Water ferns Azolla spp. (Azollaceae) as new host plants for the small China-mark moth, Cataclysta lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Acentropinae)

The paper treats fifteen species of leaf-mining pygmy moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) discovered in the Neotropics (British Virgin Islands, Belize, Costa Rica, Venezuela, and Ecuador), and Ando-Patagonian region (Argentina and Chile). Except for two species, all belong to Stigmella Schrank. Twelve species are new, and are named and described in the current paper: Stigmella apicibrunella Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. decora Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. unicaudata Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. sanmartini Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. patula Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. torosa Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. monstrata Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. huahumi Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. venezuelica Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; S. virginica Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov.; Fomoria miranda Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov.; and Hesperolyra robinsoni Stonis, sp. n. Newly discovered variation of male genitalia of the Andean Stigmella rudis Puplesis & Robinson, 2000 is briefly discussed, and the formerly poorly understood Stigmella hylomaga (Meyrick, 1931) is redescribed and documented with photographs for the first time. We also present more photographs and add some addtional information on Stigmella gallicola van Nieukerken & Nishida, a recently described gall-maker from Costa Rica.The paper also provides new host-plant data: some of the described (or redescribed) species are reported for the first time as leaf-miners on plants belonging to Euphorbiaceae (Acalypha padifolia Kunth), Salicaceae (Azara microphylla Hook. f.), Fabaceae (Inga spectabilis (Vahl) Willd. or I. edulis Mart.), Rhamnaceae (Colletia spinosissima J. F. Gmel.), Geraniaceae or Vivianiaceae (Rhynchotheca spinosa Ruiz & Pav.), and Asteraceae (Mutisia decurrens Cav.). All species treated in the paper are illustrated with photographs of the adults and genitalia, a distribution map, and also photographs of the leaf-mines and host plants when available.

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New records of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from Portugal, with an updated checklist

Acta Musei Silesiae Scientiae Naturales ◽

10.2478/cszma-2018-0002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 67 (1) ◽

pp. 7-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Miloš Černý ◽

Rui Andrade ◽

Ana Rita Gonçalves ◽

Michael von Tschirnhaus

Keyword(s):

Host Plants ◽

New Records ◽

Distribution Data ◽

New Host ◽

Old World ◽

Plant Pest ◽

First Time ◽

New Distribution

Abstract New records of 110 species of the acalyptrate Diptera family Agromyzidae are given from Portugal, including Madeira, Porto Santo and the Azores. A quarantine plant pest, Nemorimyza maculosa (Malloch, 1913), was detected in the Old World for the first time. Details on Phytobia xylem- miners and a parthenogenetic Phytomyza species are recorded together with new distribution data. For certain species morphological and taxonomic notes and discussions on known or new host plants are added. A complete checklist of Agromyzidae of Portugal is presented.

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New host plants ofHeliothis armigerain India

Tropical Pest Management ◽

10.1080/09670878909371365 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 213-213 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

G. S. Judal ◽

V. R. Upadhyay

Keyword(s):

Host Plants ◽

New Host

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New host plants of Xiphinema basiri and X. indicum

Nematologica ◽

10.1163/187529267x00733 ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 469 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

B.S. Yadav ◽

M.K. Varma

Keyword(s):

Host Plants ◽

New Host

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Rearing mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from host plants as an instrument for associating females with males, with the description of seven new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5014.1.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5014 (1) ◽

pp. 1-158

Author(s):

YULIIA GUGLYA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Host Plants ◽

New Host

Rearing data for 12 species of the subfamily Agromyzinae and 57 species of Phytomyzinae is presented in detail from material collected during the last 11 years, mainly in Ukraine. Figures of cephalopharyngeal skeletons, heads, female terminalia, male terminalia (where necessary) and photos of host plants with mines and posterior spiracles of puparia are provided. Seven new species are described from specimens reared from Monocotyledons (Carex) and Dicotyledons (Achillea, Stachys, Tropaeolum, Torilis): Melanagromyza achilleacaulis spec. nov., Ophiomyia foliaphila spec. nov., Amauromyza (Amauromyza) stachysi spec. nov., Cerodontha (Butomomyza) gibbifera spec. nov., C. (B.) hreblensis spec. nov., Liriomyza tropaeoli spec. nov., Phytomyza torilisi spec. nov. New host plants were revealed for Agromyza albipennis, A. hendeli, Ophiomyia versera, Amauromyza carlinae, A. leonuri, Cerodontha (Poemyza) lateralis, C. (P.) melica, C. (P.) spencerae, Chromatomyia horticola, Liriomyza heringi, L. hieracii, L. pusilla, L. tragopogonis, Phytomyza hellebori, P. medicaginis, P. obscura and P. origani. Forty-seven species are newly recorded for Ukraine.

