“…The GmDNV, CeDNV, and AdDNV have a host range apparently restricted to their original hosts, since attempts to multiply them in alternative hosts repeatedly failed (Giran, 1966;Jousset et a1., 1986;Fediere et a1., 19901. In contrast, other DNVs, also isolated from lepidoptera, have a broader host range. Thus, the JcDNV can replicate in Aglais urticae, Lymantria dispar, B. mori, Mamestra brassicae, M. oleracea, S. littoralis, and S. exigua (Rivers and Longworth, 1972;Diallo, 1978). Similarly, the EaDNV is infectious for Pseudaletia unipuncta and Heliothis zea (Sutter, 1973), and the host range of MIDNV extends to S. littoralis, Pectinophora gossypiella, Sesamia cretica, Chilo agamemnon, and Ostrinia nubilalis (Fediere, 1996).…”