Malysheva S.K., Markova T.O., Maslov M.V., Ponomarenko M.G.
В журнале Russian Journal of Biological Invasions
Год: 2023 Том: 14 Номер: 3 Страницы: 354–360
A species of narrow-winged pyralid moth Phycitodes subcretacella (Ragonot, 1901) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae), which is an invasive naturalized species, was found for the first time in the Primorsky Territory on ragweed (Asteraceae: Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.), which expands the range of food plants of the moth species and the list of phytophages of this weedy plant. New data on the biology of Ph. subcretacella and the first images of the genitalia of both sexes are given with indication of diagnostic characters that make it possible to distinguish the species from closely related taxa. It has been found that the larvae of Ph. subcretacella damage the apical parts of the stems, on which the generative organs of the plant are located, which can significantly reduce the reproductive potential of ragweed.
