The Larval food-plants of Apochima diaphanaria ssp. rjabovi (Wehrli, 1936) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its new larval parasitoid Drino imberbis (Wiedemann, 1830) record

Authors : Kesran Akın, Murat Kürşat

Pages : 306-311

Doi:10.17474/artvinofd.979725

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Publication Date : 2021-11-19

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The larval food plant of the Apochima diaphanaria ssp. rjabovi (Wehrli, 1936) in the Geometridae family has not been known until now. In this study, the medicinal plants Ferula haussknechtii H. Wolff ex Rech.f., Prangos uloptera DC. (Apiaceae) and Rheum ribes L. (Polygonaceae) species are identified for the first time as larval food plants of Apochima diaphanaria ssp. rjabovi. In addition, Drino imberbis (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera, Tachinidae) species is recorded as the first larval parasitoid of Apochima diaphanaria ssp. rjabovi. Pictures of the habitat, larva, pupa and adult individual of this moth subspecies, as well as pictures of the pupa and the adult individual of the larval parasitoid are present in the study.
Keywords : Apochima diaphanaria ssp. rjabovi, Geometridae, Lepidoptera, Larval food-plants, Drino imberbis, Tachinidae

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