Laboratory host range testing of<i>Neomusotima conspurcatalis</i>(Lepidoptera: Crambidae) – a potential biological control agent of the invasive weed, Old World climbing fern,<i>Lygodium microphyllum</i>(Lygodiaceae)

Boughton, Anthony J.; Bennett, Christine A.; Goolsby, John A.; Pemberton, Robert W.

doi:10.1080/09583150902771194

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“…Neomusotima conspurcatalis is a small (11 mm wing-span) defoliating moth, native to southeast Asia and northern regions of Australia [18,19]. The moths complete their life cycle in 28 days at 25 °C.…”

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Interactions between Two Biological Control Agents on Lygodium microphyllum

Jones

Lake

2018

Insects

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Lygodium microphyllum (Lygodiaceae) is an invasive climbing fern in peninsular Florida. Two classical biological control agents are currently being released against L. microphyllum: a leaf galling mite, Floracarus perrepae (Acariformes: Eriophyidae), and a moth, Neomusotima conspurcatalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Little is known about how the two species interact in the field; thus we conducted oviposition choice tests to determine the effects of F. perrepae presence on oviposition behavior in N. conspurcatalis. Further, we conducted feeding trials with N. conspurcatalis larvae to establish the effects of gall presence on larval survival and rate of development, and determine whether N. conspurcatalis larvae would directly consume F. perrepae galls. Neomusotima conspurcatalis laid significantly more eggs on mite galled (52.66 ± 6.211) versus ungalled (34.40 ± 5.587) L. microphyllum foliage. Feeding trials revealed higher mortality in N. conspurcatalis larvae raised on galled (60%) versus ungalled (36%) L. microphyllum material. In gall feeding trials, N. conspurcatalis larvae consumed or damaged 13.52% of galls, and the rate of direct gall feeding increased over time as leaf resources were depleted. Our results suggest that, where N. conspurcatalis and F. perrepae co-occur, competitive interactions could be more frequent than previously anticipated; however, we do not expect these antagonistic interactions to affect the establishment of either agent.

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Interactions between Two Biological Control Agents on Lygodium microphyllum

Jones

Lake

2018

Insects

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“…This and related species have been observed to have long-lived, subterranean, tuberous gametophytes, and above-ground sporophytes may be rare (Bierhorst 1975). Florida material of A. pennula has been cultivated in the laboratory (Boughton et al 2009), and the related but cinnamomea while performing field work via helicopter in 2005 (Sadle and Woodmansee, email comm. 2014).…”

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“…Wunderlin & Hansen (2011) reported it to be fertile throughout the year as did Correll & Correll (1982). Florida material has been cultivated in the laboratory (Boughton et al 2009). …”

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Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) of Mahogany Hammock, Everglades National Park, Florida

Zona

Sadle²

2017

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were coauthors both on IRC's book Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002) and Floristic Inventory of South Florida Database Online (Gann et al. 2001(Gann et al. -2014, without which this project would not have been possible.Bruce Hansen at the University of South Florida readily supplied herbarium label data and helped resolve confusing historical and taxonomic problems. Alan Franck, also at USF, and Mark Strong at the Smithsonian Institution, also provided herbarium label data, scans of images and other taxonomic assistance. The FNPS herbarium database online, which is managed by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and the National Park Service, was indispensable to the project. Brett Jestrow at Fairchild provided label data and a review of specimens at FTG, and Fairchild interns Kristen Finch and Brittany Harris helped with rare plant ranking using the new NatureServe methodology, literature searches, and other tasks. Special thanks to Anne Frances and Amanda Treher of NatureServe and Amy Jenkins of FNAI for helping to normalize and update global, national and state ranks of rare plants. Jennifer Possley of Fairchild was of particular help working through some of the fern accounts. Celio Moya assisted with obtaining updated rare plant data from Cuba.

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“…The foliage feeding moth Neomusotima conspurcatalis Warren (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), introduced in 2008 from northern Australia also did establish at the same Palm Beach County study site (Boughton & Pemberton 2009). Dispersal and feeding damage from both established biological control agents were initially limited, being restricted to the immediate vicinity of the release foci (Boughton & Pemberton 2009). Considering the apparent ease of establishing N. conspurcatalis, renewed efforts were returned to the release and evaluation of A. camptozonale.…”

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“…A biological control program was initiated in 1998 with the expectation that introduced herbivores would provide a long-term, environmentally benign solution to the management of L. microphyllum in Florida (Pemberton 1998 (Boughton & Pemberton 2011). The foliage feeding moth Neomusotima conspurcatalis Warren (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), introduced in 2008 from northern Australia also did establish at the same Palm Beach County study site (Boughton & Pemberton 2009). Dispersal and feeding damage from both established biological control agents were initially limited, being restricted to the immediate vicinity of the release foci (Boughton & Pemberton 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%