the dusky antbird or tyrannine antbird ( cercomacroides tyrannina ) is a passerine bird in the antbird family .

it is a resident breeder in tropical central and south america from southeastern mexico southwards to western ecuador , and amazonian brazil .

this is a common bird in the understory thickets of wet forest , especially at edges and clearings , and in adjacent tall second growth .

the female lays two reddish-brown-spotted white eggs , which are incubated by both sexes , in a small , deep , plant fibre and dead leaf cup nest , which is suspended from the fork of a thin branch or vine low in a tree .

the male and female parents both feed the chicks .

the dusky antbird is typically 14.5 cm long , and weighs 18 g .

the adult male is mainly blackish-grey above and paler grey below , with two white wing bars .

the female has brown upperparts and rufous-cinnamon underparts .

young birds , especially males , are darker than the adults .

exact plumage shades vary geographically , since there are a number of subspecies of this antbird .

this species has a whistled kick call , and the song is a duet , the male ’s ascending whistle pu pu pe pi pi answered by the female ’s softer , jerky juu-ut juu-ut juu-ut juu-ut juu-ut .

the dusky antbird is normally found as pairs throughout the year and does not join mixed-species feeding flocks .

it feeds on insects and other arthropods taken from twigs and foliage in thickets or vine tangles .

it is easier to hear than see in its dense habitat .

