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Nyctemera Amica
''Nyctemera amicus'', the senecio moth, magpie moth or cineraria moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Adam White in 1841. It is found in South-east Asia, Oceania, and most of Australia. It can also be found in New Zealand. The larvae feed on ''Senecio ''Senecio'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels. Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus ''Senecio'' is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Description Morp ...'' species including '' S. linearifolius'', '' S. quadridentatus'', '' S. mikanioides'', '' S. cruentus'', and '' S. scandens''. These food plants contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids, making the larvae unpleasant to taste and poisonous to birds. References Nyctemerina Moths of New Zealand Moths of Australia Moths of Asia Moths described in 1841 {{Nyctemerina-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam White (zoologist)
Adam White (29 April 1817 – 30 December 1878) was a Scottish zoologist. Biography White was born in Edinburgh on 29 April 1817.White, Adam (1817-1878), naturalist by Ann Datta in the ''''. He became acquainted with , at the |
Senecio Quadridentatus
''Senecio quadridentatus'' is native to Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand it is known by its Māori name pahokoraka or pekapeka. ''Senecio quadridentatus'' is an annual or perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is also known as ''Erechtites quadridentata Labill'' by the synonyms. Description This erect plant, ''Senecio quadridentatus,'' is an annual or short-lived perennial herb up to around 1m tall. Generally speaking, it is a silver-looking plant from a distance which is attractive. Its stems are branched from or near the hard woody base, covered with thick white fine hair-like filaments, becoming thin with age. Lower and middle stem leaves are basically evenly arranged and similar in size, about 4–12 cm long and 1.5-6 mm wide. These leaves are linear to narrow lance-shaped with pointed apex and subsessile, the upper surface grey-green with white tomentum or glabrous and the lower surface with moderate to dense white to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths Of Australia
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 establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths Of New Zealand
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] |
Nyctemerina
The Nyctemerina are a subtribe of woolly bear moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy The subtribe was previously classified as the tribe Nyctemerini of the former family Arctiidae. Some authors merge the subtribe into the related Callimorphina, but Nyctemerini is an elder name. Genera *'' Afrocoscinia'' *'' Agaltara'' *''Caryatis'' *'' Diota'' *'' Galtara'' *''Ischnarctia'' *'' Karschiola'' *''Neuroxena'' *'' Pseudogaltara'' *'' Xylecata'' ;''Argina'' generic group *'' Alytarchia'' *''Argina'' *'' Mangina'' ;Afrotropical genera of the ''Nyctemera'' group, that were separated from the Oriental stemDubatolov VV 2006: On the generic status of the Afrotropical ''Nyctemera'' species (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). ''Atalanta'' 37 (1/2): 191-205 *''Afronyctemera'' *'' Chiromachla'' *''Podomachla'' ;Oriental and Australian taxa of generic level that are traditionally considered as subgenera of: *''Nyctemera'': *''Nyctemera'' (''Arctata'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Coleta'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Deile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), sometimes referred to as necine bases, are a group of naturally occurring alkaloids based on the structure of pyrrolizidine. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are produced by plants as a defense mechanism against insect herbivores. More than 660 PAs and PA N-oxides have been identified in over 6,000 plants, and about half of them exhibit hepatotoxicity. They are found frequently in plants in the Boraginaceae, Asteraceae, Orchidaceae and Fabaceae families; less frequently in the Convolvulaceae and Poaceae, and in at least one species in the Lamiaceae. It has been estimated that 3% of the world’s flowering plants contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Honey can contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids, as can grains, milk, offal and eggs. To date (2011), there is no international regulation of PAs in food, unlike those for herbs and medicines. Unsaturated pyrrolizidine alkaloids are hepatotoxic, that is, damaging to the liver. PAs also cause hepatic veno-occlusive disea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senecio Scandens
''Senecio scandens'', also known as climbing Senecio, is a climber in the family Asteraceae that is native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.Senecio scandens Useful Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 12 December 2023. Description Featuring a rhizomatous rootstock, it is a 2-5 metres long evergreen climber that produces slender, scrambling, multibranched woody stems. Frost-tender, it produces yellow daisy-like flowers which are borne in autumn.Distribution The plant is native to China, southern Japan, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Ca ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senecio Cruentus
''Pericallis cruenta'' ( syns. ''Senecio cruentus'' and ''Cineraria cruenta'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to La Gomera and Tenerife islands of the Canary Islands. It has a nonwoody growth form and is typically found growing in Tenerife's laurel forests. With ''Pericallis lanata'' it is a parent of the widely cultivated garden plant ''Pericallis × hybrida'', the florist's cineraria. In the past, and continuing today, there has been confusion and debate about the identity and origin of ''Pericallis'' × ''hybrida'', with ''Pericallis cruenta'' being incorrectly called a 'feral' form of the florist's cineraria. In 1895 in a series of letters and articles in '' The Gardeners' Chronicle'' and ''Nature'', William Turner Thiselton-Dyer argued that the garden plant ''Cineraria cruenta'' was derived by simple breeding from the wild plant ''Senecio cruentus'', while William Bateson argued that it was of hybrid origin. The argument was resolved by Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senecio Mikanioides
''Delairea'' is a plant genus within the family Asteraceae that is native to South Africa. Classified within the tribe Senecioneae, it contains only one species, ''Delairea odorata'', which was previously included in the genus ''Senecio'' as ''Senecio mikanioides''. It is known as Cape ivy in some parts of the world (US) and German ivy in others (Britain, Ireland). Other names include parlor ivy and Italian ivy. Its multi-lobed leaves somewhat resemble those of the unrelated English ivy. Originally used as an ornamental plant on trellises and as groundcover, it is now rarely cultivated because of its invasiveness, in addition to being a weed.''Delairea odorata'' PlantFileonline Description [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senecio Linearifolius
''Senecio linearifolius'', commonly known as fireweed groundsel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small shrub with variable leaves, numerous heads of yellow flowers and grows in Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria. Description ''Senecio linearifolius'' is a fragrant, sparse to shrubby perennial to about high and stems with smooth, fine, downy white hairs. Leaves are variable, linear to egg-shaped, long, wide, usually sessile (botany), sessile or with basal lobes, margins smooth, wavy or regularly toothed, lobed at the base or stem clasping. Both surfaces of the leaf are smooth and sparingly to thickly covered in downy white hairs. Inflorescence The inflorescence is a cluster of 20-200 flowers in a corymb about across. The individual flowers are in a grouping of 4–8 with a yellow centre. The fruit is a narrowly oblong-shaped Cypsela (botany), cypsela, long, light coloured to reddish-brown, surface with scattered or bands of hairs. Flow ... [...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] |
Senecio
''Senecio'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels. Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus ''Senecio'' is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Description Morphology The flower heads are normally rayed with the heads borne in branched clusters, and usually completely yellow, but green, purple, white and blue flowers are known as well. In its current circumscription, the genus contains species that are annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, small trees, aquatics or climbers. The only species which are trees are the species formerly belonging to '' Robinsonia'' occurring on the Juan Fernández Islands. Chemistry Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are found in all ''Senecio'' species. These alkaloids serve as a natural biocides to deter or even kill animals that would eat them. Livestock generally do not find them palatable. ''Senecio'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
