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POWELL, JERRY - ESSIG MUS. OF ENTOMOLOGY |
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Brown, John |
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Submitted to: The Pan-Pacific Entomologist
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: 1/10/1998 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Moths in the family Tortricidae attach a variety of U.S. crops and can cause substantial damage and economic loss. Four genera of the tortricid tribe Cnephasiini occur in the New World, two of which, Decodes and Decodina, are endemic to North America. All members of tribe are leaf-rollers or leaf-tiers, and many different plant families are utilized as larval hosts. A new species, Decodes helix, described and illustrated. The new species feeds on manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.; Ericaceae) and occurs on the California Channel Islands and on the mainland in San Diego County, California, and northwestern Baja California, Mexico. This information will be of use to insect taxonomists, IPM practitioners, and APHIS/PPQ. Technical Abstract: Decodes helix, new species, is described and illustrated from Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands and several sites on the mainland in San Diego County, California, and Baja California, Mexico. It appears most closely related to D. aneuretus Powell on the basis of male and female genitalia, host plant, and seasonal flight period. Decodes helix is distinguished by the long, laterally bent aedeagus and very long, slender, coiled ductus bursae. Larvae were collected from Arctostaphylos confertifolia (Ericaceae) on Santa Rosa Island and A. insularis on Santa Cruz Island. |
