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List Of Lepidoptera That Feed On Ashes
Ashes (''Fraxinus'' species) are used as food plants by the larvae (caterpillars) of a number of Lepidoptera species, including the following. (Unless otherwise stated, records are from the Nearctic region.) 425px, ''Fraxinus americana'' Adelidae :* ''Adela croesella'' – UK record Apatelodidae :* '' Apatelodes torrefacta'' :* '' Olceclostera angelica'' :* '' Olceclostera seraphica'' – recorded on '' Fraxinus greggii'' and ''Fraxinus pennsylvanica'' Arctiidae Scarlet tiger moth imago (adult) :* Scarlet tiger moth (''Callimorpha dominula'') – Finland record :* Banded (or pale) tussock moth (''Halysidota tessellaris'') – recorded on '' Fraxinus americana'' and ''Fraxinus pennsylvanica'' :* Confused haploa moth (''Haploa confusa'') – recorded on '' Fraxinus nigra'' :* Fall webworm (''Hyphantria cunea'') – recorded on ''F. americana'', '' Fraxinus excelsior'', ''F. nigra'', ''F. pennsylvanica'' and ''Fraxinus velutina'' :* Hickory tussock moth (''Lophocampa caryae' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ash Tree
''Fraxinus'' (), commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of subtropical species are evergreen. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America. The leaves are opposite (rarely in whorls of three), and mostly pinnately compound, though simple in a few species. The seeds, popularly known as "keys" or "helicopter seeds", are a type of fruit known as a samara. Some ''Fraxinus'' species are dioecious, having male and female flowers on separate plants but sex in ash is expressed as a continuum between male and female individuals, dominated by unisexual trees. With age, ash may change their sexual function from predominantly male and hermaphrodite towards femaleness ; if grown as an ornamental and both sexes are present, ashes can cause a considerable litter problem with their seeds. Rowans or mountain ash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink-legged Tiger Moth
''Spilosoma latipennis'', the pink-legged tiger moth, or the red-legged diacrisia, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1872. It is found in eastern North America, where it has been recorded from Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan o ... is about 38 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September. The larvae feed on various plants, including ash trees, dandelions, impatiens and plantain. References External References *''Spilosoma latipennis'' at BOLD Moths described in 1872 latipennis {{Spilosoma-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark-spotted Tiger Moth
''Ardices canescens'', the dark-spotted tiger moth or light ermine moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae that is found across most of Australia. It originally was included in the genus ''Spilosoma'', but later the generic status of '' Ardices'' was proven. The larvae are polyphagous, and are known to feed on '' Bidens pilosa'', ''Helianthus annuus'', '' Taraxacum officinale'', '' Ipomoea batatas'', '' Alcea rosea'', ''Rosa odorata'', '' Plantago'', '' Ricinus communis'' and '' Tradescantia albiflora''. The polyembryonic parasitoid In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ... wasp '' Copidosoma floridanum'' sometimes uses this species of caterpillar as a host. References External links * Spilosomina Moths of Australia Moths described in 1875 {{Spilosomina-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Tiger
''Phragmatobia fuliginosa'', the ruby tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae. Subspecies Subspecies include:Markku SavelLepidoptera and some other life forms/ref> *''Phragmatobia fuliginosa borealis'' ( Staudinger, 1871) in Scotland and in northern regions of Eurasia *'' Phragmatobia fuliginosa melitensis'' ( O. Bang-Haas, 1927) (Malta) *''Phragmatobia fuliginosa paghmani'' (Lének, 1966) (Transcaucasia: Azerbaijan; Iran; northern Iraq; Afghanistan; Central Asia; southern Kazakhstan; China: western Xinjiang) *''Phragmatobia fuliginosa pulverulenta'' ( Alphéraky, 1889) (China: eastern Xinjiang, Qinghai, Nei Mongol; southern aimaks of Mongolia; south-eastern Kazakhstan, partly) *''Phragmatobia fuliginosa rubricosa'' ( Harris, 1841) (North America) *''Phragmatobia fuliginosa taurica'' (Daniel, 1970) (Near East: from southern Turkey to Palestina) Distribution ''Phragmatobia fuliginosa'' can be found in the Palearctic realm. It is present in most of Europe, in North Africa, Russia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotted Tussock Moth
''Lophocampa maculata'', the Yellow-spotted tussock moth, mottled tiger or spotted halisidota, is a moth of the family Erebidae and the tribe Arctiini, the tiger moths. The species was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841. It is found across Canada, the western parts of the United States, south in the Appalachians to South Carolina and Kentucky. The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The moth flies from May to July; the larvae remain from July to September. There is one generation per year. The larvae go through five instars; the final instar is black at the ends, with a yellow or orange middle section, which in some populations has black spots. The larvae feed on the leaves of poplar and willow, but also feed on alder, basswood, birch, maple and oak. It is a tiger moth but is commonly referred to as a "tussock moth" for the tufts of hair on the caterpillar. According to Wiktionary Wiktionary ( , , rhyming with "dictionary") is a multilingual, web-based projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hickory Tussock Moth
