Lineodes Guenée (Crambidae: Spilomelinae) of Peru: New Reports of Larval Feeding on Solanaceae and New Species
M. Alma Solis,
Clorinda E. Vergara Cobian
Abstract:Three species of Lineodes Guenée were discovered feeding on four solanaceous host plants in Peru: L. integra Zeller on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), L. undulata Walsingham on aji (Capsicum baccatum L.) and sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), and L. vulcanalis Landry on wild tobacco (Nicotiana glauca Graham). Lineodes integra, the most well-known and widely distributed species in the Western Hemisphere, reportedly feeds on a wide diversity of solanaceous plants, but this is the first report of host plants fo… Show more
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