Description and Evaluation of Metharmostis multilineata (Cosmopterigidae) and Idiophantis soreuta (Gelechiidae) (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) For Biocontrol Of Downy Rose Myrtle, Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Myrtaceae)

Two species of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera), Metharmostis multilineata Adamski, n. sp. (Cosmopterigidae), and Idiophantis soreutaMeyrick, 1906 (Gelechiidae), were collected in southeastern Asia for evaluation as potential biocontrol agents against downy rose myrtle, Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk...

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Published inJournal of the Lepidopterists' Society Vol. 67; no. 2; pp. 111 - 127
Main Authors Adamski, D, Makinson, J. R, Brown, B. T, Wright, S. A, Prattand, P. D, Brown, J. W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Lepidopterists' Society 05.06.2013
Subjects
classical weed biological control
Gelechioidea
Hong Kong
immatures
life-history
Myrtaceae
Southeast Asia
Taxonomy
Thailand
Florida
Asia
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Summary:Two species of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera), Metharmostis multilineata Adamski, n. sp. (Cosmopterigidae), and Idiophantis soreutaMeyrick, 1906 (Gelechiidae), were collected in southeastern Asia for evaluation as potential biocontrol agents against downy rose myrtle, Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk. (Myrtaceae), which has become an invasive weed in Florida, USA. Metharmostis Meyrick is reviewed and transferred from Yponomeutidae to Cosmopterigidae (Antequerinae). All life stages of M. multilineata are described and illustrated, with notes on its biology. In addition, protocols for rearing and host testing of M. multilineata are described in detail. Idiophantis appears to be associated with Myrtaceae, and the adult stage of I. soreuta is redescribed. Neither species was suitable for release in Florida.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.18473%2Flepi.v67i2.a2
ISSN:0024-0966
DOI:10.18473/lepi.v67i2.a2