''Lophocampa caryae'', the hickory tiger moth, hickory tussock moth, or hickory halisidota, is a moth in the family Erebidae and the tribe Arctiini, the tiger moths. The species is widely distributed in the eastern half of North America.http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8211 In other species in this family, the caterpillars acquire chemical defenses from their host plants, so they are potentially toxic or unpalatable, but despite anecdotal claims that this species may also be venomous, no venom has yet been isolated or identified; adverse reactions are characterized as contact dermatitis. Life cycle There is one generation per year.Wagner, D.L. (2005). ''Caterpillars of Eastern North America.'' Princeton University Press. Larva The larva, a caterpillar, is completely covered in long, hairlike setae arranged in spreading tufts. Most are white, but there are black tufts along the middle of the back, and four long black hair pencils, two near the front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraxinus Velutina
''Fraxinus velutina'', the velvet ash, Arizona ash or Modesto ash, is a species of '' Fraxinus'' native to southwestern North America, in the United States from southern California east to Texas, and in Mexico from northern Baja California east to Coahuila and Nuevo León. Description ''Fraxinus velutina'' is a small deciduous tree growing to 10 m tall, with a trunk up to 30 cm diameter. The bark is rough gray-brown and fissured, and the shoots are velvety-downy. The leaves are 10–25 cm long, pinnately compound with five or seven (occasionally three) leaflets 4 cm or more long, with an entire or finely serrated margin. The flowers are produced in small clusters in early spring; it is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The fruit is a samara 1.5–3 cm long, with an apical wing 4–8 mm broad.Jepson Flora''Fraxinus velutina''/ref>Southwest Environmental Information Network''Fraxinus velutina''/ref> ''Fraxinus velutina'' is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraxinus Excelsior
''Fraxinus excelsior'', known as the ash, or European ash or common ash to distinguish it from other types of ash, is a flowering plant species in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native throughout mainland Europe east to the Caucasus and Alborz mountains, and Britain and Ireland, the latter determining its western boundary. The northernmost location is in the Trondheimsfjord region of Norway.Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins .Den virtuella floran''Fraxinus excelsior'' distribution/ref> The species is widely cultivated and reportedly naturalised in New Zealand and in scattered locales in the United States and Canada. Description It is a large deciduous tree growing to (exceptionally to ) tall with a trunk up to (exceptionally to ) diameter, with a tall, narrow crown. The bark is smooth and pale grey on young trees, becoming thick and vertically fissured on old trees. The shoots are stout, greenish-grey, with jet-black buds (which distinguish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fall Webworm
The fall webworm (''Hyphantria cunea'') is a moth in the family Erebidae known principally for its larval stage, which creates the characteristic webbed nests on the tree limbs of a wide variety of hardwoods in the late summer and fall. It is considered a pest but, does not harm otherwise healthy trees. It is well known to commercial tree services and arboriculturists. Description The adult fall webworm has a wingspan of approximately 30 mm and is generally white-colored, although some individuals may have dark-colored marks. Distribution The moth is native to North America, ranging from Canada to Mexico and has been introduced into other continents. Introduced to what was formerly Yugoslavia in the 1940s (firstly recorded in 1949), it now has occupied probably its entire range in Europe from France to the Caspian Sea in the east as well as penetrated into Central Asia: Turkmenistan (from 1990 to 1993), Uzbekistan (Fergana valley from 1996 to 1997), Kyrgyzstan, and sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraxinus Nigra
''Fraxinus nigra'', the black ash, is a species of ash native to much of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, from western Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba, and south to Illinois and northern Virginia. Formerly abundant, as of 2014 the species is threatened with near total extirpation throughout its range, as a result of infestation by a parasitic insect known as the emerald ash borer. Description Black ash is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching (exceptionally ) tall with a trunk up to diameter, or exceptionally to . The bark is grey, thick and corky even on young trees, becoming scaly and fissured with age. The winter buds are dark brown to blackish, with a velvety texture. The leaves are opposite, pinnately compound, with 7–13 (most often 9) leaflets; each leaf is long, the leaflets long and broad, with a finely toothed margin. The leaflets are sessile, directly attached to the rachis without a petiolule. The flowers are produced in spr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
