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A oria rufotestacea F aimaire ( C oleoptera: C hrysomelidae) long been confused as B romius obscurus ( L innaeus) in K orea
Author(s) -
An Seunglak,
Hong ChangKi,
Kim Seulki,
Lee Seongkyun,
Cho Soowon
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/1748-5967.12052
Subject(s) - biology , pest analysis , botany
Western grape rootworm, B romius obscurus ( L innaeus) is a well‐known pest of grape vines in E urope and N orth A merica. We found that all the K orean specimens that have long been known as B . obscurus turned out to be A oria rufotestacea F aimaire, showing with only about 83% sequence similarity in COI barcodes. The small puncture patterned specimens of A . rufotestacea were initially confused with A . scutellaris P ic, but confirmed to be A . rufotestacea with genitalic characteristics as well as 100% matched COI barcode sequence. Here we describe and compare the morphologically confusing species, B . obscurus and A . rufotestacea , with description of scutellaris ‐like wing variation, in detail with adult images and COI sequences.