New larval host records for Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from an Ecuadorian Andean cloud forest
Author
Brown, John W.
Author
Dyer, Lee A.
Author
VillamarĂn-Cortez, Santiago
Author
Salcido, Danielle
text
Insecta Mundi
2019
2019-07-26
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.3674915
afc2fa4d-f1c4-437f-a89d-eec74c244312
1942-1354
3674915
677567AB-85B6-4BAD-92FF-2336C714E4F9
Olethreutini
Olethreutini
are a large tribe (over 1,200 described species) with a worldwide distribution. In a multi-gene molecular analysis by
Regier et al. (2012)
,
Bactrini
and
Endotheniini
, formerly considered distinct tribes (
Horak 1998
), were found to be deeply embedded within
Olethreutini
and hence, those two tribes were synonymized with the latter.
Most species of
Olethreutini
are leaf-rollers in dicotyledonous plants; about half are food-plant specialists and half polyphagous. In addition to leaf-rolling, there are a number of seed and fruit feeders and a few stem-borers. During the survey in
Ecuador
, a single representative of the tribe
Olethreutini
was reared from leaves.