Publications by authors named "Vladimir S Kononenko"

Five new species of the genus Walker, 1865 (, , , , and , are described from Autonomic Region Xizang, China (Tibet). is distributed in Nepal and China, and the Himalayan species Kovács, G. Ronkay & L.

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Three new species of the genus Hampson, 1893: , and are described from Motuo (= Medog) County of the Xizang Autonomous Region (= Tibet), China. The imagines as well as the male genitalia are illustrated. A checklist of the 45 species of the genus in the world fauna is presented, including recently and presently described species.

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The host preference of the economically important fruit piercing moth, Calyptra lata (Butler 1881), was studied when exposed to different fruits and the odors of those fruits in enclosed feeding assays and in a two-choice olfactometer. The fruits consisted of three ripe and locally available types: raspberries, cherries and plums. Moths were released in cages with the ripened fruit and observed for any feeding events, which were then documented.

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Facultative blood feeding on live animals or carrion is widespread within Lepidoptera. Male moths within the genus Calyptra are known to use their fruit-piercing mouthparts to occasionally feed on mammalian blood. The Palearctic species Calyptra thalictri is known to exhibit differential feeding behaviors that appear to be based on geographic location.

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