Gynaephora
The  pupae has a characteristic of sexual dimorphism, and its body is covered with gray cocoon,as well as the female pupaes are larger than male ones
isolate
Gynaephora qinghaiensis
host
not collected
isolation_source
The Gynaephora qinghaiensis (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae ) , specially its pupae has a characteristic of sexual dimorphism, and the pupae body is covered with gray cocoon,as well as the female pupaes are larger than male ones, are distributed in the mountainous areas of the Northern Hemisphere and the Arctic tundra. The Gynaephora qinghaiensis is a serious ecological and economic pest in alpine meadow. where they not only devour the high quality forage vegetation leading to serious destruction of grassland vegetation and shortages of animal fodder, but also cause mouth mucous membrane canker and broken tongue disease in domestic animals and in wildlife
collection_date
2016-08-15
geo_loc_name
China:Qinghai province, Yushu prefectrue, Zhiduo county
tissue
the whole female pupae
age
the stage of pupae
altitude
4300m
biomaterial_provider
Food and Health Engineering Reseach Center of State Education Ministry, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University;Wang Haizhen.
collected_by
Wang Haizhen
depth
on the surface of meadow
dev_stage
the stage of pupae
env_biome
alpine meadow
host_tissue_sampled
not collected
identified_by
Wang Haizhen
lat_lon
33.79 N 95.82 E
sex
female
temp
17¡æ
BioSampleModel
Invertebrate