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Moreira GRP, Gorbunov OG, Fochezato J, et al. A peculiar new species of gall-inducing, clearwing moth (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) associated with . Zookeys. 2019;866:39-63doi: 10.3897/zookeys.866.34202.
Moreira, G. R. P., Gorbunov, O. G., Fochezato, J., & Gonçalves, G. L. (2019). A peculiar new species of gall-inducing, clearwing moth (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) associated with . ZooKeys, 86639-63. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.866.34202
Moreira, Gilson R P, et al. "A peculiar new species of gall-inducing, clearwing moth (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) associated with ." ZooKeys vol. 866 (2019): 39-63. doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.866.34202
Moreira GRP, Gorbunov OG, Fochezato J, Gonçalves GL. A peculiar new species of gall-inducing, clearwing moth (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) associated with . Zookeys. 2019 Jul 24;866:39-63. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.866.34202. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31388322; PMCID: PMC6669215.
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Zookeys. 2019 Jul 24;866:39-63. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.866.34202. eCollection 2019.

A peculiar new species of gall-inducing, clearwing moth (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) associated with .

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Gilson R P Moreira, Oleg G Gorbunov, Júlia Fochezato, Gislene L Gonçalves

Affiliations

  1. Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
  2. The A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect, 33, Moscow 119071, Russia.
  3. PPG Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
  4. PPG Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
  5. Departamento de Recursos Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Tarapacá, Casilla 6-D, Arica, Chile.

PMID: 31388322 PMCID: PMC6669215 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.866.34202

Abstract

Larvae of most clearwing moths (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) are endophagous borers of many angiosperms, including their fruits, stems, and roots. Their localized feeding may lead to swellings on those plant parts, but whether the structures produced should be considered true galls is still controversial. In this study we describe a peculiar sesiid moth,

Keywords: Cucurbitaceae ; Melittina ; Neosphecia cecidogena ; Premelittia ; Neotropical region; insect galls; sesiid moths; taxonomy

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