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Documenting Changes in Moth LifeCycles and Abundance Caused by
Urban Warming and Pollution
Trung Quach, Yen Duong, Vy Tran
What is DiscoverLife?
• Ecology research project run by Dr. John Pickering,
University of Georgia.
• Provides tools for documenting (photographs) and
identifying (interactive guides) insects.
• Uses a network of sites to model the potential
impacts of climate change and actual impacts of
pollution.
Where and Why?
• Atlanta and Athens have the same basic climate and
habitats.
– Atlanta has more pollution.
– Atlanta is (artificially) warmer at night.
2010 Monthly average daily high and low temperatures for major Georgia cities
City
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Athens
51/33
56/35 65/42 73/49 80/58 87/65 90/69 88/68 82/63 73/51
63/42 54/35
Atlanta
52/34
57/36 65/44 73/50 80/60 86/67 89/71 88/70 82/64 73/53
63/44 55/36
Heat Islands Model Global
Warming
• Major cities have artificially hotter night-time
temperatures. (Pavement holds heat longer.)
• Changes in biodiversity in these Heat Islands can
predict future changes in biodiversity for the whole
region due to global warming.
• “Natural” Experiment
What are we comparing?
• Total number of species and number of each species
seen
• Representation of major categories, such as Lichen
Moths
– Lichen moths feed off of lichens as
caterpillars.
– Lichens are sensitive to pollution.
Lichen Moth
Overall Moth Data
• Preliminary data available to compare Atlanta to
Athens.
• Table 1 & 2 shows the quality of the data. Pay
attention to the following:
– Number of total photos taken (including moth, light
source, phone pictures)
– Number of moths that are identified to the species
level
– Number of “Phone” pictures (nights of effort)
Quality of Data
Atlanta
Athens
Year Month photos identified to species Phone
2013 01
66
15
19
2013 02
106
6
23
2013 03
179
54
31
2013 04
159
53
24
2013 05
264
114
28
2013 06
203
56
21
2013 07
121
46
15
2013 08
212
81
18
2013 09
207
68
22
2013 10
435
62
38
2013 11
121
3
14
2013 12
79
4
10
2014 01
102
8
18
2014 02
92
29
TOTALS
2,346
599
9
290
Year Month photos identified to species Phone
2013 01
1,839
1,564
31
2013 02
891
693
28
2013 03
1,559
1,161
34
2013 04
3,545
2,563
41
2013 05
5,391
3,705
33
2013 06
4,727
3,419
39
2013 07
4,615
3,103
35
2013 08
5,053
3,920
37
2013 09
4,002
2,888
38
2013 10
1,902
963
31
2013 11
964
272
30
2013 12
479
178
31
2014 01
309
130
35
2014 02
441
251
TOTALS
35,717
24,810
20
463
Species Data
• Atlanta has a lower abundance of moths.
- Additionally, the species seen in Atlanta should be
among the common moths of Athens.
• Table 2 shows the 30 most common species in both
Athens and Atlanta.
Top 30 Species Athens vs. Atlanta
Athens most common moths Number of photos (Athens) Number of photos (Atlanta) Ranking in Athens Ranking in Atlanta
Phigalia denticulata
3,738
1
20
18
Hypoprepia fucosa
2,729
2
0
999
Hypagyrtis unipunctata
2,262
3
4
83
Melanolophia signataria
1,889
4
9
31
1,692
5
Cissusa spadix
1
175
Microcrambus elegans
1,549
6
33
7
Eupithecia miserulata
1,458
7
22
15
Phigalia strigataria
1,451
8
0
999
Dolichomia olinalis
1,302
9
50
4
Sciota uvinella
1,203
10
0
999
Ectropis crepuscularia
1,157
11
0
999
Phoberia atomaris
1,036
12
0
999
Iridopsis defectaria
1,017
13
3
100
Clemensia albata
987
14
0
999
Alsophila pometaria
934
15
12
33
Marimatha nigrofimbria
880
16
17
24
Spilosoma congrua
865
17
0
999
Lochmaeus bilineata
850
18
0
999
Hypena scabra
842
19
73
1
Idia rotundalis
728
20
0
999
Acrolophus popeanella
723
21
10
39
Eutrapela clemataria
718
22
6
60
Nadata gibbosa
701
23
1
211
Epimecis hortaria
660
24
15
28
Glenoides texanaria
615
25
0
999
Baileya ophthalmica
585
26
0
999
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria
581
27
50
9
Nigetia formosalis
564
28
0
999
Cisthene packardii
556
29
0
999
Paleacrita vernata
532
30
0
999
Top 30 Species Atlanta vs. Athens
Atlanta most common moths Number of photos (Atlanta) Number of photos (Athens) Ranking in Atlanta Ranking in Athens
73
842
1
19
Hypena scabra
Fissicrambus mutabilis
66
86
2
222
Blastobasis glandulella
57
237
3
89
Dolichomia olinalis
50
1,302
4
9
Udea rubigalis
36
380
5
48
Clepsis peritana
35
133
6
143
Microcrambus elegans
33
1,549
7
6
Galgula partita
31
257
8
81
