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Telicota Ancilla
''Telicota ancilla'', the dark palm dart, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. These species form a complex and exact species identity can only be determined by examination of the genitalia. The larvae feed on various grasses, such as ''Imperata cylindrica'', '' Paspalum urvillei'' and ''Sorghum halepense''. Other hosts recorded include '' Ochlandra travancorica'', ''Bambusa striata'' and ''Bambusa wamin ''Bambusa vulgaris'', common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Indochina and to the province of Yunnan in southern China, but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in several r ...''. Subspecies *''Telicota ancilla ancilla'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – greenish darter (New South Wales and Queensland) *''Telicota ancilla baudina'' Evans, 1949 (Northern Territory and Western Australia) *''Telicota ancilla horisha'' Evans, 1934 (southern China, northern Vietnam, Taiwan) *''Telicota ancilla lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer (17 December 1799 – 14 April 1874) was a German entomologist and physician. He was born, and died, in Regensburg. Herrich-Schäffer studied and collected particularly butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera). He was chairman of the Regensburg Botanical Society () from 1861 to 1871, and was awarded an honorary citizenship of Regensburg in 1871. He wrote ''Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa'' between 1843 and 1856, one of the most influential works on the higher classification of Lepidoptera of the 19th century. Many of the lepidopteran higher taxa recognized today were defined in this work for the first time. He based his classification mostly on wing venation. Parts of his collection went to Otto Staudinger at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin and M. J. Bastelberg at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München. Many Microlepidoptera in his collection were given to Ottmar Hofmann (1835–1900) at the Natural History Museum, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily (zoology), superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers (formerly the superfamily "Hesperioidea"), and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies (formerly the superfamily "Hedyloidea"). Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, as like most insects they undergo Holometabolism, complete metamorphosis. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy places the family in the superfamily Papilionoidea, the butterflies. They are named for their quick, darting flight habits. Most have their antenna tips modified into narrow, hook-like projections. Moreover, skippers mostly have an absence of wing-coupling structure available in most moths. More than 3500 species of skippers are recognized, and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America.Ackery et al. (1999) Description and systematics Traditionally, the Hesperiidae were placed in a monotypic superfamily Hesperioidea, because they are morphologically distinct from other Rhopalocera (butterflies), which mostly belong to the typical butterfly superfamily Papilionoidea. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperata Cylindrica
''Imperata cylindrica'' (commonly known as cogongrass or kunai grass ) is a species of Perennial plant, perennial rhizomatous grass native to tropical and subtropical Asia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia, Africa, and southern Europe. It has also been introduced to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the southeastern United States. It is a highly flammable pyrophyte, and can spread rapidly by colonizing disturbed areas and encouraging more frequent wildfires. Common names The species is most commonly known in English as "cogongrass", from Castilian Spanish, Spanish ''cogón'', from the Tagalog language, Tagalog and Visayan languages, Visayan ''kugon''. Other common names in English include ''kunai grass'', ''blady grass'', ''satintail'', ''spear grass'', ''sword grass'', ''thatch grass'', ''alang-alang'', ''lalang grass'', ''cotton wool grass'', and ''kura-kura'' , among other names. Description It grows from 0.6 to 3 m (2 to 10 feet) tall. The leaf, leaves are about 2& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paspalum Urvillei
''Paspalum urvillei'' is a species of grass known by the common name Vasey's grass, or Vaseygrass. It is native to South America, and it is known in parts of North America as an introduced species. It is also naturalised in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, and southern Africa, including Madagascar. It is a noxious weed where it has been introduced in Hawaii and New Caledonia. It grows well in disturbed habitat, often in moist areas. This is a rhizomatous perennial grass which may reach 2 meters tall. The leaves are up to 2.5 centimeters wide and have a large, noticeable ligule. The inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ... is a spreading or drooping array of up to 20 References External linksJepson Manual Treatment [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorghum Halepense
Johnson grass or Johnsongrass, ''Sorghum halepense'', is a plant in the grass family, Poaceae, native to Asia and northern Africa. The plant has been introduced to all continents except Antarctica, and most larger islands and archipelagos. It reproduces by rhizomes and seeds. Johnson grass has been used for forage and to stop erosion, but it is often considered a weed because: * Foliage that becomes wilted from frost or hot, dry weather can contain sufficient amounts of hydrogen cyanide to kill cattle and horses if it is eaten in quantity. * The foliage can cause 'bloat' in such herbivores from the accumulation of excessive nitrates; otherwise, it is edible. * It grows and spreads rapidly, it can 'choke out' other cash crops planted by farmers. This species occurs in crop fields, pastures, abandoned fields, rights-of-way, forest edges, and along streambanks. It thrives in open, disturbed, rich, bottom ground, particularly in cultivated fields. Johnson grass that is resistant to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochlandra Travancorica
''Ochlandra travancorica'', or Reed bamboo is a species of bamboo, endemic to the Western Ghats, India. It is naturalised in the West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A .... References K. SijiMol, Suma Arun Dev and V. B. Sreekumar, A Review of the Ecological Functions of Reed Bamboo, Genus Ochlandra in the Western Ghats of India: Implications for Sustainable ConservationTropical Conservation Science Volume 9, Issue 1 Pages: 389 - 40, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/194008291600900121 External links * * Bambusoideae Flora of the Indian subcontinent {{Bamboo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bambusa Striata
''Bambusa vulgaris'', common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Indochina and to the province of Yunnan in southern China, but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in several regions.Dieter Ohrnberger, ''The bamboos of the world'', pages 279–280, Elsevier, 1999, Among bamboo species, it is one of the largest and most easily recognized.''Biology Pamphlets'' (Volume 741), page 15, University of California, 1895D. Louppe, A.A. Oteng-Amoako and M. Brink, ''Timbers'' (vol. 1), pages 100–103, PROTA, 2008, Description ''Bambusa vulgaris'' forms moderately loose clumps and has no thorns.Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ''Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae'', page 22, Oxford University Press, 2007, It has lemon-yellow culms (stems) with green stripes and dark green leaves. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bambusa Wamin
''Bambusa vulgaris'', common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Indochina and to the province of Yunnan in southern China, but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in several regions.Dieter Ohrnberger, ''The bamboos of the world'', pages 279–280, Elsevier, 1999, Among bamboo species, it is one of the largest and most easily recognized.''Biology Pamphlets'' (Volume 741), page 15, University of California, 1895D. Louppe, A.A. Oteng-Amoako and M. Brink, ''Timbers'' (vol. 1), pages 100–103, PROTA, 2008, Description ''Bambusa vulgaris'' forms moderately loose clumps and has no thorns.Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ''Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae'', page 22, Oxford University Press, 2007, It has lemon-yellow culms (stems) with green stripes and dark green leaves. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taractrocerini
The Taractrocerini , the orange grass skippers are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. Genera *'' Arrhenes'' *''Banta'' *'' Cephrenes'' *'' Kobrona'' *'' Mimene'' *''Ocybadistes'' *'' Oriens'' *'' Pastria'' *''Potanthus ''Potanthus'' is a large genus of skipper butterflies. They are commonly known as darts. They are found from South Asia to East Asia, and down to maritime Southeast Asia (though not extending towards New Guinea). It includes about 35 species, ...'' *'' Taractrocera'' *'' Telicota'' *'' Sabera'' *'' Suniana'' Butterfly tribes {{Hesperiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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