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Characterization, distribution, biology and impact on Italian walnut orchards of the invasive North-American leafminer Coptodisca lucifluella (Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2015

U. Bernardo ,
E.J. van Nieukerken ,
R. Sasso ,
M. Gebiola ,
L. Gualtieri  and
G. Viggiani
U. Bernardo*
Affiliation:
CNR, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, UOS of Portici, Via Università, 133-80055- Portici (NA), Italy
E.J. van Nieukerken
Affiliation:
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9557, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
R. Sasso
Affiliation:
ENEA C.R. Casaccia, Laboratory Sustainable Management of Agro-ecosystems (UTAGRI-ECO), Roma, Italy
M. Gebiola
Affiliation:
CNR, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, UOS of Portici, Via Università, 133-80055- Portici (NA), Italy
L. Gualtieri
Affiliation:
CNR, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, UOS of Portici, Via Università, 133-80055- Portici (NA), Italy
G. Viggiani
Affiliation:
CNR, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, UOS of Portici, Via Università, 133-80055- Portici (NA), Italy
*
*Author for correspondence e-mail: bernardo@ipp.cnr.it
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Abstract

The leafminer Coptodisca sp. (Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae), recently recorded for the first time in Europe on Italian black and common walnut trees, is shown to be the North-American Coptodisca lucifluella (Clemens) based on morphological (forewing pattern) and molecular (cytochrome oxidase c subunit I sequence) evidence. The phylogenetic relatedness of three species feeding on Juglandaceae suggests that C. lucifluella has likely shifted, within the same host plant family, from its original North-American hosts Carya spp. to Juglans spp. Over the few years since its detection, it has established in many regions in Italy and has become a widespread and dominant invasive species. The leafminer completes three to four generations per year, with the first adults emerging in April–May and mature larvae of the last generation starting hibernation in September–October. Although a high larval mortality was recorded in field observations (up to 74%), the impact of the pest was substantial with all leaves infested at the end of the last generation in all 3 years tested. The distribution of the leafminer in the canopy was homogeneous. The species is redescribed and illustrated, a lectotype is designated and a new synonymy is established.

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COIdamagehost-shiftJuglans regiaJuglans nigraleafminerphenologyphylogeny
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 105 , Issue 2 , April 2015 , pp. 210 - 224
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