Anitha Saji, Roland
Breithaupt, Zamzam Salem Al Rashdi, Pritpal S. Soorae, and Shaikha Al Dhaheri, from
the different institute of the United Arab Emirates and Thailand. wrote a
research article about, New Distribution
Records: Holcocerus gloriosus and Bagrada amoenula in Al Ain, UAE. entitled, Two
new distribution records of carpenter Moth-Holcocerus gloriosus laudabilis
(Lepidoptera: Cossidae) and Stink Bug (Bagrada (Nitilia) amoenula)
(Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. This research
paper published by the Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences
(JBES). an open access scholarly research journal on Biodiversity. under
the affiliation of the International Network For Natural Sciences |
NNSpub. an open access multidisciplinary research journal publisher.
Abstract
We present here the
first distribution records of two insect species for Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates (UAE) namely the Carpenter Moth (Holcocerus gloriosus laudabilis) and
the Stink Bug (Bagrada (Nitilia) amoenula). These species were collected in a
light trap from two different sites in Al Ain, Ain Al Fayda and a wadi on the
western side of Jabal Hafit Mountain in Al Ain during regular seasonal wildlife
trapping carried out by the Wildlife Assessment and Monitoring (WAM)
invertebrate team of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD). We report a new
Stink Bug species from UAE for the first time. The record represents the
western limit of the distribution of the species in the Palearctic Region. The
determining range expansion of insect species is vital to evaluate their impact
on new ecosystems and communities.
Introduction
The Carpenter Moth
(Holcocerus gloriosus laudabilis) is a re-find for UAE and a first record for
Abu Dhabi Emirate, from a site at Ain Al Fayda in Al Ain. For the sub-species
laudabilis of Holcocerus gloriosus, the UAE and Oman represent the southwestern
extent of distribution. The only record for the UAE dates back to 1998 (Legrain
and Wiltshire, 1998), with sampling areas outside of Abu Dhabi Emirate. The
nominotypical subspecies gloriosus (Ershov, 1874) occurs in Central Asia
(Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, North Afghanistan, North Iran), being
replaced further south by spp. mesopotamicus Watkins & Buxton (Iraq, South
Iran, South Afghanistan) and ssp. laudabilis (Jordan, Israel, Egypt (Sinai),
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and UAE) (Hacker, 2016). This fascinating moth
species was collected in a light trap. The moth is approximately 20 mm long
with white wings having multiple light brownish spots scattered all over on the
forewings. Also a few spots scattered on the apical area. Yakovlev, 2015 gives
the variation of the forewing length with 12–20 mm for males and 16– 21 mm for
females and describes the forewings as white with small brown points at the
veins and the hindwings as white. Cossidae moths usually lay large numbers of
eggs on trees or shrubs into crevices or under the bark through an extensible
ovipositor and the larvae live in the roots, trunks or branches and require
from 1 to 4 years to emerge as imago. Wiltshire reported its “Larvae in roots
of desert plants” (Hacker, 2016). Adults have been recorded on wing from
February to May in Israel (Yakovlev, 2015), which is towards the end of the
cold season, just after the months of main precipitation. In UAE, adults have
been recorded in the mid of June 2021, whereas all other Cossidae species in
UAE are usually on the wing from end of October to beginning of March, peaking
in December and January, after the main winter rains. The unusual pattern of
heavy rain in Al Ain from mid-April to beginning of June 2021, which might have
increased the soil moisture, could have effects on pupal development which
could influence the dynamics of the emergence of these moths and populations.
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