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Lasiothyris luminosa (Razowski & Becker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): a New Grapevine Pest in Northeastern Brazil

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The little-known Neotropical tortricid moth Lasiothyris luminosa (Razowski & Becker) is reported for the first time as a grapevine pest in northeastern Brazil. A diagnosis based on morphological characters including the genitalia is provided for both sexes, together with a preliminary description of economic damage caused by the larval stage on flowers and fruits. In addition, we sequenced a partial region of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene from specimens from the region and reconstructed phylogenetic relationships using representative lineages of closely related tortricids as terminals.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Thales R. O. Freitas (UFRGS) for the laboratory facilities used in the molecular analyses, and to Vitor O. Becker (Reserva Serra Bonita) for confirming the identity of the species. We benefited from taxonomic comments by John W. Brown (Smithsonian Institution) on other, closely allied Neotropical Cochylini moths, and he also allowed us to access barcode data in the BOLD System Tortricidae projects. Thanks are also due to Denis S. Silva for editing the plates, and to Janet W. Reid for editing the text. G.L. Gonçalves was supported by a Postdoctoral CAPES Fellowship (PNPD), and G.R.P. Moreira by a grant from CNPq (project number 309853/2014-1).

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  1. Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation—Embrapa Tropical Semi-Arid, Petrolina, PE, Brasil

    T C Costa-Lima

  2. Depto de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Univ Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 9500, 91501-910, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

    G R P Moreira

  3. Genetics Dept, Federal Univ of Rio Grande do Sul—UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

    G L Gonçalves

  4. Instituto de Alta Investigación, Univ de Tarapacá—UTA, Arica, Chile

    G L Gonçalves

  5. Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation—Embrapa Cerrrados, Planaltina, DF, Brasil

    A Specht

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Costa-Lima, T.C., Moreira, G.R.P., Gonçalves, G.L. et al. Lasiothyris luminosa (Razowski & Becker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): a New Grapevine Pest in Northeastern Brazil. Neotrop Entomol 45, 336–339 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-016-0379-9

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