Melanolophia signataria
31
1,889
9
4
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria
30
581
10
27
Acleris semipurpurana
29
103
11
184
Glyphidocera juniperella
27
323
12
59
Idia aemula
26
279
13
74
Archips argyrospila
22
70
14
258
Eupithecia miserulata
22
1,458
15
7
Parapediasia teterrella
21
141
16
134
Diatraea lisetta
20
210
17
99
Phigalia denticulata
20
3749
18
1
Pleuroprucha insulsaria
20
261
19
78
Atteva aurea
19
343
20
55
Celypha cespitana
19
2
21
997
Herpetogramma aeglealis
18
16
22
575
Platynota idaeusalis
18
158
23
118
Marimatha nigrofimbria
17
880
24
16
Palthis asopialis
17
300
25
65
Argyrotaenia velutinana
16
79
26
233
Tetanolita floridana
16
70
27
259
Epimecis hortaria
15
660
28
24
Scoparia basalis
15
433
29
40
Tetanolita mynesalis
15
102
30
186
Atlanta most common
Hypena Scabra
Fissicrambus mutabilis
Blastobasis glandulella
Dolichomia olinalis
Udea rubigalis
Clepsis peritana
Microcrambus elegans
Galgula partita
Melanolophia signataria
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria
Acleris semipurpurana
Glyphidocera juniperella
Idia aemula
Archips argyrospila
Eupithecia miserulata
Parapediasia teterrella
Diatraea lisetta
Phigalia denticulata
Pleuroprucha insulsaria
Atteva aurea
Celypha cespitana
Herpetogramma aeglealis
Platynota idaeusalis
Marimatha nigrofimbria
Palthis asopialis
Argyrotaenia velutinana
Tetanolita floridana
Epimecis hortaria
Scoparia basalis
Athens ratio (moth pics/phone)
0.5682
0.0580
0.1599
0.8785
0.2564
0.0897
1.0452
0.1734
1.2746
0.3920
0.0695
0.2179
0.1883
0.0472
0.9838
0.0951
0.1417
2.5297
0.1761
0.2314
0.0013
0.0108
0.1066
0.5938
0.2024
0.0533
0.0472
0.4453
0.2922
Atlanta ratio (moth pics/ phone)
0.1682
0.1521
0.1313
0.1152
0.0829
0.0806
0.0760
0.0714
0.0714
0.0691
0.0668
0.0622
0.0599
0.0507
0.0507
0.0484
0.0461
0.0461
0.0461
0.0438
0.0438
0.0415
0.0415
0.0392
0.0392
0.0369
0.0369
0.0346
0.0346
Athens most common
Phigalia denticulata
Hypoprepia fucosa
Hypagyrtis unipunctata
Melanolophia signataria
Cissusa spadix
Microcrambus elegans
Eupithecia miserulata
Phigalia strigataria
Dolichomia olinalis
Sciota uvinella
Ectropis crepuscularia
Phoberia atomaris
Iridopsis defectaria
Clemensia albata
Alsophila pometaria
Marimatha nigrofimbria
Spilosoma congrua
Lochmaeus bilineata
Hypena scabra
Idia rotundalis
Acrolophus popeanella
Eutrapela clemataria
Nadata gibbosa
Epimecis hortaria
Glenoides texanaria
Baileya ophthalmica
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria
Nigetia formosalis
Cisthene packardii
Athens ratio (moth pics/phone)
2.5223
1.8414
1.5263
1.2746
1.1417
1.0452
0.9838
0.9791
0.8785
0.8117
0.7807
0.6991
0.6862
0.6660
0.6302
0.5938
0.5837
0.5735
0.5682
0.4912
0.4879
0.4845
0.4730
0.4453
0.4150
0.3947
0.3920
0.3806
0.3752
Atlanta ratio (moth pics/phone)
0.0461
0.0000
0.0092
0.0207
0.0023
0.0760
0.0507
0.0000
0.1152
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0069
0.0000
0.0276
0.0392
0.0000
0.0000
0.1682
0.0000
0.0230
0.0138
0.0023
0.0346
0.0000
0.0000
0.1152
0.0000
0.0000
Clarke County
Lichen moths
Blue
Heron
Hypoprepia fucosa
miniata
Atlanta
Sandy
Creek
2,729
19
263
27
0
0
987
101
0
Cisthene packardii
plumbea
556
407
11
3
0
0
Crambidia uniformis +
pallida
865
15
0
lichen
moths
5,563
420
0
all moths
96,630
7,005
1,932
5.8%
6.0%
0.0%
Clemensia albata
Totals
Conclusions
• Atlanta has a lower abundance of moths and of
species even with equal effort. (phone pictures)
• Comparing Athens to Atlanta, many species match
each other in top 30. However, the ratio of top 1
Moths and photos in Atlanta is even lower than the
ratio of top 30 of Athens.
• Atlanta does not have any lichen moths, while 6% of
Athens’ moths are lichen ones. Atlanta’s air pollution
may reduce the lichen’s population.
• April, May, and June will be incredibly important
months for the project!
Acknowledgments
• Dr. John Pickering and Ms. Nancy Lowe (UGA)
- Ms. Victoria Staples and Mr. Cameron Prybol
• Dr. Jonathan Lochamy and Dr. Ilse Rickets (GPC)
• Additional Interns not present: Priscilla Adodo, Dienabou
Diawara, Tshibambe Tshimbombu*, Ndasi Hepi*,
Folashade Maxwell*, Yitbarek Kazentet*, Mwoddah Habib,
Imien Adodo*, Hanna Nune*, Fatima Yadudu*, Quan Bui*,
Khoa Nguyen*, Kristen Farley*, and Jabrel Hersi*.
• Funding provided by STEM II Minigrant
* Interns from prior year.