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. mating system of the dusky antbird , a tropical passerine , as assessed by dna fingerprinting .
morton es , stutchbury bjm , in press . demography and reproductive success in the dusky antbird , a sedentary tropical passerine .
the relationship between years a dusky antbird territory was monitored and natural replacement rate of male and female occupants . bubble size indicates number of observations , ranging from 1 - 6 .
eugene s . morton , kim c . derrickson , bridget j . m . stutchbury ; territory switching behavior in a sedentary tropical passerine , the dusky antbird ( cercomacra tyrannina ) , behavioral ecology , volume 11 , issue 6 , 1 november 2000 , pages 648–653 , urltoken
in common with other cercomacra antbirds , the dusky antbird is predominantly gray in males with white wing markings and a white interscapular patch , whilst females are largely warm cinnamon below , with darker brown upperparts and pale rufous wing spotting . it is one of the most geographically widespread of the genus , being found across much of middle america , from southeast mexico southwards , thence across much of northern south america south as far as northern brazil . populations in northeast brazil and in central and eastern amazonia that were previously included within this species are now ascribed to the willis’s antbird ( cercomacra laeta ) . throughout its range , the dusky antbird inhabits the understory of lowland and foothill forests below 1900 m , but rarely ventures far from edges .
new territories are established rarely , even in good dusky antbird habitat . the reason may be that territory establishment is constrained by predation ( lima , 1998 ) . dusky antbirds forage in dense habitat and do not have the predator - detection advantage gained by membership in interspecific flocks ( morse , 1977 ; munn and terborgh , 1979 ; powell , 1985 ; terborgh , 1990 ) . accordingly , birds switched territories only when a mate with experience on that territory was there , as evidenced by its special courtship songs .
zimmer , k . , isler , m . l . & christie , d . a . ( 2018 ) . dusky antbird ( cercomacroides tyrannina ) . in : del hoyo , j . , elliott , a . , sargatal , j . , christie , d . a . & de juana , e . ( eds . ) . handbook of the birds of the world alive . lynx edicions , barcelona . ( retrieved from urltoken on 9 july 2018 ) .
we compared the territories birds abandoned and those moved to in several ways . because song output may be directly related to territory quality in many species ( e . g . , morton , 1986 ) , we counted the number of songs by males and females and the number of duet songs delivered during the dawn chorus on these territories during 10 mornings in february and march 1994 . dusky antbird dawnsinging lasted about 1 h , beginning about 0615 h and ending by 0730h .
we suspect that intensive study of banded populations will find that territory switching is common and that stable pairbonding in tropical species with year - round territoriality is more apparent than real . willis ( 1974 ) describes switching territories in the spotted antbird ( hylophylax naevioides ) , with females twice as likely to move as males . as with dusky antbirds , spotted antbirds moved to vacancies ; they did not defeat owners . checker - throated antwrens ( myrmotherula fulviventris ) also switch territories , with 37 % of adults , regardless of age and sex , moving to neighboring territories at least once in their lives ( greenberg and gradwohl , 1997 ) . more studies using removals are needed to document territory switching and mate replacement tactics in tropical birds .
this tropical mating system , termed “permanent monogamy” by freed ( 1987 ) , is the most prevalent but least studied mating system among birds ( mock , 1985 ) . here we report an 8 - year study of this system in a tropical passerine bird , the dusky antbird ( cercomacra tyrannina ) . pairs appear to remain together and jointly defend territories year - round ( morton and derrickson , 1996 ) . with an annual survivorship of 0 . 82 , which does not differ between genders ( morton and stutchbury , in press ) , few vacancies due to deaths would be expected ( ashmole , 1963 ; ricklefs , 1980 ) . under these conditions , floaters are expected ( smith , 1978 ) and male and female vacancies should be filled equally rapidly .
we infer that floaters are uncommon in antbirds . forty - three percent of territories ( 12 out of 28 ) remained unoccupied when their occupants disappeared naturally or due to our removal experiments ( 43 % of vacancies ) . most replacements were birds that switched territories rather than previously non - territorial birds . furthermore , during the entire 8 year study , antbird pairs disappeared from 10 territories and were not replaced . the only new territories ( n = 4 ) were established by juveniles , in pairs .
territories were not enlarged nor did their occupants change their boundaries over our 8 year study . territorial boundaries remained the same on 36 territories that were occupied continuously during the study , even with turnover of individuals occupying them . the few territories that lost both occupants ( n = 4 ) were not annexed by pairs of antbirds in adjacent territories . thus , dusky antbirds apparently do not expand territories when the opportunity to do so exists .
longevity would be enhanced if birds switched to territories better for surviving periods of low food availability . our study took place during the dry season , when insect abundance is lowest ( janzen , 1973 ; janzen and schoener , 1968 ; wolda , 1978 ) . dusky antbirds may experience food stress during the dry season months and , as evidence of this , are missing from what appears to be excellent habitat on the drier parts of the pacific coast of panama only 15 km from our study site . territory switches clearly were related to food resources in lesser sheathbills ( chionis minor ) ( bried and jouventin , 1998 ) . the reasons for such switches are less obvious in dusky antbirds . perhaps birds are able to judge , through their own foraging success on their current territories , how much of a gamble it would be to switch to another territory when a vacancy arises ?
we captured , measured , and colorbanded dusky antbirds occupying from 14 , at the start of the project in 1991 , to 50 territories in 1996 . we captured pairs in a single mist net set up over a speaker playing back pair duets ( see morton and derrickson , 1996 ) . once one or both adults on a territory were banded , that territory was visited each year 10 - 30 times and replacement individuals captured and colorbanded . demographic data are presented elsewhere ( morton and stutchbury , 2000 ) .
males and females differ in plumage and song , produced in duets or separately ( morton and derrickson , 1996 ) . males weigh 16 . 0 g ( n = 18 ) and females 15 . 2 g ( n = 11 ) . males retain a female - like plumage ( brownish rusty - orange below , olive - brown above ) until one year of age , when they attain the dark grayish adult male coloration . during this juvenal plumage , males can be identified in the field by their use of the male song . eye color allows aging of both genders up to 3 years of age ( morton and stutchbury , 2000 ) . dusky antbirds neither join in mixed species flocks nor regularly pursue prey displaced by army ants ( willis , 1985 ) . they defend territories vigorously at all times of year ( morton and derrickson , 1996 ) . special gender - specific courtship songs function to attract a new mate ( morton , 1996 ) . dusky antbirds are socially and genetically monogamous ( fleischer et al . , 1997 ) .
in a population of dusky antbirds ( cercomacra tyrannina ) , less aggressive responses to distance - degraded playbacks than to undegraded playbacks of pair duets show that this tropical suboscine passerine uses sound degradation to range distance from singing conspecifics . this is the first example of song - ranging in a species that does not learn songs , supporting the hypothesis that ranging preceded the song learning that occurs in more recently evolved passerine birds ( oscines ) . both sexes sing and are able to use song degradation to range distance from singers when their sex - specific song is played back .
dusky antbirds are members of the suboscine passerine family thamnophilidae , a species - rich neotropical group ( sibley and monroe , 1990 ) . pairs defend territories year - round in brushy forest edge habitat where they forage 0 . 5 - 10 m up in vines , and vine - covered tree branches , shrubs , and grass . nests are small ( ca 23 cm long ) bags made of black rhizomorphs ( fungal “horsehair” ) , suspended 1 - 4 m above the ground from the end of vertical vines or bamboo shoots ( chusquea spp . ) , always well - shaded and isolated from surrounding vegetation ( and climbing predators ) by 1 - 2 m . these nest site requirements are not uncommon but are fulfilled only by shade produced by forest trees , and not the shrubs and grass used for foraging . dusky antbirds , therefore , are restricted to forest edge and gap habitat ( williams - linera , 1990 ) . birds glean invertebrates from bark and leaf surfaces , hopping along branches and making quick dashes or brief hovers , and also poke into , and tap with their beaks , curled leaves or dead leaves caught in vines .
