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== Behaviour == |
== Behaviour == |
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The caterpillars feed on the leaves of [[guava]] (''Psidium'') and [[oak]]. They live [[Social caterpillars|communally]] in large silken nests, which can extend to {{Convert|50|cm|inch|abbr=}} or more in length.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://facultyweb.cortland.edu/fitzgerald/Eutachyptera.html|title=Eutachyptera|website=facultyweb.cortland.edu|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google. |
The caterpillars feed on the leaves of [[guava]] (''Psidium'') and [[oak]]. They live [[Social caterpillars|communally]] in large silken nests, which can extend to {{Convert|50|cm|inch|abbr=}} or more in length.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://facultyweb.cortland.edu/fitzgerald/Eutachyptera.html|title=Eutachyptera|website=facultyweb.cortland.edu|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRSbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148&dq=eutachyptera+psidii#q=eutachyptera%20psidii|title=The Tent Caterpillars|last=Fitzgerald|first=Terrence D.|date=2019-06-07|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-1-5017-3457-1|location=|pages=148|language=en|quote=E. psidii makes tents up to 80cm long ... the tent is reported to be one of the sources of the silk used by the indigenous Indians of Central America}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Peigler|first=Richard S.|date=1993-07-01|title=Wild Silks of the World|url=https://academic.oup.com/ae/article/39/3/151/2389340|journal=American Entomologist|language=en|volume=39|issue=3|pages=151–162|doi=10.1093/ae/39.3.151|issn=1046-2821|quote=Large nests can be more than a meter long, but they average less than half that size ... most authors consider that G. psidii was the main source of silk in the commerce of the ancient Mexicans before and during the time of Moctezuma.|via=}}</ref> They remain in the nests by day and leave at night to feed, laying a trail of pheromones to help them and their nest-mates navigate to and from feeding areas.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fitzgerald|first1=Terrence|last2=Pescador-Rubio|first2=Alfonso|date=2011-09-01|title=Trail Marking and Abandonment of Depleted Feeding Sites by the Caterpillars of Eutachyptera psidii (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226158713|journal=Journal of Insect Behavior|volume=24|issue=5|pages=380–392|doi=10.1007/s10905-011-9263-y|s2cid=31816341}}</ref> |
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Unusually among caterpillars, ''E. psidii'' larvae can remain active for as long as 18 days with no food, which they may have to do when their host trees lose their leaves in winter.<ref>{{Cite journal| |
Unusually among caterpillars, ''E. psidii'' larvae can remain active for as long as 18 days with no food, which they may have to do when their host trees lose their leaves in winter.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fitzgerald|first1=Terrence D.|last2=Pescador‐Rubio|first2=Alfonso|last3=Isaacs|first3=Gary|date=2008|title=Foraging behaviour of the social caterpillar Eutachyptera psidii (Sallé) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) during a prolonged period of food and water deprivation|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01025.x|journal=Ecological Entomology|language=en|volume=33|issue=6|pages=727–734|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01025.x|s2cid=83865109|issn=1365-2311}}</ref> |
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== Use of larvae and silk == |
== Use of larvae and silk == |
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The larvae are among the caterpillars traded and eaten in Mexico.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Camacho|first=Víctor HM|title=Edible Lepidoptera in Mexico: Geographic distribution, ethnicity, economic and nutritional importance for rural people|url=https://core.ac.uk/reader/192806640}}</ref> |
The larvae are among the caterpillars traded and eaten in Mexico.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Camacho|first=Víctor HM|title=Edible Lepidoptera in Mexico: Geographic distribution, ethnicity, economic and nutritional importance for rural people|journal=Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine|year=2011|volume=7|page=2|doi=10.1186/1746-4269-7-2|pmid=21211040|pmc=3034662|url=https://core.ac.uk/reader/192806640}}</ref> |
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The silk nests were used by the [[Aztecs]], [[Mixtec|Mixtecs]] and [[Zapotec civilization|Zapotecs]] to make a paper-like fabric, which was a commercial item at the time of [[Moctezuma II|Moctezuma]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Latin American insects and entomology|last=Hogue|first=Charles Leonard|date=1993|publisher=University of California Press |
