First reports of non-phytophagous Nearctic chrysaugine moths (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
- Coprophagy and probable saprophagy are reported for larvae of two species of chrysaugine moths (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Larvae of Parachma ochracealis Walker are found in rotten pine wood and mulch in North-Central Florida. Larvae of Basacallis tarachodes (Dyar) inhabit feces of an unidentified small mammal in a cave in Central Florida and seem to be troglophilic. These behaviors are compared to similar ones in Neotropical chrysaugines such as Humiphila Becker and Cryptoses Dyar. Saprophagy and coprophagy are predicted to be more general habits among Chrysauginae.
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| Author: | James E. Hayden, Lyle J. Buss, Kyle E. SchneppORCiD, Lei Xiao |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-432127 |
| ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
| Parent Title (English): | Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics |
| Series (Serial Number): | Insecta Mundi (553) |
| Publisher: | Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, FL |
| Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2017/07/13 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2017 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2017/07/13 |
| Tag: | bark; neotropics; sloth moth; troglophily |
| Page Number: | 10 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 8 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 405765207 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0 |
