Insects (2021) 12 (3 - 245)

Konstantinos B. Simoglou, Dimitrios N. Avtzis, Joaquín Baixeras, Ioanna Sarigkoli and Emmanouil Roditakis (2021)
Hylotelephium spectabile, a new host for carnation tortrix moth (Cacoecimorpha pronubana) and molecular characterization in Greece
Insects 12 (3 - 245)
Abstract: Cacoecimorpha pronubana (Hübner) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) is a highly polyphagous pest of a wide range of crop and ornamental plants. It is of Mediterranean origin and widespread in European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) region. For the first time, infestations of Hylotelephium spectabile (Boreau) Ohba (syn.: Sedum spectabile Boreau) (Saxifragales, Crassulaceae) ornamental plants by C. pronubana larvae, in private gardens in urban area of Drama, Greece, were found. Species identification was conducted based on morphology of female genitalia. In addition, due to reports on occurrence of cryptic C. pronubana species within Europe, DNA barcoding was carried out to determine the molecular status of the pest. This communication reports a new host of C. pronubana and places the Greek pest population along with European species clade.
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Database assignments for author(s): Dimitrios Avtzis, Emmanouil Roditakis

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Cacoecimorpha pronubana	Hylotelephium (crop)	Greece