Host Range of Noctuidonema guyanense (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae): An Ectoparasite of Moths in French Guiana
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 19 (3) , 795-798
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/19.3.795
Abstract
Arthropods of French Guiana were examined to delineate the host range of a newly described species of an ectoparasitic nematode, Noctuidonema guyanense Remillet & Silvain, of adult Lepidoptera. Moths in five families (Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae, Notodontidae, Pyralidae, and Sphingidae) harbored N. guyanense. Twenty-five species of Noctuidae were infected. Multiple species of Spodoptera and Mocis served as hosts for N. guyanense. The most commonly infected hosts were Lesmone formularis Hübner, S. dolichos (F.), S. frugiperda (J. E. Smith), and Xanthopastis timais (Cramer). Lepidoptera in 19 families, including 121 species of Noctuidae, did not harbor N. guyanense. Also, arthropods in 12 orders and 70 families of non-lepidopteran insects, 2 orders of Arachnida, and 5 families of Araneae were not infected by N. guyanense. It appears that N. guyanense is primarily an ectoparasite of moths in Noctuidae.Keywords
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