Biology:Ategumia

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Ategumia is a genus of moths in the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae.

Distribution

Although the majority of species (including the type species A. matutinalis) placed in this genus are distributed in the Americas, three species are described from the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, namely A. adipalis, A. fatualis and A. geographicalis.[1]

Larval hostplants

The caterpillars of Ategumia are, as far as known, herbivores. Known hostplants are all in the Melastomataceae family: Melastoma malabathricum, M. "deficidum" (a misspelling of decemfidum?, which is a synonym of Melastoma sanguineum var. sanguineum[2]), Miconia crenata and M. umbellata.[3][4] Ategumia adipalis, A. ebulealis and A. fatualis were introduced to Hawaii for biological pest control to tackle Melastomataceae plants that have become invasive there.[3]

Species

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GlobIZ
  2. ↑ "Melastoma sanguineum var. sanguineum". Royal Botanic Gardens. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77232245-1. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Munroe Eugene G. (1989). "Changes in classification and names of Hawaiian Pyraloidea since the publication of Insects of Hawaii, Volume 8, by E. C. Zimmerman (1958) (Lepidoptera)". Bishop Museum Occasional Papers (Honolulu) 29: 199–212. 
  4. ↑ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2023). "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a. 

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