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A new species of Mompha Hübner (Lepidoptera, Momphidae) from Assam, N.E. India, a potential agent for biological control of Ludwigia adscendens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. D. Bradley ,
D. J. Carter ,
T. Sankaran  and
E. Narayanan
J. D. Bradley
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, c/o British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
D. J. Carter
Affiliation:
British Museum (Natural History)
T. Sankaran
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (Indian Station), Bellary Road, P.O. Box 603, Bangalore 6, India
E. Narayanan
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (Indian Station), Bellary Road, P.O. Box 603, Bangalore 6, India
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Abstract

A species of Mompha, discovered on creeping water-primrose Ludwigia adscendens (Onagraceae) in Assam, N.E. India, is described as new and named Mompha ludwigiae. The eggs, larval and pupal stages are also described. Females lay up to 150 eggs in 3–7 days; development from egg to adult takes 3–5 weeks, the larva at first mining the leaves and later feeding externally on terminal shoots. The larvae could be reared on Oenothera rosea, L. perennis and L. octovalvis in the laboratory, but no host-plants other than L. adscendens were found in the field. A Eulophid parasite, Euryscotolinx sp., has been bred from pupal cocoons.

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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 63 , Issue 1 , August 1973 , pp. 57 - 63
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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