our study took place during 1991 - 1998 in central panama in the parque nacional soberania near gamboa along the pipeline road and in gamboa . the region is covered with mesic tropical forest and has abundant forest edge habitat used by dusky antbirds . there are distinct wet ( may—december ) and dry ( january—april ) seasons . we logged 16 . 7 dry season months and 4 . 8 wet season months in the field during these years . we studied breeding season behavior in the early rainy season , may—july in 1994 and 1995 ( see fleischer et al . , 1997 ) . data presented here were obtained mostly in the dry season , when the birds do not breed .
these data suggest that dusky antbirds are not limited by availability of territories . the data do not support the ashmole / ricklefs hypothesis that low adult mortality could influence reproductive rate through a density - dependent effect on food supply ( ricklefs , 2000 ) . while population size may be stable ( greenberg and gradwohl , 1986 ) this does not necessarily mean recruitment opportunities are low because carrying capacity has been reached ( ashmole , 1963 ; cody , 1971 ; ricklefs , 1980 ; slagsvold , 1980 ) . adult survivorship was high ( 82 % ) but the likelihood that a pair raised young to independence averaged only 8 % per year in our population ( morton and stutchbury , in press ) . high quality territories , however , may be limited and most birds switch to get higher quality territories that enhance longevity .
we studied territory acquisition and the stability of pair bonds by conducting removal experiments and tracking a colorbanded population of dusky antbirds . we determined that territory and mate switching is common and examined a series of questions concerning the evolution of territory switching . do replacement mates come from a non - territorial floater population or do territory owners abandon current territories and mates to become replacement mates ? does one gender leave territories more than the other does ? what qualities of territories make them attractive or unattractive to potential replacement birds ? are territories limited ? do territory boundaries change when replacement or removal occurs , how long does it take for a removed bird to be replaced and are there gender difference in the likelihood of being replaced ? we discuss these questions in relation to the evolution of territory switching as a potentially widespread life history trait in tropical birds .
a tropical / temperate difference concerned the frequency of removed owners regaining their territories from replacements . temperate zone removals show that the probability that replacements will defeat the former resident increases with replacement time ( beletsky , 1996 ; krebs , 1982 ) . this is often a matter of only a day or two . these territories are used only for breeding . in contrast , dusky antbirds regained their yearlong territories regardless of replacement time up to 10 days , even though replacements fought longer after they occupied a territory more than 48 h ( figure 2 ) . perhaps released owners won because replacements could , and did , return to the territory they emigrated from and oust their replacements , if any . removed residents , in contrast , did not have such an alternative to move to . the released owners ' motivation to fight may have been higher than their replacements ' motivation due to this asymmetry .
demographic data from an 8 - year study of a marked population showed that switching territories and mates is common in both genders of dusky antbirds ( cercomacra tyrannina ) , a sedentary neotropical passerine with year - round territories and pairbonds . we conducted 22 experimental removals and followed six natural disappearances to examine territory switching . antbirds quickly abandoned territories and mates to move to openings created by experimental removals . pairing with the resident on a new territory was rapid . unmated birds attracted new mates by singing a gender - specific song that differed from songs given by mated birds . there were no gender differences in replacement time or rate . some vacancies , experimental and natural , were not filled , suggesting that floaters were rare . territory and mate switching were not related to immediate enhancement of reproductive success because the probability of reproducing successfully was equally poor on all territories . territory switching may be an overlooked but common tropical form of territoriality that increases individual survivorship during periods of low food abundance ( dry season ) . we suggest that switching is favored when low annual reproductive success enhances selection for a long lifespan as the primary means to increase reproductive success .
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justification : this species has an extremely large range , and hence does not approach the thresholds for vulnerable under the range size criterion ( extent of occurrence < 20 , 000 km 2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size , habitat extent / quality , or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation ) . the population trend appears to be stable , and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for vulnerable under the population trend criterion ( > 30 % decline over ten years or three generations ) . the population size is very large , and hence does not approach the thresholds for vulnerable under the population size criterion ( < 10 , 000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be > 10 % in ten years or three generations , or with a specified population structure ) . for these reasons the species is evaluated as least concern .
partners in flight ( a . panjabi in litt . 2008 ) trend justification : this species has the ability to persist in secondary habitats ( del hoyo et al . 2003 ) and its population is suspected to be stable .
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) , in neotropical birds online ( t . s . schulenberg , editor ) . cornell lab of ornithology , ithaca , ny , usa . retrieved from neotropical birds online :
two individuals heard at dawn chorus on forest edge of premontane forest . many backgorund species , the vocalization of this species is the frecuent
ju - ut jut - ut jut - ut jut - ut
. cut was extracted of a longer cut of a dawn chorus on forest edge . recording distance was probably 10 meters .
female singing and foraging about 3 m from me . recording was normalized to - 3 db .
a male and a female calling back and forth with another male . i was about 3 m from the pair and about 6 m from the individual male . these are the same males as in xc372769 . recording starts with churring from the pair , then the male singing his clicky , 2 - element song ( e . g . , 0 : 22 ) , joined by the female with her clear , 1 - element song ( e . g . , 0 : 24 ) .
two males calling back and forth . i was about 3 m from one and about 6 m from the other .
hormiguero no observado entre arbustos , borde de bosque tropical húmedo en piedemonte amazónico de cordillera andina oriental colombiana . inicialmente una grabación misteriosa identificada por diego calderón .
on riverside trail . seen , but not especially well . flew out and calling in response to playback .
humid lowland rainforest . reference : jn4 . krabbe & nilsson ( 2003 ) ( isbn 90 - 75838 - 06 - 9 ) .
humid lowland rainforest . reference : jn2 . krabbe & nilsson ( 2003 ) ( isbn 90 - 75838 - 06 - 9 ) .
humid secondary forest . reference : jn1 . krabbe & nilsson ( 2003 ) ( isbn 90 - 75838 - 06 - 9 ) .
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until recently treated as conspecific with c . laeta , and also included c . parkeri as a highland population . recent comprehensive molecular study # r indicates it is closest to c . serva . at least some of plumage differences on which races were based appear due to clinal variation ; analysis of other parameters required in order to define geographical populations more accurately , so ranges listed are provisional . vocal differences between populations of middle america plus magdalena valley ( colombia ) and other taxa / populations in south america merit investigation # r . proposed race rufiventris ( e panama ) included in nominate , based on study of plumage variation . four subspecies recognized .
( bangs , 1901 ) – se mexico ( se veracruz , ne oaxaca and n chiapas e to s quintana roo ) , belize , guatemala and honduras ( caribbean slope ) s to w panama ( w & c chiriquí , bocas del toro , nw veraguas ) .
