Lespesia melloi sp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Brazil, a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

A new species of the New World genus Lespesia , Lespesia melloisp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae), is described from southeastern Brazil. The species is reported here as a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Cramer, 1782) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The caterpillars of this noctuid feed on leaves and bulbs...

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Autores principales: Gil-Santana, Helcio R., Nihei, Silvio Shigueo, Nunez, Enio
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25368065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jis/14.1.121
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description A new species of the New World genus Lespesia , Lespesia melloisp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae), is described from southeastern Brazil. The species is reported here as a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Cramer, 1782) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The caterpillars of this noctuid feed on leaves and bulbs of amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae) in Brazil.
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spelling pubmed-42222992014-11-07 Lespesia melloi sp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Brazil, a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Gil-Santana, Helcio R. Nihei, Silvio Shigueo Nunez, Enio J Insect Sci Papers A new species of the New World genus Lespesia , Lespesia melloisp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae), is described from southeastern Brazil. The species is reported here as a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Cramer, 1782) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The caterpillars of this noctuid feed on leaves and bulbs of amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae) in Brazil. Oxford University Press 2014-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4222299/ /pubmed/25368065 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jis/14.1.121 Text en This is an open access paper. We use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license that permits unrestricted use, provided that the paper is properly attributed. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, providedthe original work is properly cited.
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Gil-Santana, Helcio R.
Nihei, Silvio Shigueo
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Lespesia melloi sp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Brazil, a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
title Lespesia melloi sp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Brazil, a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
title_full Lespesia melloi sp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Brazil, a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
title_fullStr Lespesia melloi sp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Brazil, a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
title_full_unstemmed Lespesia melloi sp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Brazil, a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
title_short Lespesia melloi sp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Brazil, a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
title_sort lespesia melloi sp. nov. (diptera: tachinidae) from brazil, a parasitoid of xanthopastis timais (lepidoptera: noctuidae)
topic Papers
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25368065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jis/14.1.121
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