scholarly journals A first record of oviposition of Common Onyx Horaga onyx Moore, 1857 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Sri Lanka and its importance in conserving a highly threatened butterfly

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 15201-15204
Author(s):  
Chathura Udayanga Herath ◽  
Pavan Bopitiya Gamage ◽  
Iroshan Rupasinghe ◽  
Moditha Hiranya Kodikara Arachchi
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
First Record ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Lycaenid Butterfly

Horaga onyx (Moore 1857) commonly known as Common Onyx or Blue Onyx is one of the rarest Lycaenid butterfly species found in Sri Lanka.  Only a handful of sight records are there of this butterfly and much of the biology of this butterfly in Sri Lanka has not been studied. Here we report the first record of this species ovipositing in Sri Lanka and first record of its host plant, Macaranga indica. 

scholarly journals New records of two lycaenid butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in China, with the description of a new subspecies

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sixun Ge ◽  
Zhuoheng Jiang ◽  
Lili Ren ◽  
Shaoji Hu
Keyword(s):  
Yunnan Province ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
West China ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
South West ◽  
The Family ◽  
Lycaenid Butterfly ◽  
First Time

The family Lycaenidae is the second-largest group of butterflies which contains about one third of the known species of Papilionoidea. The genera Tajuria Moore, [1881] and Drupadia Moore, 1884 are both mainly found in the Oriental and Australian realms. In a very recent expedition to south-west China in Xishuangbanna (Yunnan Province), specimens of T. sekii Saito, 2005 and D. scaeva (Hewitson, 1869) were collected for the first time, a new subspecies of the former: T. sekii sisyphus ssp. nov., is described and illustrated and the latter species comprises the first record of the genus Drupadia in China. A new subspecies of T. sekii Saito, 2005, T. sekii sisyphus ssp. nov., is described and illustrated. The species T. sekii Saito, 2005 and D. scaeva (Hewitson, 1869) are first recorded in China and the latter comprises the first record of the genus Drupadia in China. Relevant details are presented for the species.

scholarly journals The First Record of Aceria sacchari Wangon, an Eriophyoid Mite, in Sugarcane Plantations in Sri Lanka

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. K. A. S. M. Wanasinghe ◽  
K. M. G. Chanchala ◽  
D. Navia ◽  
L. Nugaliyadde ◽  
N. S. Aratchige
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
First Record ◽  
Eriophyoid Mite

scholarly journals Geographical co-occurrence of butterfly species: the importance of niche filtering by host plant species

Oecologia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 186 (4) ◽  
pp. 995-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryosuke Nakadai ◽  
Koya Hashimoto ◽  
Takaya Iwasaki ◽  
Yasuhiro Sato
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Host Plant Species

First record of Athyreacaridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) from Asia with description of two new species of Athyreacarus from India and Sri Lanka

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4779 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-272
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER A. KHAUSTOV ◽  
ANDREY V. FROLOV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
First Record ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Mites of the family Athyreacaridae are recorded from Asia for the first time. Two new species of Athyreacarus are described, A. indicus sp. nov., collected on the beetles Bolbohamatum laevicolle and B. marginale in India, and A. brevisetosus sp. nov., collected on a beetle Bolboceras sp. in Sri Lanka. An updated key to species of the genus Athyreacarus is provided. 

scholarly journals Record of Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willing and Phenacoccus madeirensis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on new host ornamental plants in Greece

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.J. Stathas ◽  
E.D. Kartsonas ◽  
A.I. Darras
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Host ◽  
Phenacoccus Madeirensis ◽  
Of Greece

Summary Two invasive mealybug species, Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink and Phenacoccus madeirensis Green (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), have been recorded on new species of ornamental plants in diff erent regions of Greece. Phenacoccus peruvianus was recorded in Athens on Cestrum nocturnum L. (Solanaceae) in September 2013. Phenacoccus madeirensis was found in Kalamata (Peloponnese) on Aloysia citriodora Palau (Verbenaceae) in May 2014 and on Osteospermum jucundum (Phillips) (Asteraceae) in July 2014. This is the first record of O. jucundum as host plant of P. madeirensis

scholarly journals First record of Chrysopelea taprobanica Smith, 1943 (Squamata: Colubridae) from India

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1523
Author(s):  
Bubesh Guptha ◽  
Nimmakayala Venkata Sivaram Prasad ◽  
Simon T. Maddock ◽  
V. Deepak
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
First Record ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
Adult Specimen ◽  
Snake Species

Chrysopelea taprobanica Smith, 1943 was previously considered to be endemic to the dry and intermediate zones of Sri Lanka. However, an adult specimen of C. taprobanica was collected from Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve of Andhra Pradesh, India, being the first record of this snake species from India, significantly extending the known range of distribution of the species. The dry zones of peninsular India were connected with Sri Lanka as recently as ca. 17,000 years ago, which probably allowed movement of species between these two regions.

scholarly journals Diagnostics of new species of Neotropical Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera), with the first record of Coptotriche Walshingham from South America

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4691 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
JONAS R. STONIS ◽  
ARŪNAS DIŠKUS ◽  
ANDRIUS REMEIKIS ◽  
LILIANA KATINAS ◽  
NIXON CUMBICUS TORRES ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
First Record ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
New Host ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Plant Distributions

We describe seven new Neotropical species of Tischeriidae: Astrotischeria dondavisi Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. bacchariphaga Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. guatemalica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., A. sanjosei Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov., A. truncata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., Coptotriche parvisacculata Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov. and C. carmencita Stonis & Diškus, sp. nov. We report the discovery of Coptotriche Walsingham in South America and provide the following new host-plant records for the Neotropical Tischeriidae: Terminalia australis Cambess. (Combretaceae), Baccharis latifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers., and B. emarginata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. (Asteraceae). We update the biology of Astrotischeria ochrimaculosa Diškus, Stonis & Vargas with the discovery that Wissadula (Malvaceae) is a new, verified host plant. The new species are illustrated with photographs of the adults, male and, if available, female genitalia, and the leaf mines. We expect broader distributions of tisheriid species in South America inferred from known host-plant distributions. 

The first Indian record of Pogonatum marginatum Mitt. (Polytrichaceae) from the Western Ghats

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALVERT EBENEZER DULIP DANIELS ◽  
KOCHUMANI CHINNAPILLA KARIYAPPA ◽  
JAAKKO HYVONEN ◽  
NEIL BELL
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Photographic Plate ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
First Record ◽  
Close Relative ◽  
Chloroplast Gene ◽  
Gene Sequences ◽  
The Western Ghats

Pogonatum marginatum has been previously known from Sri Lanka and Vietnam. It was recently collected in the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats (Kerala and Tamil Nadu), this being the first record of the plant in India. We provide a detailed description of the species with figures and a photographic plate, plus novel chloroplast gene sequences of the Indian plant, another specimen of the same species, and a close relative.

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