( p . l . sclater , 1855 ) – c & e panama ( e from e chiriquí , w colón and ne coclé ) , colombia ( pacific slope , lower cauca and magdalena valleys , and e of andes s to r caquetá ) , w ecuador ( s to s guayas , one record in el oro ) , s venezuela ( nw bolívar , amazonas ) and extreme nw brazil ( n amazonas w of lower r negro , s to r japurá ) .
( todd , 1927 ) – nw venezuela ( s zulia s to táchira , w andes n to mérida and e andes n to r guanaré , portuguesa ) and e slope of andes in n colombia ( casanare ) .
( c . chubb , 1918 ) – venezuela ( s & e bolívar ) , the guianas and ne amazonian brazil ( roraima and from e of lower r negro e to amapá ) .
13·5–14·5 cm ; 15–19 g . male nominate race is slate - coloured above , wings and tail somewhat darker , interscapular patch white , wing - coverts and outer rectrices . . .
male loudsong typically a series of relatively short notes at even pitch and pace except for lower - . . .
thick understorey of lowland and foothill evergreen forest at edges of clearings , stream edges , . . .
feeds on variety of insects , including beetles ( coleoptera ) , lepidopteran larvae , wasps ( hymenoptera ) , hemipterans , homopterans , . . .
feb–oct in costa rica and panama and aug–nov in amazonian brazil ; additional nest and egg descriptions from nicaragua and . . .
not globally threatened . fairly common to common throughout its extensive range . regions inhabited by this species encompass numerous protected parks and reserves . its . . .
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recent phylogenetic studies # r # r # r have led to internal clarification of family and its division into two subfamilies , thamnophilinae and myrmornithinae ; subsequent work has erected a third , euchrepomidinae ( see below , euchrepomis ) .
recent phylogenetic studies # r # r # r have led to distribution of taxa included herein into five tribes , microrhopiini , formicivorini , thamnophilini , pithyini and pyriglenini .
recently split from cercomacra # r on basis of comprehensive molecular study # r . genus is feminine due to original usage by describers # r .
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combined with a declining or fluctuating range size , habitat extent / quality , or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation ) . the population trend appears to be stable , and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for vulnerable under the population trend criterion ( > 30 % decline over ten years or three generations ) . the population size is very large , and hence does not approach the thresholds for vulnerable under the population size criterion ( < 10 , 000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be > 10 % in ten years or three generations , or with a specified population structure ) . for these reasons the species is evaluated as least concern .
recommended citation birdlife international ( 2018 ) species factsheet : cercomacroides tyrannina . downloaded from urltoken on 09 / 07 / 2018 . recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species : birdlife international ( 2018 ) iucn red list for birds . downloaded from urltoken on 09 / 07 / 2018 .
morton , e . & derrickson , k . behav ecol sociobiol ( 1996 ) 39 : 195 . urltoken
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year - round territoriality with permanent pairbonds is a common breeding system of tropical passerines but is nearly absent in temperate passerines . many insectivorous tropical birds , 65 % of passerine species in panama ( morton , 1980 ) , for example , have longstanding , nearly unchanging , territory boundaries and low turnover in adults . the stability ( greenberg and gradwohl , 1986 , 1997 ) that these characteristics provide to neighborhoods of conspecifics is unknown in temperate birds .
few studies have examined pair stability in tropical birds , where the constraints on mate choice and territory switching are vastly different than for long - distance migrants that breed in the temperate zone . freed ( 1987 ) documented long - term pairbonds , generally for life , in tropical house wrens ( troglodytes aedon ) . he showed that these long - term pairbonds result from constraints rather than any direct reproductive advantages . furthermore , removal experiments have rarely been done in tropical birds ( e . g . , levin , 1996 ; morton , 1977 ) . removals in temperate zone studies generally show that floaters ( previously non - territorial ) replace removed individuals ( e . g . , smith , 1987 ; zack and stutchbury , 1992 ) . often replacement birds are of younger age or lower quality ( hogstad , 1989 ; mönkkönen , 1990 ; sherry and holmes , 1989 ) . beletsky ( 1996 ) summarizes extensive removal experiments in redwinged blackbirds ( agelaius phoeniceus ) designed to study territorial acquisition and retention .
from 1991 to 1995 we removed 12 male and 10 female antbirds from their territories . we always left one member of the pair on the territory from which a removal was made . also , we observed natural disappearances of two females and four males from their territories . birds were captured in mist nets and transported in paper bags to holding cages . they were provided with mealworms and water ad libitum and kept individually in small ( 46 × 46 × 46 cm ) hardware cloth cages covered with plastic camouflage mesh , to mimic a dense vine habitat , and kept in a room with ambient light and temperature for from 12 to 216 h . birds were weighed when captured and when released back on their territories . this procedure worked well for this species , which has never before been kept in captivity , and we lost no individuals .
the removal experiments provided us the opportunity to monitor replacement behavior . we monitored the territory for replacement birds for the first 2 h after a removal and thereafter every 2 to 4 h . the bird still on the territory began singing a distinctive “courtship” song within 5 min of the removal ( morton , 1996 ) . we used the presence of this courtship song to determine whether a replacement mate had arrived . the occurrence of duets indicated a replacement was consorting with the bird remaining on the territory . we played back duet songs to draw birds within view to either confirm the absence of replacements or to check for colorbands on replacements ( morton and derrickson , 1996 ) . we called new birds on the territory “replacements” when they were the same gender as the removed bird and when they sang duets with , and remained close to , the mates of the removed birds .
the original territory owner was released on the territory after a replacement had settled . replacement time refers to the number of h between a replacement ' s arrival and the owner ' s release whereas “time to be replaced” is the number of h between the owner ' s removal and the arrival of a replacement . after one observer had the replacement in view , birds held in captivity were released back on their territories at the point of capture . a second observer monitored the released bird and recorded observations on the movements and behavior of the birds until one bird left the territory .
natural disappearances were ascertained by the appearance of the courtship song and confirmed when only single , formerly paired birds , responded to duet playbacks . these territories were monitored 3 - 4 times per week for replacements .
we also measured territory area and estimated the amount of foraging substrate it contained . to measure territorial boundaries , we mapped the singing and foraging locations of pairs . we also used playbacks to elicit territorial defense movements , noting where pairs stopped advancing towards the playback speaker . foraging substrate volume for each territory was estimated as the number of m 3 of vines , shrubs , grass , and vine - covered tree branches from 0 . 5 to 10 m above the ground at the edge of the forest ( williams - linera , 1990 ) .
males and females were replaced with equal frequency and as rapidly . of 16 males ( 12 removed and four natural disappearances ) , nine were replaced and seven were never replaced . of 12 females ( 10 removed and two natural disappearances ) , five were replaced and seven were never replaced . this difference was not significant ( fisher ' s exact test , χ 2 = 1 . 266 , p < . 44 ) . neither was there a gender difference in the time between removal of owners and arrival of replacements , comparing only owners that were replaced ( mann - whitney u test , u = 17 . 5 , p = . 71 ) . for nine males replacement took 9 . 6 ± 2 . 90 ( se ) h and for five females replacement took 12 . 6 ± 3 . 03 h ( figure 1 ) .
cumulative frequency plot of time to be replaced for males ( n = 9 , circles ) and females ( n = 5 , squares ) experimentally removed from territories .
most replacements were colorbanded birds ( six of nine males and three of five female replacements ) that left territories and mates to replace removed birds . the unbanded replacement birds also may have been territory - holders , rather than floaters , because all were in adult plumage . furthermore , 43 % ( 12 of 28 ) of the vacancies created by this territory switching remained unfilled , suggesting that floaters were rare .
