Digitivalva delaireae
Digitivalva delaireae is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae that is endemic to South Africa.[1][2]
| Digitivalva delaireae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolepiidae |
| Genus: | Digitivalva |
| Species: | D. delaireae |
| Binomial name | |
| Digitivalva delaireae Gaedike & Krüger, 2002 | |
It is a potential biological control agent for Delairea odorata, the larval host plant.[2] Mehelis et al., 2015 test the moth's food preferences and find a strong preference for D. odorata and against any vulnerable native plants in California and Oregon, making this a good biocontrol especially for those areas.[2]
References
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- Balciunas, Joe; Mehelis, Chris. Biological Control of Cape-ivy Project 2005-2006 Biennial Research Report (PDF) (Report). United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Western Regional Research Center - Exotic & Invasive Weed Research Unit. pp. VII+25. S2CID 132397387. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- Gaedike, R.; Krüger, M. (2002). "Digitivalva (Digitivalva) delaireae sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae), a potential biological control agent for Delairea odorata (Asteraceae)" (PDF). African Entomology. Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 10 (2): 357–360. S2CID 83269876.
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- Olckers, T.; Coetzee, J.A.; Egli, D.; Martin, G.D.; Paterson, I.D.; Sutton, G.F.; Wood, A.R. (2021-12-31). "Biological Control of South African Plants that are Invasive Elsewhere in the World: A Review of Earlier and Current Programmes". African Entomology. Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 29 (3). doi:10.4001/003.029.1005. ISSN 1021-3589. S2CID 245628846.
- Mehelis, Christopher N.; Balciunas, Joe K.; Reddy, Aangelica M.; Van Der Westhuizen, Liame; Neser, Stefan; Moran, Patrick J. (2015-01-25). "Biology and Host Range of Digitivalva delaireae (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae), a Candidate Agent for Biological Control of Cape-ivy (Delairea odorata) in California and Oregon". Environmental Entomology. Entomological Society of America (OUP). 44 (2): 260–276. doi:10.1093/ee/nvu030. ISSN 0046-225X. PMID 26313180. S2CID 419847.
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