania
''Eriocrania'' is a Palearctic genus of moth of the family Eriocraniidae. The moths are diurnal, flying in sunshine, and the larvae are leaf miners, forming blotches in leaves. Description The moths are diurnal flying in sunshine, at dawn during March, April and May. They often fly around the host trees. On cold, sunny days they can be found on the branches, and by beating a branch over a beating tray can be seen motionless, when they fall on to the cloth. At rest the wings are held at a steep angle and are purple or golden, sometimes with net-like or mottled markings. The head has spiky scales on top. Many of the adults are difficult to tell apart and can only be identified by genitalia dissection. Eggs are laid in a leaf bud or the parenchyma of a leaf. Larvae are white or gray and mine leaves, forming large blotches with long, intertwining strands of frass, on the leaves of birches (''Betula'' species), hazel (''Corylus'' species), hornbeam (''Carpinus'' species) or oaks (''Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriocraniella
''Eriocraniella'' is a genus of moth of the family Eriocraniidae Eriocraniidae is a family of moths restricted to the Holarctic region, with six extant genera. These small, metallic moths are usually day-flying, emerging fairly early in the northern temperate spring. They have a proboscis with which they drin .... Species *Subgenus ''Eriocraniella'' **'' Eriocraniella aurosparsella'' **'' Eriocraniella longifurcula'' **'' Eriocraniella mediabulla'' **'' Eriocraniella platyptera'' **'' Eriocraniella xanthocara'' *Subgenus ''Disfurcula'' Davis, 1978 **'' Eriocraniella variegata'' **'' Eriocraniella trigona'' **'' Eriocraniella falcata'' References Eriocraniidae Moth genera Glossata genera {{Eriocranioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriocranites
''Eriocranites'' is an extinct genus of moth in the family Elachistidae. It contains only one species, ''Eriocranites hercynicus'', which was described from Willershausen in Germany. It is dated to the Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Fossil Lepidoptera Fossil taxa described in 1967 † ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moths And Butterflies Of Great Britain And Ireland
''The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland'' (abbreviated to ''MBGBI'' or ''MOGBI'') is a multi-volume reference work on the Lepidoptera of the British Isles. The original publisher of this series was Curwen Books who published volumes 1 and 9. In 1983 Harley Books took over publishing the series. The earlier volumes were reprinted. From 1 April 2008 following the retirement of Annette and Basil Harley, Apollo Books acquired Harley Books. It was decided, that Apollo Books would continue and conclude the series with volume 5 on Tortricidae, volume 6 on Pyralidae and Pterophoridae, and volume 8 on Geometridae. At the same time they took over the remaining stock of the previous seven volumes of the series. From 1 January 2013, Apollo Books announced that all Harley Books titles and the majority of the Apollo Books titles, have been taken over by the Dutch publisher Brill Publishers. The change was necessary to ensure that the book series can continue to be published i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Rebel
Hans Rebel (2 September 1861 – 19 May 1940) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Rebel, who had an early interest in natural history and butterflies, first became a lawyer. He devoted his spare time to studying Lepidoptera and established the entomological section of the Botanical and Zoological Society of Vienna. He succeeded Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer (1831–1897) as keeper of the Lepidoptera collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, a post he held from 1897 to 1932. Rebel enriched the collections and as a ''grand voyageur'', made many collecting trips in Austro-Hungary and five trips in the Balkans. He directed the Department of Zoology in 1923 and was the museum's director general in 1925. He published more than 300 publications on Lepidoptera and a catalogue of Palearctic butterflies Otto Staudinger (1830–1900) - ''Catalog Lepidopteren des palaearctischen Faunengebietes''. Friedlander. Berlin. 1901–1903. 1. Theil, S. I-XXXII, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cocoon (silk)
A pupa ( la, pupa, "doll"; plural: ''pupae'') is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal stage are holometabolous: they go through four distinct stages in their life cycle, the stages thereof being egg, larva, pupa, and imago. The processes of entering and completing the pupal stage are controlled by the insect's hormones, especially juvenile hormone, prothoracicotropic hormone, and ecdysone. The act of becoming a pupa is called pupation, and the act of emerging from the pupal case is called eclosion or emergence. The pupae of different groups of insects have different names such as ''chrysalis'' for the pupae of butterflies and ''tumbler'' for those of the mosquito family. Pupae may further be enclosed in other structures such as cocoons, nests, or shells. Position in life cycle The pupal stage follows the larval stage and precedes adulthood (''imago'') in insects with complete metamorphos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decticous
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