Life history and systematics of Albusambia elaphoglossumae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae): A new genus and species of musotimine with leaf-mining biology from Costa Rica
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Estat: | Versión publicada |
| Data de publicació: | 2005 |
| Descripció: | Albusambia elaphoglossumae Solis & Davis, a new genus and species, is described. It was discovered mining the fronds of the fern Elaphoglossum conspersum in Costa Rica (San José and Cartago Provinces, at elevations of 2300-3100 m). The type series was obtained by rearing of the immature stages in laboratory. The adult is defined by unique genital characters, and the pupa with a medial depression on the vertex and with two anterolateral horn-like structures on the prothorax. The larva is a gregarious leaf miner with its body flattened dorsoventrally and head prognathous; morphological adaptations to its leaf-mining habit are new to the Musotiminae. Fern-feeding musotimines are important to the discovery of new biological control agents for invasive ferns. |
| Pais: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/14617 |
| Accés en línia: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/14617 |
| Paraula clau: | elaphoglossum conspersum E. biolleyi gregarious larvae fern leaf miner neotropical neurophyseta proacrias undulambia Elaphoglossum conspersum larvas gregarias helecho minador de hojas |