David Element
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Moths 42 – Centre-barred Sallow Moths
CENTRE-BARRED
SALLOW MOTH Atethmia centrago
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The Centre-barred
Sallow Moth Atethmia centrago (Noctuidae) is a late summer species. The wing-pattern is
consistent, but there is some variation in the rather attractive colours. Because
the larvae feed on the buds and flower of Ash
Fraxinus excelsior, it remains
to be seen it Ash-dieback, caused by the recently imported and very damaging fungus
Hymenoscyphus fraxineus will have a deleterious effect on the British
population of this attractive moth. Scientific studies have established that a
small percentage of Ash trees possess some (genetically inherited) natural
resistance to the fungus, and that by screening trees prior to felling them so
that resistant examples of mature trees may be retained, and selectively
breeding from the resistant strain, may ameliorate the long-term threat from
this disease to this important tree:
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/research/featured-research/genetic-resistance-brings-hope-for-ash-trees/.
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