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Three new cecidogenous Palaeomystella Fletcher (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae, Momphinae) associated with Melastomataceae in Brazil
2008; Entomological Society of Brazil; Volume: 52; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0085-56262008000400017
ISSN1806-9665
AutoresVitor O. Becker, David Adamski,
Tópico(s)Biological Control of Invasive Species
ResumoThe Melastomataceae are known hosts for many gallinducing insects and other arthropods.Tavares (1917), described 29 galls associated with various species of Melastomataceae collected from the mountains near Nova Friburgo, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.He also discovered that over one-third of these galls were induced by lepidopterous larvae.Although, many of the reared adults were badly damaged by mold from high humidity; his brief diagnoses of the adult moths indicate that they belonged to the Momphinae (Coleophoridae).Houard (1933) described over 80 galls on Melastomataceae from tropical America, making it the most common host family for gall-inducing organisms, except for the Leguminosae and Compositae.He, like Tavares, was impressed by the high incidence of lepidopterous gallinducers.Lima (1945), reported two kinds of galls induced by lepidopterous larvae on the leaves of Tibouchina sp.collected from mountainous Teresópolis, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Although Lima proposed that adults reared from these galls belong to Walshia (Cosmopterigidae), his illustrations of the wing venation and male genitalia indicate that these specimens are close congeners within the Momphinae.The purpose of this study is to describe three closely related species of Momphinae (Coleophoridae) reared from galls on plants of the Melastomataceae from eastern Brazil.In addition, immature stages of these moth species are described as well as the galltypes that they induce.
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