The silk nests were used by the [[Aztecs]], [[Mixtec|Mixtecs]] and [[Zapotec civilization|Zapotecs]] to make a paper-like fabric, which was a commercial item at the time of [[Moctezuma II|Moctezuma]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Latin American insects and entomology|last=Hogue|first=Charles Leonard|date=1993|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0520078499|location=Berkeley|pages=328|language=English|oclc=25164105|quote=Aztec artisans cut up the large sacs, piecing together the resulting swatches into larger pieces of "fabric."|url-status=live}}</ref> Later, the Mixtec and other communities in [[Oaxaca Valley|Oaxaca]] extracted the silk fibres from the nests<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUILAQAAIAAJ&dq=Borah+%22silk+raising+in+colonial+mexico%22&q=psidii|title=Silk Raising in Colonial Mexico|last=Borah|first=Woodrow Wilson|date=1943|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=|location=|pages=114|language=en}}</ref> and wove them into sashes. This practise had ceased by 1997.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/pdf/unbroken_thread_eng_vl.pdf|title=The Unbroken Thread: Conserving the Textile Traditions of Oaxaca|last=de Avila|first=Alejandro|publisher=The Getty Conservation Institute|year=1997|isbn=|editor-last=Klein|editor-first=Kathryn|location=Los Angeles|pages=125|quote=|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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== Synonyms == |
== Synonyms == |
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| Genus: | Eutachyptera Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
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| Species: | E. psidii
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| Eutachyptera psidii (Sallé, 1857)
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Eutachyptera is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912.[1] Its single species, Eutachyptera psidii, was first described by Sallé in 1857. It is found in Mexico.[2]
Behaviour
The caterpillars feed on the leaves of guava (Psidium) and oak. They live communally in large silken nests, which can extend to 50 centimetres (20 in) or more in length.[3][4][5] They remain in the nests by day and leave at night to feed, laying a trail of pheromones to help them and their nest-mates navigate to and from feeding areas.[6]
Unusually among caterpillars, E. psidii larvae can remain active for as long as 18 days with no food, which they may have to do when their host trees lose their leaves in winter.[7]
Use of larvae and silk
The larvae are among the caterpillars traded and eaten in Mexico.[8]
The silk nests were used by the Aztecs, Mixtecs and Zapotecs to make a paper-like fabric, which was a commercial item at the time of Moctezuma.[4][5][9] Later, the Mixtec and other communities in Oaxaca extracted the silk fibres from the nests[10] and wove them into sashes. This practise had ceased by 1997.[11]
Synonyms
The US National Center for Biotechnology Information lists the following synonyms for E. psidii:[12]
- Bombyx psidii
- Gloveria psidii
- Lasiocampa psidii
- Metanastria psidii
- Tachyptera psidii
External links
- ^ http://nomen.at/Eutachyptera
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Eutachyptera Barnes & McDunnough, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ "Eutachyptera". facultyweb.cortland.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ a b Fitzgerald, Terrence D. (2019-06-07). The Tent Caterpillars. Cornell University Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-5017-3457-1.
E. psidii makes tents up to 80cm long ... the tent is reported to be one of the sources of the silk used by the indigenous Indians of Central America
- ^ a b Peigler, Richard S. (1993-07-01). "Wild Silks of the World". American Entomologist. 39 (3): 151–162. doi:10.1093/ae/39.3.151. ISSN 1046-2821.
Large nests can be more than a meter long, but they average less than half that size ... most authors consider that G. psidii was the main source of silk in the commerce of the ancient Mexicans before and during the time of Moctezuma.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Terrence; Pescador-Rubio, Alfonso (2011-09-01). "Trail Marking and Abandonment of Depleted Feeding Sites by the Caterpillars of Eutachyptera psidii (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)". Journal of Insect Behavior. 24 (5): 380–392. doi:10.1007/s10905-011-9263-y. S2CID 31816341.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Terrence D.; Pescador‐Rubio, Alfonso; Isaacs, Gary (2008). "Foraging behaviour of the social caterpillar Eutachyptera psidii (Sallé) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) during a prolonged period of food and water deprivation". Ecological Entomology. 33 (6): 727–734. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01025.x. ISSN 1365-2311. S2CID 83865109.
- ^ Camacho, Víctor HM (2011). "Edible Lepidoptera in Mexico: Geographic distribution, ethnicity, economic and nutritional importance for rural people". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 7: 2. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-7-2. PMC 3034662. PMID 21211040.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Hogue, Charles Leonard (1993). Latin American insects and entomology. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-0520078499. OCLC 25164105.
Aztec artisans cut up the large sacs, piecing together the resulting swatches into larger pieces of "fabric."
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Borah, Woodrow Wilson (1943). Silk Raising in Colonial Mexico. University of California Press. p. 114.
- ^ de Avila, Alejandro (1997). Klein, Kathryn (ed.). The Unbroken Thread: Conserving the Textile Traditions of Oaxaca (PDF). Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute. p. 125.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ taxonomy. "Taxonomy Browser". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
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