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not annotated - annotated - LINNAEUS only

Tortricid moths reared from the invasive weed Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia aculeata, with comments on their host specificity, biology, geographic distribution, and systematics.

As part of efforts to identify native herbivores of Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia aculeata L. (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae), as potential biological control agents against this invasive weed in Australia, ten species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) were reared from Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela: Amorbia concavana (Zeller), Platynota rostrana (Walker), Platynota helianthes (Meyrick), Platynota stultana Walsingham (all Tortricinae: Sparganothini), Rudenia leguminana (Busck), Cochylis sp. (both Tortricinae: Cochylini), Ofatulena duodecemstriata (Walsingham), O. luminosa Heinrich, Ofatulena sp. (all Olethreutinae: Grapholitini), and Crocidosema lantana Busck (Olethreutinae: Eucosmini). Significant geographic range extensions are provided for O. duodecemstriata and R. leguminana. These are the first documented records of P. aculeata as a host plant for all but O. luminosa. The four species of Sparganothini are polyphagous; in contrast, the two Cochylini and three Grapholitini likely are specialists on Leguminosae. Ofatulena luminosa is possibly host specific on P. aculeata. Host trials with Rudenia leguminana also provide some evidence of specificity, in contrast to historical rearing records. To examine the possibility that R. leguminana is a complex of species, two data sets of molecular markers were examined: (1) a combined data set of two mitochondrial markers (a 781-basepair region of cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) and a 685-basepair region of cytochrome c oxidase II) and one nuclear marker (a 531-basepair region of the 28S domain 2); and (2) the 650-basepair "barcode" region of COI. Analyses of both data sets strongly suggest that individuals examined in this study belong to more than one species.



Ann file

T1	Species 46 64	Mexican palo verde

N1 Reference T1 Taxonomy:58886

T2 Species 66 86 Parkinsonia aculeata

N2 Reference T2 Taxonomy:58886

T3 Species 234 252 Mexican palo verde

N3 Reference T3 Taxonomy:58886

T4 Species 254 274 Parkinsonia aculeata

N4 Reference T4 Taxonomy:58886

T5 Species 583 601 Platynota stultana

N5 Reference T5 Taxonomy:708047

T6 Species 1025 1036 P. aculeata

N6 Reference T6 Taxonomy:58886

T7 Species 1270 1281 P. aculeata

N7 Reference T7 Taxonomy:58886

T8 Species 719 744 Ofatulena duodecemstriata

N8 Reference T8 Taxonomy:1026942 Ofatulena duodecemstriata

T9 Species 759 770 O. luminosa

N9 Reference T9 Taxonomy:1026943 Ofatulena luminosa

T10 Species 945 963 O. duodecemstriata

N10 Reference T10 Taxonomy:1026942 Ofatulena duodecemstriata

T11 Species 1065 1076 O. luminosa

N11 Reference T11 Taxonomy:1026943 Ofatulena luminosa

T12 Species 834 853 Crocidosema lantana

N12 Reference T12 Taxonomy:1026944 Crocidosema lantana

T13 Species 494 511 Amorbia concavana

N13 Reference T13 Taxonomy:1026939 Amorbia concavana

T14 Species 522 540 Platynota rostrana

N14 Reference T14 Taxonomy:1026940 Platynota rostrana

T15 Species 551 571 Platynota helianthes

T16 Species 647 665 Rudenia leguminana

N15 Reference T16 Taxonomy:1026946 Rudenia leguminana

T17 Species 968 981 R. leguminana

N16 Reference T17 Taxonomy:1026946 Rudenia leguminana

T18 Species 1222 1240 Ofatulena luminosa

N17 Reference T18 Taxonomy:1026943 Ofatulena luminosa

T19 Species 1300 1318 Rudenia leguminana

N18 Reference T19 Taxonomy:1026946 Rudenia leguminana

T20 Species 1437 1450 R. leguminana

N19 Reference T20 Taxonomy:1026946 Rudenia leguminana