First high-altitude record of Bucculatrix mirnae Vargas and Moreira (Lepidoptera, Bucculatricidae) on a newly documented host plant: the importance of host plant distribution for conservation on the western slopes of the Andes mountains of northern Chile

Vargas, Héctor A.; Mundaca, Enrique A.

doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2016.06.007

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“…The Andes uplift has been recognized as an important event in the diversification of several Neotropical animal groups, including Lepidoptera (Massardo et al 2015;De-Silva et al 2016). Unfortunately, despite a few recent additions (Vargas and Mundaca 2016;Vargas 2018), the taxonomy and natural history of the micromoths of the Andes of northern Chile have been little studied, impeding further evolutionary studies with these organisms. Indeed, C. nitsugai is the first species of Tortricidae described from these arid high elevation environments.…”

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A new species of Crocidosema Zeller (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from the Andes of northern Chile

Vargas¹

2019

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Crocidosema nitsugaisp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Olethreutinae, Eucosmini) is described and illustrated from the Andes of northern Chile based on adults obtained from larvae collected on leaves, flowers and unripe fruits and seeds of Lupinus oreophilus Phil. (Fabaceae). This represents the first record of insect herbivory on this Chilean endemic perennial herb. The genitalia morphology of C. nitsugai suggests a close evolutionary relationship with two congenerics from high elevation environments of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Andes.

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A new species of Crocidosema Zeller (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from the Andes of northern Chile

Vargas¹

2019

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First record of Alucita danunciae (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) in Peru

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Cerdeña

Arivilca

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Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

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Genetic divergence of isolated populations of the native micromoth Bucculatrix mirnae (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) in the arid environments of Northern Chile

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Huanca‐Mamani

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Analysis of maternally inherited genes is especially helpful in population studies of host-specialized insects, as female dispersal is key to find an adequate host plant to ensure larval survival. Bucculatrix mirnae (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) is a little-known Neotropical micromoth native to the arid environments of northern Chile whose hypermetamorphic larvae are miners and skeletonizers on leaves of two species of Baccharis (Asteraceae) shrubs. This micromoth has been detected in three isolated locations embracing a narrow geographic range: two from the coastal valleys of the Atacama Desert near sea level and one from the western slopes of the Andes at about 3000 m elevation. As the dispersal of B. mirnae is mostly restricted to the small adult stage, the altitudinal gradient and desert areas among the three localities could be effective barriers, triggering genetic differentiation among populations. Sequences of the DNA barcode fragment of the cytocrome oxidase subunit I mitochondrial gene were analyzed to assess for the first time the patterns of genetic variation of B. mirnae. Fifteen haplotypes, each exclusive to one locality, were found in the 71 specimens analyzed. Genetic divergence (K2P) between haplotypes of different localities was at least 2.0%. A Bayesian analysis with sequences of congeneric species grouped all the B. mirnae haplotypes in a clade, in which three well-supported locality-specific haplogroups were found. In concordance with this pattern, an analysis of molecular variance showed that the highest genetic variation was found among populations. Furthermore, all the population pairwise comparisons (F) were significant. These results suggest that female migration between isolated populations of B. mirnae is absent. This pattern must be considered in the current scenario of habitat destruction and modification in the arid environments of northern Chile.

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First high-altitude record of Bucculatrix mirnae Vargas and Moreira (Lepidoptera, Bucculatricidae) on a newly documented host plant: the importance of host plant distribution for conservation on the western slopes of the Andes mountains of northern Chile

Cited by 3 publications

References 22 publications

A new species of Crocidosema Zeller (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from the Andes of northern Chile

A new species of Crocidosema Zeller (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from the Andes of northern Chile

First record of Alucita danunciae (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) in Peru

Genetic divergence of isolated populations of the native micromoth Bucculatrix mirnae (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) in the arid environments of Northern Chile

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