Henrikas Ostrauskas

Moths caught in pheromone traps for American white moth (Hyphantria cunea Dr.) (Arctiidae, Lepidoptera) in Lithuania during 2001.

In Lithuania, the quarantine species Hyphantria cunea was not caught in pheromone traps during investigations in 2001. Moths of 80 species belonging to 16 families were caught in pheromone traps for H. cunea. One new for Lithuania species Elachista unifasciella was recorded. Some rare for Lithuania species (Denisia luticiliella, Cnephasia pasiuana, Eana incanana, Cnephasia incertana, Scoparia basistrigalis, Eupithecia denotata, and Mesapamea didyma) were trapped, and their new distribution localities were detected. Moths caught in pheromone traps most frequently were described.

Search for American bollworm (Heliothis armigera HB.) (Noctuidae, Lepidoptera) with pheromone and light traps and analysis of pheromone catches in Lithuania.

During 1995 and 1999–2001 investigations the quarantine pest Heliothis armigera was registered in two new sites of two Lithuanian districts. Moths of 75 species belonging to 14 families were caught with pheromone traps for H. armigera during 1999–2001 with species rare for Lithuania (Agonopterix liturosa, Anarsia lineatella, Argyresthia sorbiella, A. curvella, A. albistria, Calybites phasianipennella, Coleophora graminicolella, Cydia lunulana, Heliothela wulfeniana, Pammene spiniana, Platyptilia calodactyla) among them. Moths most frequently caught with H. armigera pheromone traps were elucidated. New localities of Simyra albovenosa and Xanthia gilvago were ascertained, one for each of the species.

Moths in Pheromone Traps for Cydia Molesta Busck, C. Pomonella L., C. Nigricana F. (Tortricidae, Lepidoptera) in Lithuania

In the period 1998-2000, Cydia molesta, a quarantine pest, was not registered in Lithuania. In the current paper, the data on 64 moth species belonging to 11 families and caught in the pheromone traps for Cydia molesta, C. pomonella and C. nigricana are presented. Argyresthia sorbiella, Pammene inquilina are new species for Lithuania. Such rare species for Lithuania as Pristerognatha fuligana, Pammene spiniana, Cydia gallicana, C. pallifrontana, Cnephasia interjectana were also caught in the traps, and the data on their distribution was supplemented with new facts. The moths that were caught most frequently in the traps for Grapholitha molesta, Cydia pomonella, and Cydia nigricana are pointed out.

Moths in Pheromone Traps for Anarsia Lineatella ZLL. and Phthorimaea Operculella ZLL. (Gelechiidae, Lepidoptera) in Lithuania

During the 1997–2000 investigations the quarantine pest Phthorimaea operculella was not registered in Lithuania. During the studies undertaken in 1998–2000 Anarsia lineatella was caught in four new localities of two new districts – Utena and Panevėžys. Moths belonging to 94 species from 17 families were caught with pheromone traps for P. operculella and A. lineatella, with species rare for Lithuania among them (Calybites phasianipennella, Phyllonorycter corylifoliella, Coleophora ibipennella, Scrobipalpa acuminatella, Scrobipalpa artemisiella, Ypsolopha horridella, Synanthedon myopaeformis, Pammene spiniana, Cydia lunulana, Cydia orobana, Mesapamea secalella, Hypena rostralis). As a result of the above studies the names of moths most frequently caught with A. lineatella and P. operculella pheromone traps have been elucidated. Also some new localities for the other nine moth species in Lithuania have been additionally distinguished and adduced in the present study.

Moths caught in pheromone traps for southern armyworm (Spodoptera eridania Cr.), fall armyworm (S. frugiperda Sm.), and Egyptian cotton leafworm (S. littoralis Bsd.) (Noctuidae, Lepidoptera) during 1999-2001 in Lithuania.

Quarantine species were not caught in pheromone traps in Lithuania: Spodoptera eridania in 1999, S. frugiperda – in 2000, and S. littoralis – in 2001. Moths of 18 species and five families were caught in pheromone traps for Spodoptera eridania, of 29 and 11 families – in traps for S. frugiperda, and of 28 species and nine families – in traps for S. littoralis. During the investigation some rare for Lithuania species (Anarsia lineatella, Argyresthia sorbiella, Ochsenheimeria vacculella, Cydia lunulana, Myelois circumvoluta, Pristerognatha fuligana, Mesapamea didyma, Opigena polygona, Allophyes oxyacanthae, and Xanthia gilvago) were trapped and their new distribution localities detected. Moths caught in pheromone traps most frequently were described.

New data on the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, including revised checklists for each country

The results of an investigation of scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are presented. The majority of samples were collected during 10 days in August 2012; further data is included based on samples collected from Estonia in November 2006, and Lithuania in January 2011 and July 2012. The following are new country records: 18 species for Estonia, species collected outdoors, Asterodiaspis variolosa (Ratzeburg), Aulacaspis rosae (Bouche), Chionaspis salicis (L.), Diaspidiotus bavaricus (Lindinger), Eulecanium tiliae (L.), Newsteadia floccosa (De Geer), Orthezia urticae (L.), Parthenolecanium corni (Bouche), P. pomeranicum (Kawecki), Peliococcus calluneti (Lindinger), Phenacoccus aceris (Signoret) and Physokermes hemicryphus (Dalman), and on indoor plantings, Aspidiotus nerii (Bouche), Coccus hesperidum L., Planococcus citri (Risso), Pseudococcus longispinus Targioni Tozzetti, Rhizoecus dianthi Green and Spilococcus mamillariae (Bouche); five species for Latvia, species collec...

Wild Bees (Apoidea, Hymenoptera) Caught with Green Funnel Traps in Lithuania

Wild bees (Apoidea, Hymenoptera) were trapped in potato fields, in 42 localities of 22 administrative districts of Lithuania. The data on 18 wild bee species from three families (Halictidae, Anthophoridae, Apidae) are presented. During the period of 1997–1999 the most common bee species were Anthophora furcata (48.5%) and Coelioxys rufescens (22.1%). The rare species Bombus semenoviellus (included into the Red Data Book of Lithuania) was trapped in two new localities. A few new localities of the occurrence of other four species were established. Green Funnel traps can be used for the monitoring of at least Anthophora furcata and Coelioxys rufescens.

New data on whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, including the first records of rhododendron whitefly Massilieurodes chittendeni (Laing)

The results of the investigation of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during August 2012, and Estonia during November 2006, are presented. The rhododendron whitefly Massilieurodes chittendeni (Laing), an Asian pest of Rhododendron, was recorded from the Baltic States for the first time; large populations being found on single rhododendron bushes in Parnu, Estonia and Cesvaine, Latvia. The glasshouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood), was recorded breeding outdoors for the first time in the Baltic States. It was observed on Lycopersicon esculenta in Turi, Estonia, and on Malva sylvaticus in Biržai and Siauliai, Lithuania. Four species were recorded for the first time from Estonia: Aleurochiton aceris (Modeer), Aleyrodes lonicerae Walker, Aleyrodes proletella (L.) and M. chittendeni. Two species, A. proletella and M. chittendeni, were recorded for the first time from Latvia, and the presence of two other species, A. aceris and A. lonicerae, was verified. Balta...