NOCTUA COMES, A NOCTUID NEW TO NORTH AMERICA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE: NOCTUINAE)

1984 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Neil

On 19 August 1982, a female noctuid moth resembling the Palearctic species Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus), which has recently been introduced into Eastern Canada (Neil 1981), was collected at an ultraviolet light at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia. An additional specimen, a male, was taken 13 September 1982. A third was seen, but not captured, 2 September 1982. A comparison of the British Columbia material with figures and descriptions of other Noctua species given by Bretherton et al. (1979) revealed them to represent Noctua comes (Hübner), based on their smaller size, light brown, narrow primaries, and well defined discal dot on the secondaries. This preliminary identification was later confirmed by external morphological and genitalic comparison with specimens of various Noctua species obtained from the Nova Scotia Museum collection in Halifax.

2014 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-12
Author(s):  
Valentin Popa ◽  
Claude Guertin ◽  
Robert Werbiski

Six species of the genus Xyleborinus (Reitter 1913) have been reported in North America. Five of these species were introduced, and one species is considered native to North and South America. Xyleborinus attenuatus (Blandford 1894), which was introduced into the Americas from Asia, was first recorded in 1995 in western Canada, in the province of British Columbia, and then in 2007 in the province of Nova Scotia, in eastern Canada. In Quebec, X. attenuatus was initially recorded in 2009 based on a single captured specimen. In this study, we present additional evidence of the presence of this alien ambrosia beetle in Quebec, Canada.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Chrysomyxa arctostaphyli Dietel Fungi: Basidiomycota: Uredinales Hosts: Picea spp. and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. Information is given on the geographical distribution in NORTH AMERICA, Canada, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest, Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, USA, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Mycosphaerella iridis, a terrestrial fungus, parasitic and causing brownish spots on the distal parts of older leaves. Some information on its habitats, economic impacts, dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Africa (Zambia, Zimbabwe), North America (Canada (British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskachewan, Quebec), USA (California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, New jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Utah, Wyoming), South America (Venezuela), Asia (Armenia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir), Iran, Kazakhstan (Alma-Atinskaya oblast, Chimkentskaya oblast), Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan), Australasia (New Zealand), Caribbean (St. Vincent), Europe (Austria, Belgium, former Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Leningradskaya oblast, Novgorodskaya oblast, Pskovskaya oblast, Yaroslavskaya oblast), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK))) and hosts.


1997 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 1630-1643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stig M. Bergström ◽  
Warren D. Huff ◽  
Dennis R. Kolata ◽  
Michael J. Melchin

The most extensive succession of K-bentonite beds known in the Silurian of North America occurs at Arisaig on the northern coast of Nova Scotia. At least 40 ash beds are present in the Llandoverian Ross Brook Formation and at least four in the early Ludlovian McAdam Brook Formation. Most of the beds are thin (< 5 cm), but one bed (the Smith Brook K-bentonite bed) in the late Llandoverian crenulata Zone and another (the McAdam Brook K-bentonite bed) in the early Ludlovian nilssoni Zone each reach a thickness of 20 cm. New graptolite collections provide critical information on the biostratigraphic position of the K-bentonite beds in the Ross Brook Formation. Geochemical data show that the Arisaig ash beds represent calc-alkaline magmas from plate margin, subduction-related volcanic vents. Differences in K-bentonite stratigraphic distribution, combined with paleogeographic considerations, suggest that the volcanoes were located much farther to the south in the Iapetus than the source volcanoes of the British–Baltoscandian Llandoverian K-bentonites.


2005 ◽  
Vol 137 (5) ◽  
pp. 620-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Majka

The Holarctic genus Chrysoclista (Lepidoptera: Agonexenidae) consists of very distinctive, small, brightly coloured moths whose larvae bore in the bark of deciduous trees. There are seven species worldwide including three found in Europe, two found in the Caucasus, and two Nearctic species, C. cambiella (Busck, 1915) and C. villela (Busck, 1904). In addition, the Palearctic species C. linneella (Clerck, 1759) has been introduced to North America (Karsholt 1997).In Europe, C. linneella is found across most of the continent, in all of the Baltic and Fennoscandian countries, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Rumania, Russia (Karsholt and Razowski 1996), Turkey, and Ukraine (S. Koster, personal communication).


2013 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian A. Kelly ◽  
Trevor S. Avery ◽  
Donald T. Stewart ◽  
Christopher G. Cutler ◽  
Sonia O. Gaul ◽  
...  

AbstractCucullia umbratica Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Agnippe prunifoliella Chambers (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), and Bryotropha plantariella Tengstrom (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), were significant bycatch in pheromone-based trapping systems for red-striped fireworm, Aroga trialbamaculella Chambers (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in Nova Scotia, Canada. Cucullia umbratica is a European introduced species and a new macrolepidopteran recorded in continental Canada. The only previous record of this moth in North America was from the Magdalen Islands (Québec, Canada). Potential attractants for B. plantariella, A. prunifoliella, and C. umbratica are a result of this bycatch investigation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Schmidt ◽  
Alexandre Anctil

The geometrid moth Hemithea aestivaria (Hübner, 1789) was introduced from Europe to North America, first detected in British Columbia in 1973. Until 2019, its North American range was limited to a restricted area of the Pacific Northwest. Here, we report on the first records of H. aestivaria for eastern North America from three widely separated urban centers in eastern Canada during 2019-2020.


2018 ◽  
Vol 150 (6) ◽  
pp. 697-715
Author(s):  
Charles Vincent ◽  
Tom Lowery ◽  
Jean-Philippe Parent

AbstractIn Canada, viticulture has been practiced since the arrival of European settlers. After a period of low activity due to the prohibition in North America, viticulture enjoyed a renaissance in the 1970s such that it became a rapidly growing industry in Canada. It is currently practiced mainly in five provinces,i.e., British Columbia, Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. In Eastern Canada, several species of wild vines (VitisLinnaeus; Vitaceae) grew naturally before cultivation of domesticated cultivars and these had their entomofauna. In contrast, no wild vines grew in British Columbia. As a consequence, the insect fauna varies according to the provinces and the regions and the agroclimatic conditions. Here we review the literature relevant to viticultural entomology in Canada and discuss the main grape insects. It is noteworthy that certain insect pests of grapes were the subject of the first issues ofThe Canadian Entomologist. Selected milestones are provided to document the evolution of research in grape entomology in the context of dynamic evolving viticultural and oenological industries. In recent years, the arrival of several invasive species challenged the sustainability of integrated pest management programmes.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Mull. Fungi: Ascomycota: Diaporthales Hosts: Hazelnut (Corylus spp.). Information is given on the geographical distribution in NORTH AMERICA, Canada, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, USA, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Cronartium comptoniae J.C. Arthur. Hosts: Hard pines (Pinus spp.), Comptonia peregrina and Myrica gale). Information is given on the geographical distribution in North America, Canada, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Northern Territory, USA.


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