owners won back their territories regardless of when we removed them or the tenure of their replacements , with one exception . one male , after 48 h off territory , was unable to regain his territory from a replacement , which had been on the territory for 47 h . instead , he moved to his replacement ' s former territory , which was adjacent to his original territory . he had lost 2 . 9 g in captivity , 18 % of his weight at capture . this weight loss , the greatest experienced by any removed bird , was caused by unusually stressful housing ( due to circumstances beyond our control ) .
when birds were removed for 48 h or less , little fighting occurred between the released owner and the replacement . the released owner threatened the replacement by exposing a white backspot ( see morton and derrickson , 1996 ) , and replacements fled . some chases occurred , but no fights . after longer periods of residency , replacements confronted released owners and fought . birds grappled and fell , fighting , to the ground , where we could see and hear them flapping and pecking one another in the leaf litter . we never observed such fights to occur naturally . the duration of chasing and fighting between the released owner and the replacement depended on the tenure of the replacement birds on the territory ( figure 2 ; anova , f 1 , 11 = 4 . 315 , p = . 06 ) . one female / female confrontation lasted for 120 min despite a relatively short tenure by the replacement ( figure 2 ) . if this outlier is removed , the relationship between fight duration and tenure becomes highly significant ( f 1 , 10 = 30 . 253 , p = . 0003 ) .
duration of fights between replacement and released owner in relation to time replacement was on territory during owner ' s absence . one male was omitted because he did not regain his territory from the replacement . males , circles ; females , squares .
how common is mate and territory switching under natural conditions on unmanipulated territories ? as our data are based on annual surveys and not continuous monitoring , they are minimum estimates of turnover rates . also , we can not differentiate between death and emigration of occupants in many cases . overall , we monitored 35 male changes on 32 territories for 143 territory - years ( 0 . 25 terr yr - 1 ) and 21 female changes on 24 territories for 93 territory - years ( 0 . 23 terr yr - 1 ) . the difference in sample sizes is due to the fact that we were unable to capture females on some territories , despite repeated attempts , because males respond to song playbacks more quickly than females , often hitting the mist net first ( morton and derrickson , 1996 ) .
a bird may disappear from a territory because it died or because it emigrated . we estimated the rate of disappearance due to emigration alone by comparing the number of occupant disappearances with number of birds that were known to have emigrated because they were found living on another territory . in 16 adjacent territories , where nearly all birds were banded , 34 birds disappeared during 8 years . sixteen of these birds ( 47 % ) were later found to be living on another territory . this ( 0 . 27 terr - 1 yr - 1 ) is a minimal estimate of disappearance due to emigration because birds that moved out of the study area would be missed . we conclude that territory switches , or emigration , occurs commonly under natural conditions .
the replacement rate varied greatly among territories ( figure 3 ) . some territories had no changes for many years whereas others approached one change in occupant per year . there was a significant correlation between male and female replacement rates on territories ( r s = 0 . 47 , p = . 04 , n = 13 ) monitored from 3 - 6 years . this suggests that males and females valued territories in the same way , and left or remained with equal likelihood when an opening occurred . pair - members moved independently of one another . on only one occasion did we document a pair of birds moving together to a new territory . this move was to an adjacent territory where both male and female owners had disappeared . when their replacements on their former territory were removed they remained on their new territory , suggesting that their move was voluntary .
some individuals lived on the same territory for many years , suggesting they valued these territories highly . did these territories increase longevity ? to examine this question , we looked at the age of the mates of birds that did not emigrate . our expectation was that , if the territory was of high quality ( in terms of survival ) , their mates should also remain on the territory and live longer than average . there is no gender difference in survival so we compared longevity in these mates with longevity in the general population . the mean lifespan of these mates was 5 . 9 years ± 0 . 404 ( se ) ( n = 7 ) whereas the mean lifespan of the general population was 4 . 9 years± 0 . 259 ( n = 49 ) . although in the direction predicted , this difference was not significant ( mann - whitney u test , u = 111 . 5 , p = . 14 ) .
territories that were immigrated to tended to have more foraging substrate volume , but not necessarily more total area , than the territories from which the same birds emigrated ( table 1 ) . no birds voluntarily moved to territories with less area or foraging substrate than their prior territory .
we focused attention on song output at three sites containing favored ( removed birds replaced ) and not favored ( removed birds not replaced ) adjacent territories ( table 2 ) . there was no clear difference in song output on favored and unfavored territories ( wilcoxon , n = 6 , z = 0 . 52 , p = . 60 for males ; n = 6 , z = 0 . 11 , p = . 91 for females ) .
two territories were abandoned by antbirds when they were reduced . on one , ≈ 30 % of the habitat was bulldozed , and on the other after underbrush was cleared . a pair of antbirds resettled in the first territory , which was vacant from january , 1992 , until march , 1993 , after the vegetation recovered ; the second was not reoccupied .
our results describe a mating system in which the individuals are always paired but readily abandon a territory to move to a better one . on some territories , birds left at the rate of one per two years ( figure 3 ) . the territory switching system is characterized by gender equality , with both males and females capable of defending territories alone after mate desertion and attracting mates . males and females were equally likely to leave territories and mates and did so independently , not as pairs . thus mate abandonment is an important aspect of territory switching and , as a consequence , the evolution of cooperation between pair members is unlikely because the benefits of switching must be greater than those attained by maintaining long - term pairbonds . indeed , we found no evidence of pair cooperation in territorial defense ( morton and derrickson , 1996 ; see also freed , 1987 ) .
birds cannot leave their current territories to assess other territories by exploring them ( morton and derrickson , 1996 ) . nonetheless , birds appeared to switch to territories that had more foraging substrate though not always to larger ones ( table 1 ) . we found no support for the idea that song output during the dawn chorus might affect decisions to switch ( table 2 ) .
further work on territory switching should focus on other factors . we do not know if the quality of a mate affects territory switching . some pairs remained together on the same territory for long periods of time , even when experimental removals provided opportunities to switch , whereas other pairs broke up often . reproductive success , however , was so low ( 8 % per year ) that no territory had more than one successful nest and many had no reproductive success during the 8 years of the study ( morton and stutchbury , in press ) . switching territories did not enhance annual reproductive success . territory switching may evolve when successful reproduction occurs rarely in an individual ' s lifetime . under this condition , selection favors a long reproductive lifespan as the primary means to achieve any reproductive success .
we thank ron ydenberg and two anonymous referees for helpful comments on the manuscript and the smithsonian tropical research institute for logistical support in panama . students from the ontario field course program helped gather song data . stan and pat rand graciously made us feel at home and provided transporation over the years in panama . research was conducted under permits issued by the instituto nacional recursos naturales renovables ( now unam ) . research was supported by grants from the smithsonian institution scholarly studies program , friends of the national zoo , and the natural sciences and engineering research council of canada .
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blastobasis millicentae is a moth in the family blastobasidae .

