A New Afrotropical Chlidanotini Species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Inhabiting Galls of White Milkwood, Sideroxylon inerme, in South Africa

J. Razowski; J.H. Giliomee

doi:10.4001/003.022.0424

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J. Razowski,¹ J.H. Giliomee^2,*

¹1Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Slawkowska 17, 31-016 Krakow, Poland
²2Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, 7602 Sou

^*Author for correspondence. E-mail: jhg@sun.ac.za

Abstract

Electracma minyops sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Chidanotini) is described and illustrated from South Africa. The larvae form galls on white milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme L., Sapotaceae). The galls, situated about 3 to 5 cm from the tip of young shoots, cause the tips to wilt and die. About 50 % of the observed galls are also inhabited by larvae of Cecidomyidae (Diptera). Larvae of E. minyops were found in galls from July to November, whereas larvae of cecidomyids were present from August to November. Adults of the tortricid were relatively abundant from April to July.

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J. Razowski and J.H. Giliomee "A New Afrotropical Chlidanotini Species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Inhabiting Galls of White Milkwood, Sideroxylon inerme, in South Africa," African Entomology 22(4), 796-800, (1 December 2014). https://doi.org/10.4001/003.022.0424

Accepted: 1 July 2014; Published: 1 December 2014