A Vivid Orange New Genus and Species of Braconid-Mimicking Clearwing Moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) Found Puddling on Plecoptera Exuviae
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Taxonomic Part
3.2. Habitat and Conditions of Occurrence
3.3. Behaviour
3.4. DNA Barcode Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
- A new genus and species of braconid wasp-mimicking clearwing moth was found in Thailand and named Aurantiosphecia piotrii gen. et sp. nov.
- The clearwing moth displayed an interesting behaviour of “puddling” i.e., sucking up fluids from Plecoptera exuviae on a river bank and landing on rocks entirely surrounded by water.
- During the puddling process, the sesiid ejected brown liquid waste, indicating it was not puddling for water and salt alone.
- Black, orange and white braconid wasps are both potential mimicry models and possibly parasitoids of the new clearwing moth species.
- Standard Lepidoptera primers failed to generate a product in attempts to amplify the MT-CO1 gene of A. piotrii sp. nov. The MT-CO1 was finally obtained with Folmer’s universal invertebrate primers.
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Skowron Volponi, M. A Vivid Orange New Genus and Species of Braconid-Mimicking Clearwing Moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) Found Puddling on Plecoptera Exuviae. Insects 2020, 11, 425. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11070425
Skowron Volponi M. A Vivid Orange New Genus and Species of Braconid-Mimicking Clearwing Moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) Found Puddling on Plecoptera Exuviae. Insects. 2020; 11(7):425. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11070425
Chicago/Turabian StyleSkowron Volponi, Marta. 2020. "A Vivid Orange New Genus and Species of Braconid-Mimicking Clearwing Moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) Found Puddling on Plecoptera Exuviae" Insects 11, no. 7: 425. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11070425