Navigation Links
Biologist discovers pink-winged moth in Chiracahua Mountains
Date:6/9/2009

University of Arizona biologist Bruce Walsh has identified a new species of moth in southern Arizona. Normally, this is not a big deal. The region is one of the most biologically rich areas in the country and collectors have been finding hundreds of new species for decades. This one, however, is different.

Walsh is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and a member of the UA's BIO5 Institute. He is best known in the science community as an authority on plant and animal breeding, having written one of the leading textbooks on the subject.

His work also spans several departments and programs, including statistics, applied math, insect science and genetics. He also teaching biostatistics in the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health and has worked with trial attorneys on interpreting DNA evidence. Collecting moths is a hobby.

His new discovery is Lithophane leeae. Walsh found it in the Chiracahua mountains east of Tucson, and reported it in the journal Zoo Keys.

Lithophane moths are members of the noctuid family, which often are dull colored. Walsh's moth, in contrast, is bright pink. He also named it after his wife, Lee, who has an affinity for the color.

Walsh discovered L. leeae while collecting one evening at Onion Saddle, at about 7,700 feet in the Chiracahuas. Collecting involves illuminating a sheet with mercury vapor lamps. Moths are attracted by the lights and will land on the sheet.

"This large moth flew in and we didn't think much of it because there is a silk moth very much like it, a Doris silk moth that feeds on pines that has dark wings with pink on the hind wings. It's fairly common there."

On closer inspection, though, the moth, a female, appeared to be an entirely different species from an entirely different family. Walsh said it currently is the only known individual.

Scientists are generally reluctant to identify a new species based on one in
'/>"/>

Contact: Johnny Cruz
cruzj@email.arizona.edu
520-621-1879
University of Arizona
Source:Eurekalert  

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2

Related biology news :

