New record of Ephestiopsis vishnu (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Japan, a candidate to be a biological control agent for exotic Azolla species

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  • YOSHIYASU Yutaka
    Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University

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  • 日本初記録のEphestiopsis vishnuアカウキクサマダラメイガ(鱗翅目,メイガ科) : 外来アゾラの生物的防除素材の一候補

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A phycitine species, Ephestiopsis vishnu is newly recorded from Iriomote Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan and redescribed based on Japanese specimens, with the male genitalia. The larvae were feeding on Azolla imbricata in a creek by a paddy field. This species could be one of the biological control agents for exotic Azolla species.

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  • Lepidoptera Science

    Lepidoptera Science 66 (2), 77-81, 2015

    THE LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

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