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Revision of the endemic Philippine Poeciloterpa Stål (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) with description of four new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4608.2.6 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4608 (2) ◽

pp. 291

Author(s):

ELORDE JR. S. CRISPOLON ◽

SHERYL A. YAP ◽

ADELINE SOULIER-PERKINS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

Host Plants ◽

The Philippines ◽

Key To Species ◽

New Host ◽

First Time

The genus Poeciloterpa Stål endemic to the Philippines with 9 known species is reviewed. Four new species are described and illustrated: P. altissima Crispolon et Soulier-Perkins sp. nov., P. conica Crispolon et Soulier-Perkins sp. nov., P. gapudi Crispolon et Yap sp. nov. and P. mangkas Crispolon et Yap sp. nov. Illustrations and descriptions for the male genitalia are given for the first time for all the species except for P. nigrolimbata Stål known only by two female specimens. A key to species is provided. The type of habitats where the species are found is discussed and new host-plants listed.

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Eriophyoid mites (Acariformes) from wild and cultivated Solanaceae plants from Brazil⁠—new taxa, supplementary descriptions, a first report and new host plants of the tomato russet mite

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.25.7.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (7) ◽

pp. 1215-1246

Author(s):

Mércia Elias Duarte ◽

Renata Santos De Mendonça ◽

Denise Navia

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Taxa ◽

Host Plants ◽

First Record ◽

New Host ◽

Central Brazil ◽

Eriophyoid Mites ◽

Tomato Russet Mite ◽

Solanaceous Plants ◽

One New Species

The results of a survey of Eriophyoidea mites on wild and cultivated Solanaceae plants in Central Brazil are presented. Five new taxa associated with plants in the genus Solanum are described and illustrated. They include one new genus with type species belonging to Phyllocoptinae, Calacarini - Viginticus lupusmalum gen. nov. & sp. nov.; two new species in the Eriophyinae, Aceriini - Aceria solani sp. nov. and Paraphytoptus tuberacutus sp. nov., all of them associated with Solanum lycocarpum St. Hil.; and one new species in the Phyllocoptinae, Athocoptini - Aculus michereffi sp. nov., associated with Solanum acanthodes Hook.. New host plants for the tomato russet mite, Aculops lycopersici (Tryon 1917), are reported. In addition, the first record of Calacarus speciosissimum Flechtmann, 1999 for Brazil and from Capsicum as host plants, and the first record of Rhynacus lippius Duarte, Chetverikov & Navia, 2016, on solanaceous plants are presented; supplementary descriptions of these species were elaborated. Diagnostic traits for Calacarus mites collected on Solanaceae plants around the world are summarized.

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Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Some European Countries: Diffusion, Hosts, Molecular Characterization, and Natural Enemies

Insects ◽

10.3390/insects11010042 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 42 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Francesco Nugnes ◽

Stefania Laudonia ◽

Giovanni Jesu ◽

Maurice Gerardus Maria Jansen ◽

Umberto Bernardo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Molecular Characterization ◽

Natural Enemies ◽

Host Plants ◽

Biocontrol Agent ◽

First Record ◽

New Host ◽

Ladybird Beetle ◽

Albanian Population ◽

First Time

After the first record in 2008 in Southeast Italy, the alien invasive and quarantine pest Aleurocanthus spiniferus (orange spiny whitefly—OSW) has gradually spread throughout Europe, infesting several new host plants in addition to the known hosts. Molecular characterization of some Italian populations and a newly found Albanian population highlighted two different haplotypes invading Europe, belonging to one of the haplogroups previously recorded in China. A predator was recorded for the first time in several fields in Italy in association with OSW and other whitefly species. It was successively identified through a morpho-molecular characterization as a Nearctic member of the tribe Serangiini, the ladybird beetle, Delphastus catalinae. This predator represents a promising biocontrol agent to manage A. spiniferus outbreaks in Italy and other invaded countries.

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