1. Biologists devise unifying framework to explain evolutionary puzzles
2. Biologists consider unifying framework to explain evolutionary puzzles
3. CCNY, CSHL biologists find birdsong of isolates reverts to norm over several generations
4. FANTOM findings boost for biologists
5. Penn biologists discover how silent mutations influence protein production
6. UIC biologists use DNA to study migration of threatened whale sharks
7. Penn biologists demonstrate that size matters... in snail shells
8. Two innovative University of Texas at Austin biologists become HHMI Early Career Scientists
9. Wildlife biologist named Roger Tory Peterson Medal recipient, speaker
10. Plant biologists discover gene that switches on essence of male
11. Cleaning up oil spills can kill more fish than spills themselves, say Queens biologists
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
Related Image:
Biologist discovers pink-winged moth in Chiracahua Mountains
(Date:5/22/2013)... omega 3 fatty acids in fish oil have long ... that the American Heart Association currently recommends eating at ... varieties rich in omega 3s. However, the mechanism behind ... new study, scientists led by Jason R. Carter of ... providing evidence that fish oil might specifically counteract the ...
(Date:5/22/2013)... endanger the whole organism, as they may lead to ... Munich now report how byproducts of respiration cause mispairing ... in our cells controls the form and function of ... this are encoded in the linear sequence of the ... cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T). Random changes ...
(Date:5/22/2013)... for prostate cancer could become as easy for men ... UC Irvine research published today in the Journal ... than a decade of work, UC Irvine chemists have ... for prostate cancer in urine, meaning that the disease ... at dramatically lower cost. The same technology could potentially ...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Fish oil may help the heart beat mental stress 2DNA damage: The dark side of respiration 2UCI chemists devise inexpensive, accurate way to detect prostate cancer 2UCI chemists devise inexpensive, accurate way to detect prostate cancer 3
... biologists, the ability to capture high-quality, three-dimensional (3D) images ... to answer problems in areas ranging from genomics to ... more detailed the information that can be drawn from ... researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have ...
... built by Cleveland researchers has reached efficiencies akin to the ... man-made lungs require - for the source of the essential ... for the 200 million lung disease sufferers worldwide, the device ... implantable artificial lung, said Joe Potkay, a research assistant professor ...
... − Famous for their sluggishness, turtles have been slow ... place on the evolutionary tree. For decades, paleontologists who ... disagreed about whether turtles are more closely related to ... from the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Bar ...
Cached Biology News:Sharper, deeper, faster 2Sharper, deeper, faster 3Artificial lung mimics real organ's design and efficiency 2Discovery places turtles next to lizards on family tree 2
(Date:5/23/2013)... , May 24, 2013 Die ... – Bei der englischen Version ... , 91 % der Teilnehmer einer groß angelegten Asthmaumfrage ... % laut GINA [*] -Definition [1] als kontrolliert ... mit Asthma generell einer von vier Denkweisen zugeordnet werden ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... May 23, 2013 Venaxis, Inc. (Nasdaq:   ... on obtaining FDA clearance and commercializing its rapid, protein ... pricing of an underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares ... 3,500,000 shares of its common stock at an exercise ... offering price of $1.25 per share and related warrant.  ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... 2013 Can economic incentives such as ... members of the public to increase their donations of ... Hopkins Carey Business School Assistant Professor Mario Macis ... a large body of recent research that supports their ... 2013, issue of Science that the World Health Organization ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... 23, 2013 Patheon Inc ., ... to the global pharmaceutical industry, will host a complimentary ... to Testing” on Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 11 ... are required to comply with regulations for cleaning validation. ... limited scientific underpinning and little evaluation of risk. ...
Breaking Biology Technology:Neue Forschungsergebnisse zeigen Verbindung zwischen suboptimaler Asthmaversorgung und Patienteneinstellungen in Europa auf 2Neue Forschungsergebnisse zeigen Verbindung zwischen suboptimaler Asthmaversorgung und Patienteneinstellungen in Europa auf 3Neue Forschungsergebnisse zeigen Verbindung zwischen suboptimaler Asthmaversorgung und Patienteneinstellungen in Europa auf 4Neue Forschungsergebnisse zeigen Verbindung zwischen suboptimaler Asthmaversorgung und Patienteneinstellungen in Europa auf 5Neue Forschungsergebnisse zeigen Verbindung zwischen suboptimaler Asthmaversorgung und Patienteneinstellungen in Europa auf 6Neue Forschungsergebnisse zeigen Verbindung zwischen suboptimaler Asthmaversorgung und Patienteneinstellungen in Europa auf 7Venaxis Announces Pricing of Offering of Common Stock and Warrants 2Venaxis Announces Pricing of Offering of Common Stock and Warrants 3Offering Economic Incentives to Attract Blood Donations Should Be Encouraged, Research Team writes in Science 2Offering Economic Incentives to Attract Blood Donations Should Be Encouraged, Research Team writes in Science 3Patheon to Present on “Cleaning Validation: Science, Risk and Novel Approaches to Testing” 2
... - Novel system is the first to use rapid, automated ... ... eGenomics, Inc., a leader in the,development of state of the ... that the United States Patent,and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued ...
... /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Huifeng Bio-,Pharmaceutical Technology, Inc (OTC Bulletin ... of plant extracts and pharmaceutical raw,materials for use ... is pleased to announce a Letter of Intent ... Xintong Medical Ltd. ("Qinba").,Under the proposed terms of ...
... Mass., Sept. 4 Hologic, Inc.,(Nasdaq: HOLX ) ... presenting at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged,Conference being ... in New,York, NY., Interested parties are invited to ... on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at 1:35 PM.,Eastern Time ...
Cached Biology Technology:eGenomics Awarded First U.S. Patent Covering Rapid DNA Sequencing Technology Platform to Control Hospital-Acquired Infections 2eGenomics Awarded First U.S. Patent Covering Rapid DNA Sequencing Technology Platform to Control Hospital-Acquired Infections 3Huifeng Bio-Pharmaceutical (HFGB) Enters into Letter of Intent with Xi'an Qinba Xintong Medical Ltd. 2Hologic to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference 2
...
...
... Complete Derivation Kit is intended for ... from delayed blastocysts in serum-free conditions. ... Clonal Grade Medium ... Incubation Medium Trypsin Solution Gelatin ...
AedestaTM Animal Organ/Tissue Perfusion Soln....
Biology Products: