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Taxonomic study of Eteoryctis syngramma (Meyrick, 1914) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) immature and adult

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In the wake of climate change and invasive insects it is important to study the different life stages of insect pests in economically important crops. Eteoryctis syngramma (Meyrick 1914) (Gracillariidae: Lepidoptera) is an important pest of Mangifera indica Linnaeus (1753) and Anacardium occidentale Linnaeus (1753) in India. Larva mines the dorsal side of the tender leaves and cause significant damage to the crop. The morphology of immature and adults of E. syngramma was studied. Hitherto, the undescribed larval chaetotaxy, a pupa and adult genitalia of E. syngramma is presented. Further, the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I sequence of E. syngramma under study exhibited 99.04% similarity with differences in five nucleotides to a population from Bangalore, India and varied by 7.69 per cent with a closely related species of E. deversa (Meyrick 1922).

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There is no earlier study related to female genitalia of E. syngramma.

Abbreviations

AF:

Adfrontal setae

F:

Fontal setae

C:

Clypeal setae

A:

Anterior setae

P:

Posterior setae

S:

Stemmatal setae

T1-T3:

Thoracic segments

A1-A10:

Abdominal segments

D:

Dorsal setae

SD:

Sub dorsal setae

L:

Lateral setae

SV:

Sub ventral setae

V:

Ventral setae

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The resources provided by Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is gratefully acknowledged. The authors acknowledge the specimens rendered by the ICAR Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur, Karnataka.

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    R. Divya & N. Chitra

  2. Controller of Examinations, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India

    V. Balasubramani

  3. Coconut Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Aliyar Nagar, 642 101, Tamil Nadu, India

    R. Arulprakash

  4. Department of Vegetable Science, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 003, Tamil Nadu, India

    A. Sankari

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Divya, R., Chitra, N., Balasubramani, V. et al. Taxonomic study of Eteoryctis syngramma (Meyrick, 1914) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) immature and adult. Int J Trop Insect Sci 43, 1283–1293 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01034-2

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