Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species

Abstract. A new species and new record of gracillariid moths from China are reported: Conopomorpha flueggella Li, sp. n. and Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979. Specimens were collected on flowers or leaves of Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. (Euphorbiaceae) at night, and reared from fruits i...

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Autores principales: Hu, Bingbing, Wang, Shuxia, Zhang, Jing, Li, Houhun
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3082966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21594087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.83.783
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author Hu, Bingbing
Wang, Shuxia
Zhang, Jing
Li, Houhun
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description Abstract. A new species and new record of gracillariid moths from China are reported: Conopomorpha flueggella Li, sp. n. and Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979. Specimens were collected on flowers or leaves of Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. (Euphorbiaceae) at night, and reared from fruits in captivity. Larvae of both species feed on the seeds of Flueggea suffruticosa, but they can be differentiated externally by the position of the red pattern on the thorax and abdomen. Morphology of the eggs, larvae, pupae and the life history of the two species are described and compared. Images of the life history and figures of the genital structures are provided.
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spelling pubmed-30829662011-05-18 Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species Hu, Bingbing Wang, Shuxia Zhang, Jing Li, Houhun Zookeys Article Abstract. A new species and new record of gracillariid moths from China are reported: Conopomorpha flueggella Li, sp. n. and Epicephala relictella Kuznetzov, 1979. Specimens were collected on flowers or leaves of Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. (Euphorbiaceae) at night, and reared from fruits in captivity. Larvae of both species feed on the seeds of Flueggea suffruticosa, but they can be differentiated externally by the position of the red pattern on the thorax and abdomen. Morphology of the eggs, larvae, pupae and the life history of the two species are described and compared. Images of the life history and figures of the genital structures are provided. Pensoft Publishers 2011-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3082966/ /pubmed/21594087 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.83.783 Text en Bingbing Hu, Shuxia Wang, Jing Zhang, Houhun Li http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Article
Hu, Bingbing
Wang, Shuxia
Zhang, Jing
Li, Houhun
Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species
title Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species
title_full Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species
title_fullStr Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species
title_full_unstemmed Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species
title_short Taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), with description of a new species
title_sort taxonomy and biology of two seed-parasitic gracillariid moths (lepidoptera, gracillariidae), with description of a new species
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3082966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21594087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.83.783
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