Biology:Digitivalva delaireae
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Short description: Species of moth
| Digitivalva delaireae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolepiidae |
| Genus: | Digitivalva |
| Species: | D. delaireae
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| Binomial name | |
| Digitivalva delaireae Gaedike & Krüger, 2002
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Digitivalva delaireae is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae that is endemic to South Africa.[1][2]
It is a potential biological control agent for Delairea odorata, the larval host plant.[2] Mehelis et al., 2015 test the moth's food preferences and find a strong preference for D. odorata and against any vulnerable native plants in California and Oregon, making this a good biocontrol especially for those areas.[2]
References
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- Balciunas, Joe; Mehelis, Chris. Biological Control of Cape-ivy Project 2005-2006 Biennial Research Report (Report). United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Western Regional Research Center - Exotic & Invasive Weed Research Unit. pp. VII+25. http://www.cal-ipc.org/docs/ip/research/biocontrols/capeivy/pdf/CapeIvy2005-06.pdf. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- Gaedike, R.; Krüger, M. (2002). "Digitivalva (Digitivalva) delaireae sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae), a potential biological control agent for Delairea odorata (Asteraceae)" (PDF). African Entomology (Entomological Society of Southern Africa) 10 (2): 357–360. http://www.journals.co.za/WebZ/images/ejour/ento/ento_v10_n2_a17.pdf?sessionid=01-60273-1773461893&format=F.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
- Olckers, T.; Coetzee, J.A.; Egli, D.; Martin, G.D.; Paterson, I.D.; Sutton, G.F.; Wood, A.R. (2021-12-31). "Biological Control of South African Plants that are Invasive Elsewhere in the World: A Review of Earlier and Current Programmes". African Entomology (Entomological Society of Southern Africa) 29 (3). doi:10.4001/003.029.1005. ISSN 1021-3589.
- Mehelis, Christopher N.; Balciunas, Joe K.; Reddy, Aangelica M.; Van Der Westhuizen, Liame; Neser, Stefan; Moran, Patrick J. (2015-01-25). "Biology and Host Range of Digitivalva delaireae (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae), a Candidate Agent for Biological Control of Cape-ivy (Delairea odorata) in California and Oregon". Environmental Entomology (Entomological Society of America (OUP)) 44 (2): 260–276. doi:10.1093/ee/nvu030. ISSN 0046-225X. PMID 26313180.
Wikidata ☰ Q5276248 entry
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