it is found in south-eastern kenya and south africa .

the habitat consists of coastal lowlands .

the length of the forewings is 4.1 – 4.5 mm .

the forewings are pale brown on the basal two-thirds and brown intermixed brown scales tipped with white and pale brown scales on the distal one-third .

the hindwings are pale brown .

the larvae feed on hirtella zanzibarica .

blastobasis millicentae

blastobasis millicentae adamski , 2010 ; smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 15 ; tl : verulam
v i • s m i t h s o n i a n c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o z o o l o g y figures 28–30 . female genitalia of blastobasis acirfa , b . aynekiella , and b . determinata 53 figures 31–34 . female genitalia of blastobasis glauconotata , b . industria , holcocera irroratella , and b . byrsodepta 54 figures 35–37 . female genitalia of blastobasis catappaella , b . chuka , and b . mpala 55 figures 38–49 . adults of blastobasis millicentae , b . industria , b . eridryas , b . determinata , holcocera extensa , b . indigesta , b . chuka , b . egens , b . glauconotata , b . byrsodepta , h . irroratella , and b . elgonae 57 figures 50–58 . adults of blastobasis taricheuta , calosima arguta , b . trachilista , neoblastobasis ximeniaella , n . wangithiae , b . mpala , b . aynekiella , b . acirfa , and n . laikipiae 58 figures 59–62 . adults of blastobasis catappaella , b . kenya , b . fatigata , and neoblastobasis perisella 59
1 6 • s m i t h s o n i a n c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o z o o l o g y map 5 . distribution of blastobasis millicentae . palpus white intermixed with brown , inner surface white . scape of antennae brownish gray intermixed with white , flagellum pale gray ; first flagellomere of male basally dilated laterally , forming a notchlike concavity . proboscis white . thorax : tegula and mesonotum with brown scales tipped with white . legs with brown scales tipped with white and a white band on apices of all segments and tarsomeres . forewing ( figure 38 ) length 4 . 1–4 . 5 mm ( n = 2 ) , pale brown on basal 2 / 3 intermixed with a few brown
blastobasis anachasta meyrick , 1931 ; exotic microlep . 4 ( 15 ) : 467
blastobasis indigesta meyrick , 1931 ; exotic microlep . 4 ( 6 ) : 177
blastobasis roscidella magna amsel , 1952 ; fragm . ent . roma 1 : 130
blastobasis sprotundalis park , 1984 ; korean j . plant prot . 23 : 57
blastobasis ergastulella zeller , 1877 ; horae soc . ent . ross . 13 : 440
blastobasis pannonica ; sumpich & skyva , 2012 , nota lepid . 35 ( 2 ) : 166
blastobasis eridryas meyrick , 1932 ; trans . ent . soc . lond . 80 ( 1 ) : 114
blastobasis parki sinev , 1986 ; trudy zool . inst . leningr . 145 : ( 53 - 71 )
blastobasis commendata meyrick , 1922 ; exotic microlep . 2 ( 17 ) : 539 ; tl : brazil , parintins
blastobasis crypsimorpha meyrick , 1922 ; exotic microlep . 2 ( 17 ) : 538 ; tl : punjab , murree
blastobasis inderskella caradja , 1920 ; dt . ent . z . iris 34 ( 1 / 2 ) : 122
blastobasis lavernella walsingham , 1894 ; trans . ent . soc . lond . 1894 : 547 ; tl : madeira
blastobasis syrmatodes meyrick , 1922 ; exotic microlep . 2 ( 17 ) : 538 ; tl : assam , shillong
blastobasis taurusella adamski , 2004 ; holarctic lepid . 7 ( 2 ) : 51 ; tl : texas , brownsville
blastobasis aequivoca meyrick , 1922 ; exotic microlep . 2 ( 17 ) : 540 ; tl : british guiana , georgetown
blastobasis bassii karsholt & sinev , 2004 ; beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 395 ; tl : madeira
blastobasis crassifica meyrick , 1916 ; exot . microlep . 1 ( 19 ) : 595 ; tl : ceylon , madulsima
blastobasis fatigata meyrick , 1914 ; ann . transv . mus . 4 ( 4 ) : 195 ; tl : pretoria
blastobasis industria meyrick , 1913 ; ann . transv . mus . 3 ( 4 ) : 314 ; tl : barberton
blastobasis laurisilvae karsholt & sinev , 2004 ; beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 424 ; tl : madeira
blastobasis luteella karsholt & sinev , 2004 ; beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 401 ; tl : madeira
blastobasis rebeli karsholt & sinev , 2004 ; beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 427 ; tl : madeira
blastobasis rubiginosella rebel , 1896 ; ann . mus . wien 11 : 130 , pl . 3 , f . 12
blastobasis serradaguae karsholt & sinev , 2004 ; beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 431 ; tl : madeira
blastobasis splendens karsholt & sinev , 2004 ; beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 426 ; tl : madeira
blastobasis subdivisus karsholt & sinev , 2004 ; beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 435 ; tl : madeira
blastobasis virgatella karsholt & sinev , 2004 ; beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 420 ; tl : madeira
blastobasis walsinghami karsholt & sinev , 2004 ; beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 414 ; tl : madeira
blastobasis wolffi karsholt & sinev , 2004 ; beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 415 ; tl : madeira
blastobasis wollastoni karsholt & sinev , 2004 ; beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 430 ; tl : madeira
blastobasis adustella ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 421 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis candidata meyrick , 1922 ; exotic microlep . 2 ( 17 ) : 539 ; tl : peru , lima , 500ft
blastobasis cophodes meyrick , 1918 ; exotic microlep . 2 ( 5 ) : 158 ; tl : peru , lima , 500ft
blastobasis insularis ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 438 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis lutiflua meyrick , 1922 ; exotic microlep . 2 ( 17 ) : 539 ; tl : punjab , murree , 7500ft
blastobasis ochrobathra meyrick , 1921 ; exotic microlep . 2 ( 15 ) : 463 ; tl : british guiana , golden grove
blastobasis sardinica sumpich , 2012 ; ent . zs . 122 ( 5 ) : 229 ; tl : sardinia , témpio 1200m
blastobasis spiniella park , 2000 ; korean j . biol . sci . 4 ( 3 ) : ( 245 - 250 )
blastobasis transcripta meyrick , 1918 ; exotic microlep . 2 ( 5 ) : 158 ; tl : kumaon , almora , 6000ft
blastobasis mesomochla turner , 1947 ; proc . r . soc . qd 57 : 69 ; tl : south australia , adelaide
blastobasis aphilodes meyrick , 1918 ; exotic microlep . 2 ( 5 ) : 159 ; tl : colombia , la crumbre , 6600ft
blastobasis determinata meyrick , 1921 ; ann . transv . mus . 8 ( 2 ) : 116 ; tl : tranvaal , moorddrift
blastobasis gracilis walsingham , 1897 ; proc . zool . soc . lond . 1897 : 93 ; tl : west indies , grenada
blastobasis incuriosa meyrick , 1916 ; exot . microlep . 1 ( 19 ) : 597 ; tl : new south wales , sydney
blastobasis leucogona zeller , 1877 ; horae soc . ent . ross . 13 : 434 , pl . 6 , f . 152
= blastobasis marmosella ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 419 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis pallescens turner , 1947 ; proc . r . soc . qd 57 : 68 ; tl : n . queensland , kuranda
blastobasis pentasticta turner , 1947 ; proc . r . soc . qd 57 : 70 ; tl : new south wales , sydney
blastobasis phaeopasta turner , 1947 ; proc . r . soc . qd 57 : 70 ; tl : n . queensland , mackay
blastobasis scotia turner , 1947 ; proc . r . soc . qd 57 : 68 ; tl : n . queensland , townsville
blastobasis semilutea meyrick , 1916 ; exot . microlep . 1 ( 19 ) : 596 ; tl : s . india , coimbatore
blastobasis trachelista meyrick , 1921 ; ann . transv . mus . 8 ( 2 ) : 117 ; tl : rhodesia , umtali
blastobasis albidella rebel , 1928 ; verh . zool . - bot . ges . wien 78 ( s . b . ) : 85
blastobasis anthoptera lower , 1907 ; trans . proc . r . soc . aust . 31 : 118 ; tl : townsville , queensland
blastobasis byrsodepta meyrick , 1913 ; ann . transv . mus . 3 ( 4 ) : 314 ; tl : waterval onder , barberton
blastobasis lecaniella busck , 1913 ; ins . inscit . menstr . 1 ( 7 ) : 89 ; tl : nonpareil , british guiana
blastobasis monozona lower , 1907 ; trans . proc . r . soc . aust . 31 : 118 ; tl : n . queensland
blastobasis tanyptera turner , 1947 ; proc . r . soc . qd 57 : 68 ; tl : n . queensland , lake barrine
blastobasis argillacea walsingham , 1897 ; proc . zool . soc . lond . 1897 : 91 ; tl : west indies , st . croix
blastobasis dyssema turner , 1918 ; trans . r . soc . s . aust . 42 : 281 ; tl : lord howe i .
blastobasis episema turner , 1918 ; trans . r . soc . s . aust . 42 : 281 ; tl : lord howe i .
blastobasis grenadensis walsingham , 1897 ; proc . zool . soc . lond . 1897 : 92 ; tl : west indies , dominica ; grenada
blastobasis legrandi adamski , 1995 ; proc . ent . soc . wash . 97 ( 3 ) : 490 ; tl : seychelles , mahé
blastobasis subolivacea walsingham , 1897 ; proc . zool . soc . lond . 1897 : 92 ; tl : west indies , st . thomas
blastobasis triangularis walsingham , 1897 ; proc . zool . soc . lond . 1897 : 93 ; tl : west indies , st . thomas
blastobasis celaenephes turner , 1947 ; proc . r . soc . qd 57 : 69 ; tl : queensland , mcpherson range ( 4000ft )
blastobasis intrepida meyrick , 1911 ; trans . linn . soc . lond . ( 2 ) 14 : 287 ; tl : mahé , cascade estate
