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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720
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.3674915
afc2fa4d-f1c4-437f-a89d-eec74c244312
1942-1354
3674915
677567AB-85B6-4BAD-92FF-2336C714E4F9
Amorbia
Clemens, 1860
Amorbia
was revised by
Phillips-Rodriguez and Powell (2007)
, who included 29 species in their treatment. They presented host records for 11 of the species, and in cases where one than one rearing was involved, polyphagy seems to be the norm, with a total of 27 plant families documented as hosts for one or more species of
Amorbia
. The continued efforts of
Janzen and Hallwachs (2009)
in
Costa Rica
have added many new hosts but revealed no conspicuous patterns other than polyphagy. During the study in
Ecuador
, two species of
Amorbia
were reared.
Amorbia cacao
Phillips and Powell, 2007
, described from specimens from
Costa Rica
and
Guatemala
, was reported from Yanayacu by
Razowski and Wojtusiak (2010)
. In
Costa Rica
, this species has been reared from
Asteraceae
,
Clusiaceae
,
Fabaceae
,
Flacourtiaceae
,
Juglandaceae
,
Lauraceae
,
Rosaceae
, and
Sabiaceae (
Phillips-Rodriguez and Powell 2007
)
. In
Ecuador
it was reared once from
Rubus
sp. (
Rosaceae
).
Amorbia colubrana
Phillips and Powell, 2007
was reported from
Colombia
,
Ecuador
, and
Peru
, above about
2000 m
elevation (
Phillips-Rodriguez and Powell 2007
). No larval hosts were previously known. In
Ecuador
it was reared once from
Pilea
sp. (
Urticaceae
).