Discovery of the biology of Glyphipterix loricatella (Treitschke, 1833) (Lepidoptera, Glyphipterigidae), a borer in Iris (Iridaceae)

By

Takács, Attila
Szabóky, Csaba

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-7-3

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

41

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

181--187

Subjects

Glyphipterix loricatella , Hungary , Iris x germanica , Lepidoptera , preimaginal stages

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.41.24892

 

Abstract

The biology and larva of Glyphipterixloricatella (Treitschke, 1833) are described for the first time on the basis of material from two localities in Hungary, in the vicinity of Budapest. We reared larvae from Iris×germanica L. (Iridaceae), representing a new hostplant family for Glyphipterix. The larvae develop over a year in the leaves, later in the rhizome, where they spend the winter as mature larvae. The larvae eat themselves out of the rhizome in spring and pupate outside the rhizome in the soil in a cocoon, covered with soil particles. The pupal stage lasts 30–35 days. All developmental stages are illustrated.