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Host range of an invasive moth, Phyllonorycter leucographella
Author(s) -
Walczak U.,
Baraniak E.,
Jerzak E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of applied entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.795
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0418
pISSN - 0931-2048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2010.01513.x
Subject(s) - biology , infestation , host (biology) , botany , range (aeronautics) , cultivar , subfamily , lepidoptera genitalia , gracillariidae , ecology , biochemistry , materials science , gene , composite material
We examined the host range of an invasive small moth, Phyllonorycter leucographella in two plant collections in Poland. A total of 248 species, varieties and cultivars of the subfamily Maloideae were sampled. We found that only 75 of them were attacked by Ph. leucographella . As many as 68 novel host plants are reported for the first time. However, the infestation of these plants is usually much lower than its primary host, Pyracantha coccinea .