Fungivory of Anatatha lignea, an interesting habit in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) |
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Authors: | Shin-ichi YOSHIMATSU Yukitatsu NAKATA |
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Institution: | Natural Resources Inventory Center, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba and;Ehime Prefecture Forest Research Center, Kumakougen-cho, Kamiukena-gun, Ehime, Japan |
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Abstract: | The larvae of Anatatha lignea (Butler) were found consuming the brown surface of synthetic logs on which the shiitake mushroom, Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler, formed a thick mycelial coat. Fungivory has been rarely reported in the Noctuidae, and this is the first record of fungivory from the genus Anatatha. The female genitalia and the immature stages of A. lignea are illustrated and described for the first time. Its lectotype is designated and illustrated, and details of the species’ biology is given. The female genitalia of A. misae Sugi, a species closely related to A. lignea, are illustrated and described for the first time. |
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Keywords: | Anatatha misae cocoon insect pest mature larva pupa shiitake mushroom |
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