First record of the sedge feeder Bactra verutana Zeller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Chile based on morphology and DNA barcodes

First record of the sedge feeder Bactra verutana Zeller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Chile based on morphology and DNA barcodes

The sedge-feeding moth Bactra verutana Zeller, 1875 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Bactrini), described from Dallas, Texas, USA, is widespread, recorded throughout much North America, Central and South America, including the Caribbean, and Africa. The species is recorded for the first tim...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 2019-04, Vol.63 (2), p.104-107
Hauptverfasser: Vargas, Héctor A., Vargas-Ortiz, Marcelo
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Atacama Desert
Bar codes
Butterflies & moths
Cyperaceae
Cyperus corymbosus
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Deserts
DNA
DNA barcoding
ENTOMOLOGY
Gene sequencing
Haplotypes
Larvae
Lepidoptera
Morphology
Olethreutinae
Tortricidae
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Zusammenfassung:The sedge-feeding moth Bactra verutana Zeller, 1875 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Bactrini), described from Dallas, Texas, USA, is widespread, recorded throughout much North America, Central and South America, including the Caribbean, and Africa. The species is recorded for the first time from Chile based on specimens collected in the coastal valleys of the Atacama Desert, where its larvae feed on Cyperus corymbosus Rottb. var. subnodosus (Nees & Meyen) Kük. (Cyperaceae). A single DNA barcode haplotype, which is widespread in USA, was found in two Chilean specimens sequenced.
ISSN:0085-5626
1806-9665
1806-9665
DOI:10.1016/j.rbe.2019.02.007