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Moreira,Gilson R.P.; Brito,Rosângela; Isaias,Rosy M.S.; Silveira Jr,JorgeL.; Gonçalves,Gislene L.. |
Abstract Antispastis Meyrick, 1926 is a poorly known genus of leaf-mining micromoths endemic to the Neotropics, with still uncertain taxonomic position within the Yponomeutoidea. In the present study, the egg, larva and pupa of A. clarkei Pastrana, previously known only from Argentina, are described and illustrated with the aid of optical and scanning electron microscopy. Data on life history, including histology of the mine, are also provided. Family placement of the genus is reassessed based on comparison of morphology and DNA sequences with closely related lineages. The larvae form blotch mines on the upper surface of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) leaves, feeding on palisade parenchyma in all instars. Pupation occurs outside the mine, in an inverted... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Leaf-mining moths; Glyphipterigids; Acrolepiinae; Neotropical region; Natural history. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262019000200183 |
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Brito,Rosângela; Prins,Jurate De; Prins,Willy De; Mielke,Olaf H.H.; Gonçalves,Gislene L.; Moreira,Gilson R.P.. |
ABSTRACT Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) are commonly known by the leaf miner habit found in the larval stage of most species. By using worldwide, public databases on species diversity and DNA sequences available for extant gracillariid species, we determined changes in the rate of taxonomic species descriptions through time, mapped their spatial distributions, examined their phylogenetic diversification, and estimated the number of species yet to be described for the family in the Neotropics. We recovered 185 species, a number that is smaller than that found in any other biogeographic region. However, it was estimated that at least 3875 additional species remain to be described in the region. Phylogenetic diversification showed a pattern of expanding... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Leaf miner moths; Microlepidoptera; Species richness; Phylogenetic diversification. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262016000400275 |
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Vargas,Héctor Andrés; Brito,Rosângela; Basilio,Daniel Silva; Moreira,Gilson Rudinei Pires. |
ABSTRACT Elachista synethes was recently recognized as an alien species in northern Chile, where its larvae mine the rescue grass Bromus catharticus (Poaceae). In order to provide the necessary information to allow field detection of E. synethes during early ontogeny, we conducted a morphological reappraisal of the immature stages of this leaf-miner moth, based on light and scanning electron microscopy, including the first descriptions of the egg and the first-instar larva. This is the first report of the existence of an apodal early larva for a species of Elachista Treitschke. The legs and prolegs are absent in the first two instars, but are well developed in the last two. Additional observations on the life history are also provided, including a... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bromus catharticus; Elachistinae; Invasive species; Neotropical region. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262015000400265 |
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Fochezato,Júlia; Brito,Rosângela; Isaias,Rosy Mary dos Santos; Gonçalves,Gislene Lopes; Moreira,Gilson R.P.. |
ABSTRACT During recent studies performed in the Atlantic Forest, a new species of Phyllocnistinae (Gracillariidae), Phyllocnistis hemera sp. nov., leaf miner of Daphnopsis fasciculata (Thymelaeaceae) was discovered. The adults are described and illustrated as well as the immature stages, with notes on natural history including a description of the leaf mine. Additionally, DNA barcode sequences were compared to other representatives of Phyllocnistinae to test for the specific status of P. hemera and to infer phylogenetic relationships. This is the fifth species described for the genus Phyllocnistis in the Atlantic Forest and the first record of a gracillarid mining Thymelaeaceae leaves. |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Microlepidoptera; New species; Morphology; DNA barcoding; Neotropical region. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262018000100057 |
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