blastobasis taricheuta meyrick , 1909 ; ann . s . afr . mus . 5 ( 7 ) : 372 ; tl : cape colony , capetown
blastobasis centralasiae sinev , 2007 ; ent . obozr . 86 ( 4 ) : ( 883 - 894 ) , 1068 ; tl : kirgizia , osh
blastobasis confamulella ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ] ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 718
blastobasis confectella ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ] ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 719
blastobasis decolorella ; [ nhm card ] ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 400 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis desertarum ; [ nhm card ] ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 392 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis divisus ; [ nhm card ] ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 434 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis floridella ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 719 ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ]
blastobasis glandulella ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ] ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 719
blastobasis helleri rebel , 1910 ; ann . mus . wien . 24 ( 3 - 4 ) : 356 , pl . 12 , f . 5
blastobasis lacticolella ; [ nhm card ] ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 404 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis lavernella ; [ nhm card ] ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 398 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis marmorosella ; [ nhm card ] ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 418 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis maroccanella ; [ nhm card ] ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 411 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis nephelias meyrick , 1902 ; trans . r . soc . s . aust . 26 : 170 ; tl : perth and albany , west australia
blastobasis nigromaculata ; [ nhm card ] ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 428 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis nothrotes ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 720 ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ]
blastobasis ochreopalpella ; [ nhm card ] ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 417 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis pica ; [ nhm card ] ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 437 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis pulchella ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 720 ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ]
blastobasis quaintancella ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 720 ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ]
blastobasis repartella ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 721 ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ]
blastobasis retectella ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 721 ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ]
blastobasis salebrosella ; [ nhm card ] ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 425 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis vittata ; [ nhm card ] ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 408 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis balucis adamski , 2013 ; zootaxa 3618 ( 1 ) : 27 ; tl : est la casona , 1520m , res . biol monteverde , costa rica
blastobasis eridryas ; adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 33 ; [ afromoths ]
blastobasis yuccaecolella dietz , 1910 ; trans . am . ent . soc . 36 : 7 , pl . 1 , f . 3 ; tl : texas
holotype ♂ , cotype no . 798 of blastobasis egens meyrick , genitalia slide adamski 4739 , tmsa ; paratype 1♂ , genitalia slide adamski 4910 , nmk .
blastobasis acarta ; [ nhm card ] ; adamski , 1995 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 97 ( 3 ) : 493 ; [ afromoths ]
blastobasis intrepida ; [ nhm card ] ; adamski , 1995 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 97 ( 3 ) : 497 ; [ afromoths ]
blastobasis molinda meyrick , 1925 ; exot . microlep . 3 ( 5 - 7 ) : 145 ; tl : india , u . p . , dehra dun
blastobasis ochromorpha meyrick , 1925 ; exot . microlep . 3 ( 5 - 7 ) : 145 ; tl : india , u . p . , dehra dun
blastobasis phycidella ; [ nhm card ] ; sinev , 2007 , ent . obozr . 86 ( 4 ) : ( 883 - 894 ) ; [ fe ]
blastobasis trachilista [ sic , recte trachelista ] ; adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 37
blastobasis atmosema meyrick , 1930 ; ann . naturhist . mus . wien 44 : 230 , pl . 1 , f . 3 ; tl : taperinha , para , brazil
blastobasis echus adamski , 2013 ; zootaxa 3618 ( 1 ) : 50 ; tl : fca cafrosa , est . las melliza , p n amistad , 1300m , costa rica
blastobasis pacalis meyrick , 1922 ; exotic microlep . 2 ( 17 ) : 539 ; tl : brazil , para ; peru , iquitos , jurimaguas ; british guiana , bartica
blastobasis ponticella sinev , 2007 ; ent . obozr . 86 ( 4 ) : ( 883 - 894 ) , 1066 ; tl : georgia , lagodekshskii nat . res .
blastobasis acirfa adamski , 2010 ; smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 20 ; tl : kenya , kakamega forest , 0°13 . 66 ' n , 34°53 . 12 ' e
blastobasis aynekiella adamski , 2010 ; smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 23 ; tl : kenya , kakamega forest , 0°14 . 16 ' n , 34°51 . 82 ' e
blastobasis chuka adamski , 2010 ; smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 29 ; tl : chuka forest , 0°21 . 06 ' s , 37°35 . 80 ' e , 1600m
blastobasis curta meyrick , 1916 ; exot . microlep . 1 ( 19 ) : 596 ; tl : kanara , ganesh gudi and belke ; s . india , nilgiris , 3500ft
blastobasis drymosa adamski & li , 2010 ; shilap revta . lepid . 38 ( 151 ) : 345 ; tl : beijing , heiden - chui , jiu - feng forest park
blastobasis mpala adamski , 2010 ; smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 34 ; tl : kenya , laikipia plateau , mpala research centre , 0 . 293°n , 36 . 899°e
blastobasis sinica adamski & li , 2010 ; shilap revta . lepid . 38 ( 151 ) : 344 ; tl : beijing , heiden - chui , jiu - feng forest park
blastobasis byrsodepta ; [ nhm card ] ; adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 38 ; [ afromoths ]
blastobasis catappaella adamski , 2010 ; smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 25 ; tl : kenya , laikipia plateau , mpala research centre , 0 . 293°n , 36 . 899°em 1650m
blastobasis determinata ; [ nhm card ] ; adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 38 ; [ afromoths ]
blastobasis egens ; [ nhm card ] ; adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 36 ; [ afromoths ]
blastobasis fatigata ; [ nhm card ] ; adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 36 ; [ afromoths ]
blastobasis indigesta ; [ nhm card ] ; adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 33 ; [ afromoths ]
blastobasis industria ; [ nhm card ] ; adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 39 ; [ afromoths ]
blastobasis taricheuta ; [ nhm card ] ; adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 37 ; [ afromoths ]
blastobasis elgonae adamski , 2010 ; smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 31 ; tl : kenya , mount elgon , 2450m , 1°01 . 73 ' n , 34°45 . 28 ' e
blastobasis glauconotata adamski , 2010 ; smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 25 ; tl : kenya , chuka forest , 0°21 . 06 ' s , 37°35 . 80 ' e , 1600m
blastobasis tarda meyrick , 1902 ; trans . r . soc . s . aust . 26 : 170 ; tl : rosewood and brisbane , queensland ; newcastle and sydney , new south wales
blastobasis kenya adamski , 2010 ; smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 17 ; tl : kenya , karu / brooks , ca . 0°8 . 87 ' s , 35°15 . 77 ' e
blastobasis leucotoxa meyrick , 1902 ; trans . r . soc . s . aust . 26 : 171 ; tl : sydney , new south wales ; launceston , tasmania ; geraldton , west australia
blastobasis lygdi adamski , 2013 ; zootaxa 3618 ( 1 ) : 21 ; tl : est . cacao , 1000 - 1400 , lado so volcan cacao , p . n . , costa rica
blastobasis egens meyrick , 1918 ; ann . transv . mus . 6 ( 2 ) : 37 ; tl : natal , sarnia ; umkomaas ; verulam ; new hanover ; zululand , nkwaleni ; eshowe
blastobasis spermologa meyrick , 1916 ; exot . microlep . 1 ( 19 ) : 597 ; tl : ceylon , maskeliya , madulsima , undugoda ; s . india , wainad , 2500ft ; china , hongkong
blastobasis velutina walsingham , [ 1908 ] ; proc . zool . soc . lond . 1907 : 952 , pl . 52 , f . 4 ; tl : tenerife , guimar ; tacaronte ; la laguna
blastobasis graminea adamski , 1999 ; proc . ent . soc . wash . 101 ( 1 ) : 165 ; tl : colombia , inst . colombiano agropecuario , exper . station
palmira
, cauca valley
blastobasis sciota bradley , 1961 ; bull . brit . mus . ( n . h . ) ent . 10 ( 4 ) : 155 , pl . 7 , f . 7 ; tl : guadalcanal , tapenanje
blastobasis acarta meyrick , 1911 ; trans . linn . soc . lond . ( 2 ) 14 : 286 ; tl : mahé , morne blanc and cascade estate , 1000ft ; silhouette , mare aux cochons plateau , 1000ft
