Plutellidae Guenee 1845
- 1. Northern Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton ,, Canada
- 2. University of Alberta Strickland Entomology Museum ,, Canada
- 3. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Canada
- 4. Calgary ,, Canada
Description
19. Plutellidae – diamondback moths
Small (15–20 mm wingspan) moths with elongate lanceolate wings, usually with a conspicuous fringe on the tornal area of the forewing. Most species have distinctive patterns of white, black, and brown on their forewings. Th e larvae of most species feed on crucifers and construct loose webs from which they skeletonize leaves. This group includes the Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella, which is an important pest of crucifer crops throughout the northern hemisphere.
Approximately 300 species of diamondback moths are known, from all parts of the world. Twelve species are known from North America; seven of these are known from AB. More species currently known only from the Palearctic are likely to be discovered in northwestern North America, including AB. Th e family Plutellidae is poorly defined morphologically; some workers have placed it within the Yponomeutidae. In North America the group is in need of revision; Palearctic species were revised by Baraniak (2007). Smith and Sears (1984) provided diagnostic characters and illustrations of two species.
112 * R Plutella notabilis Busck, 1904 M Aug M – – L: None C: CNC
113 R Plutella vanella Walsingham, 1881 E Jul – M Aug M B – L: Pohl et al. (2005) C: CNC, NFRC, OLDS
114 * R H Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758) Jul – Oct M B G Diamondback Moth T: Smith and Sears (1984), Baraniak (2007) L: Bowman (1951), Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC, NFRC, OLDS, UASM
115 * R I Pseudoplutella porrectella (Linnaeus, 1758) Jun – Aug M B g T: Smith and Sears (1984), Baraniak (2007) L: Bowman (1951) C: CNC, UASM
116 * R Plutelloptera haasi (Staudinger, 1883) Jun – Aug M B – T: Baraniak (2007) L: None C: CNC
117 R Rhigognostis interrupta (Walsingham, 1881) May – B g L: Bowman (1951), Pohl et al. (2004b) C: NFRC, UASM
118 R Rhigognostis poulella (Busck, 1904) Sep M b – L: Bowman (1951) C: CNC, UASM
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- Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/576629 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF8B8A2E9F2CA426E62BFFD7FFC6AF1B (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Plutellidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Guenee
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Plutellidae Guenee, 1845 sec. Pohl, Anweiler, Schmidt & Kondla, 2010
References
- Baraniak E (2007) Taxonomic revision of the genus Plutella Schrank, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) from the Palaearctic region with notes on its phylogeny. Polskie Pizmo Entomologiczne 76 Supplement: 1 - 122.
- Smith DB, Sears MK (1984) Life history of Plutella porrectella, a relative of the Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Th e Canadian Entomologist 116: 913 - 917.
- Pohl GR, Bird CD, Landry J-F, Anweiler GG (2005) New records of microlepidoptera in Alberta, Canada. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 59: 61 - 82.
- Bowman K (1951) An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 29: 121 - 165.
- Pohl GR, Langor DW, Landry J-F, Spence JR (2004 b) Lepidoptera of the Boreal Mixedwood Forest near Lac La Biche, Alberta, including new provincial records. Canadian Field-Naturalist 118: 530 - 549.