Frugivorous insects reared from chytranthus obliquinervis radlk. (Sapindales: Sapindaceae) with the description of a new monophagous species of grapholita treitschke (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Name of Author

Robert S. Copeland, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
Józef Razowski, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publication Date

7-1-2019

Abstract

Ripe fruits of Chytranthus obliquinervis were sampled from a tree in Buda Forest in coastal Kenya. Four species of insects were reared from the fruits, two species of Tephritidae, an undescribed species of gelechiid moth, and a new species of tortricid moth, Grapholita chytranthusi Razowski, sp. n., described herein. No parasitoids were reared. Notes on the biology, distribution, and conservation status of the host and its pests are included.

Keywords

biodiversity hotspot, Ceratitis, fruit, Gelechiidae, Kenya, monophagy, predispersal seed-predation

Recommended Citation

Copeland, R., & Razowski, J. (2019). Frugivorous insects reared from chytranthus obliquinervis radlk. (Sapindales: Sapindaceae) with the description of a new monophagous species of grapholita treitschke (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 121 (3), 382-393. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.121.3.382