DESCRIPTION AND EVALUATION OF METHARMOSTIS MULTILINEATA (COSMOPTERIGIDAE) AND IDIOPHANTIS SOREUTA (GELECHIIDAE) (LEPIDOPTERA: GELECHIOIDEA) FOR BIOCONTROL OF DOWNY ROSE MYRTLE, RHODOMYRTUS TOMENTOSA (MYRTACEAE)

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Adamski, D. [1 ]
Makinson, J. R. [2 ]
Brown, B. T. [2 ]
Wright, S. A. [3 ]
Pratt, P. D. [4 ]
Brown, J. W. [5 ]
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[1] ARS, Systemat Entomol Lab, USDA, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
[2] CSIRO Ecosyst Sci, Australian Biol Control Lab, ARS, USDA, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia
[3] ARS, USDA, Invas Plant Res Lab, Gainesville, FL 32608 USA
[4] ARS, USDA, Invas Plant Res Lab, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33314 USA
[5] ARS, Systemat Entomol Lab, USDA, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
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classical weed biological control; Gelechioidea; Hong Kong; immatures; life-history; Myrtaceae; Southeast Asia; Taxonomy; Thailand; SUPERFAMILY;
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Q96 [昆虫学];
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Two species of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera), Metharmostis multilineata Adamski, n. sp. (Cosmopterigidae), and Idiophantis soreuta Meyrick, 1906 (Gelechiidae), were collected in southeastern Asia for evaluation as potential biocontrol agents against downy rose myrtle, Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk. (Myrtaceae), which has become an invasive weed in Florida, USA. Metharmostis Meyrick is reviewed and transferred from Yponomeutidae to Cosmopterigidae (Antequerinae). All life stages of M. multilineata are described and illustrated, with notes on its biology. In addition, protocols for rearing and host testing of M. multilineata are described in detail. Idiophantis appears to be associated with Myrtaceae, and the adult stage of I. soreuta is redescribed. Neither species was suitable for release in Florida.
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