Abstract METAMORPHOSIS Volume 4 September 1993 Number 3

Title

SURVIVAL STRATEGIES IN THE ACRAEINE (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE)

Authors

Henning G. A.

ABSTRACT:

The biology of the Nymphalid subfamily, Acraeinae is discussed with regard to some of the apparent survival strategies adopted by these butterflies including population control.

KEYWORDS:

Acraeinae, predation, defensive chemicals, gregarious behavior, migration, population control, warning stimuli.

Title

HOW EACH ADULT FEMALE PRODUCES AN AVERAGE OF ONLY ONE ADULT OFFSPRING OF EACH SEX AS SHOWN BY A STUDY OF THE POTATO TUBER MOTH (Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller.))

Authors

Watmough R. H.

ABSTRACT:

A study on the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) on the Highveld of the southern Transvaal to demonstrate how each adult female produces on average only one adult offspring of each sex.

Title

IDENTIFYING SKIPPERS AT LARVAL STAGE (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE)

Authors

Young J. J.

ABSTRACT:

Currently, skippers, members of the Hesperiidae family, are usually identified by dissecting ther genitalia. It is suggested that skippers can be readily identified by examing the colouration and pattern on the head capsules of larvae. This paper explores the characteristics on the colouration and pattern on head capsules of larvae as an alternative tool for identifying skippers.

KEYWORDS:

Skippers; Hesperiidae; identification; genitalia; larval stage; life history; sexual dimorphism.

Title

BIOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE EGGAR MOTH SCHAUSINNA REGIA (GRüNBERG) (LEPIDOPTERA: LASIOCAMPDIAE)

Authors

Oberprieler R. G.

Title

COLLECTING LEPIDOPTERA IN NAMAQUALAND SEPTEMBER, 1992

Authors

Claassens Andre

Title

SOME NEW RECORDS OF LYCAENIDA FROM KENYA

Authors

Warren-Gash Haydon

Title

BREEDER’S CATALOGUE

Authors

Staude Hermann S.

And

Joannou John G.

Title

GETTING TO KNOW MOTHS – PROMINENTS -

Authors

Henning Stephen