blastobasis homadelpha meyrick , 1902 ; trans . r . soc . s . aust . 26 : 171 ; tl : duaringa and brisbane , queensland ; murrurundi and sydney , new south wales ; port lincoln , south australia
blastobasis inana ; walsingham , 1907 , fauna hawaiiensis 1 ( 5 ) : 648 , pl . 25 , f . 3 ; zimmerman , 1978 , ins . hawaii 9 ( 2 ) : 992 ; [ nhm card ]
blastobasis magna ; sinev , 2007 , ent . obozr . 86 ( 4 ) : ( 883 - 894 ) , 1065 ; sumpich , 2012 , ent . zs . 122 ( 5 ) : 231 ; [ fe ]
blastobasis yuccaecolella ; [ nacl ] , # 1154 ; [ nhm card ] ; adamski & pellmyr , 2003 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 105 ( 2 ) : 390 ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 721 ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ]
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smithsonian contributions to zoology , vi + 68 pages ; no . 630 : 62 figures , 13 maps , 2 tables . twenty - five species of african blastobasinae ( lepidoptera : coleophoridae ) are reviewed ; 12 species are redescribed , and 13 species are described as new . date of publication march 30 , 2010 .
= ; [ nacl ] , 14 ; [ nhm card ] ; [ aucl ] ; [ richard brown ] ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 718
= ; [ nacl ] , 14 ; [ nhm card ] ; [ aucl ] ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 718 ; [ richard brown ] ; [ afromoths ]
= ; [ aucl ] ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 718 ; [ afromoths ]
larva on manilkara butugi , mimusops bagshawei , olea welwitschii , o . woodiana ssp . disjuncta , prunus africana , synsepalum cerasiferum , tiliacora funifera adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 23
larva on chrysophyllum albidum , mimusops bagshawei , olea welwitschii , prunus africana , tiliacora funifera adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 25
= ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 421
= ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 421 ; [ fe ]
atmozona meyrick , 1939 ; trans . r . ent . soc . lond . 89 ( 4 ) : 58
bilineatella lucas , 1956 ; bull . soc . sci . nat . maroc 35 : 257
valentina bromeliae walsingham , 1912 ; biol . centr . - amer . lep . heterocera 4 : 149 ; tl : mexico , vera cruz , cordova
larva on ( fruits ) terminalia catappa adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 25
larva on allophylus abyssinicus , chrysophyllum gorungosanum , dictyophleba lucida , diphasia sp . , drypetes gerrardii , flacourtia indica , garcinia volkensii , landolphia buchananii , passiflora mollisima , podocarpus latifolius , prunus africana , rawsonia lucida , vepris simplicifolia adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 31
cineracella amsel , 1953 ; bull . inst . fr . ar . noire , 15 ( 4 ) : 1450
auximobasis coffeaella busck , 1925 ; comm . est . debell . praga caféeira : 13 ; tl : brazil , são paulo
larva on coffea arabica busck , 1925 , comm . est . debell . praga caféeira : 13
holcocera confamulella heinrich , 1921 ; j . agric . res . 20 : 818 , pl . 99 e ; tl : texas , browsville , smith point
hypatima confectella zeller , 1873 ; verh . zool . - bot . ges . wien 23 ( abh . ) : 303 ; tl : texas
larva on crotalaria juncea meyrick , 1916 , exot . microlep . 1 ( 19 ) : 595
laverna ( ? ) decolorella wollaston , 1858 ; ann . mag . nat . hist . ( 3 ) 1 ( 2 ) : 122 ; tl : madeira
= ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 392 ; [ fe ]
epistetus divisus walsingham , 1894 ; trans . ent . soc . lond . 1894 : 552 ; tl : madeira
larva on ( fruits ) vepris nobilis adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 33
prosthesis exclusa walsingham , [ 1908 ] ; proc . zool . soc . lond . 1907 : 953 , pl . 52 , f . 5 ; tl : tenerife , puerto orotava
valentinia floridella dietz , 1910 ; trans . am . ent . soc . 36 : 17 , pl . 1 , f . 10 ; tl : florida
= ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 720
= ; mcdunnough , 1961 , amer . mus . novit . 2045 : 11 ; [ nacl ] , # 1162 ; [ nhm card ] ; [ sangmi lee & richard brown ] ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 720
larva on afrocarpus falcatus , chaetacme aristata , cussonia spicata , drypetes gerrardii , eleaodendron buchananii , ekebergia capensis , mimusops kummel , prunus africana , rawsonia lucida , schrebera alata , solanum anguivi , stychnos mitis , toddalia asiatica , vepris nobilis , v . simplicifolia , v . richocarpa , warburgia ugandensis adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 29
colombia , venezuela , costa rica , mexico , louisiana . see [ maps ]
hawaii , new britain , . . . , bengal . see [ maps ]
larva on dioscorea zimmerman , 1978 , ins . hawaii 9 ( 2 ) : 992
indirecta meyrick , 1935 ; exotic microlep . 4 ( 18 - 19 ) : 567
asychna insularis wollaston , 1858 ; ann . mag . nat . hist . ( 3 ) 1 ( 2 ) : 123 ; tl : madeira
invigorata ( meyrick , 1932 ) ( auximobasis ) ; exotic microlep . 4 ( 10 ) : 316
larva on adenia sp . , calophyllum inophyllum , chrysophyllum viridifolium , cola minor , deinbollia borbonica , diospyros kabuyeana , diphasia sp . , dovyalis macrocalyx , draceana mannii , flacourtia indica , hirtella zanzibarica ssp . zancibarica , inhambanella henriquezii , landolphia sp . , lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius ssp . scassellatii , lepisanthes senegalensis , ludia mauritiana , manilkara sansibarensis , mimusops aedificatoria , olea woodiana ssp . disjuncta , oxyanthus goetzei ssp . keniensis , rourea minor , saba comorensis , salacia elegans , strychnos madagascariensis , terminalia catappa , toddalia asiatica , trichilia emetica , trilepisium madagascariense , vepris nobilis , ximenia caffra , xylopia sp . adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 20
= ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 419 ; [ fe ]
larva on hirtella zanzibarica adamski , copeland , miller , hebert , darrow & luke , 2010 , smithsonian contr . zool . 630 : 17
exinotis neozona meyrick , 1918 ; exotic microlep . 2 ( 5 ) : 159 ; tl : british guiana , bartica , mallali
valentinia neptes walsingham , 1912 ; biol . centr . - amer . lep . heterocera 4 : 149 ; tl : mexico , guerrero , amula , 6000ft
gelechia nigromaculata wollaston , 1858 ; ann . mag . nat . hist . ( 3 ) 1 ( 2 ) : 121 ; tl : madeira ; s . dezerta
valentinia nothrotes walsingham , 1907 ; proc . u . s . nat . mus . 33 ( 1567 ) : 202 ; tl : arizona
oecophora ochreopalpella wollaston , 1858 ; ann . mag . nat . hist . ( 3 ) 1 ( 2 ) : 121 ; tl : madeira
epistetus ( ? ) pica walsingham , 1894 ; trans . ent . soc . lond . 1894 : 553 ; tl : madeira
district of columbia , . . . , nova scotia . see [ maps ]
valentinia quaintancella dietz , 1910 ; trans . am . ent . soc . 36 : 15 , pl . 1 , f . 9 ; tl : -
valentinia repartella dietz , 1910 ; trans . am . ent . soc . 36 : 19 ; tl : colorado , denver
= ; adamski & hodges , 1996 , proc . ent . soc . wash . 98 : 721
opogona tabernatella legrand , 1966 ; mém . mus . hist . nat . paris ( a ) 37 : 114
valentinia tarachodes walsingham , 1912 ; biol . centr . - amer . lep . heterocera 4 : 148 , pl . 5 , f . 16 ; tl : mexico , guerrero , amula , 6000ft
= ; karsholt & sinev , 2004 , beitr . ent . 54 ( 2 ) : 407 ; [ fe ]
larva on yucca baccata dietz , 1910 , trans . am . ent . soc . 36 : 8
[ afromoths ] de prins , j . & de prins , w . , 2013
sangmi lee , richard brown & sibyl bucheli . gelechioidea - a global framework ;
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blastobasinae ( lepidoptera : gelechioidea : coleophoridae ) of thailand , part ii . four new species of
pyrales and microlepidoptera collected by mr . e . w . classey in madeira , 1957
microlepidoptera from the solomon islands . additional records and descriptions of microlepidoptera collected in the solomon islands by the rennell island expedition 1953 - 54
in gardiner , no . xii . tortricina and tineina . results of the percy sladen trust expedition to the indian ocean in 1905
ergebnisse einer zoologischen sammelreise nach brasilien , insbesonderer in das amazonasgebiet , ausgeführt von dr . h . zerny . v . theil . micro - lepidoptera
notes on lepidoptera collected in madeira by t . v . wollaston , esq . ; with descriptions of some new species
further notes on some moths from lord howe and norfolk island in the s . ausralian museum
zimmerman , 1978 insects of hawaii . microlepidoptera . ( 1 ) : monotrysia , tineoidea , tortricoidea , gracillarioidea , yponomeutoidea , and alucitoidea , ( 2 ) : gelechioidea ins . hawaii 9 ( 1 ) : 1 - 396 , ( 1 ) : 397 - 882 , ( 2 ) : 883 - 1430 , ( 2 ) : 1431 - 1903
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adamski d . , copeland r . s . , miller s . e . , hebert p . d . n . , darrow k . & luke q . 2010 . a review of african blastobasidae ( lepidoptera : gelechioidea : coleophoridae ) , with new taxa reared from native fruits in kenya . - smithsonian contributions to zoology 630 : i—vi , 1—68 .
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