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Bedellia somnulentella (Lepidoptera: Bedelliidae): new hosts of the genus Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in Brazil

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Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller 1847) (Lepidoptera: Bedelliidae) is an invasive pest in Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae)-producing regions in the tropics. Plants of this family are important, ecologically and economically, and favorable for the survival and proliferation of this pest. The objective was to register new host plants of the Convolvulaceae family for B. somnulentella. Damage by this insect was observed on plants in the field at the Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM), municipality of Diamantina, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Vegetative material from these plants was collected, identified and deposited in the collection of the Forest Science Herbarium at the UFVJM. Five species of Ipomoea: I. alba, I. cairica, I. indica, I. hederifolia and I. purpurea, were identified as new host plants for B. somnulentella. The register of new host plants contributes to explain the dispersion and survival of B. somnulentella in different regions. Plants of other species of the genus Ipomoea favor the maintenance of this pest in the field in the absence of I. batatas plants.

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To Dr. John Wood from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK, for the identification of the plants. To “Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG)” and “Programa Cooperativo sobre Proteção Florestal (PROTEF) do Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florestais (IPEF)” for support.

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  1. Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, 39100-000, Brasil

    Maria Jéssica dos Santos Cabral, Ronnie Von dos Santos Veloso, Sebastião Lourenço de Assis Júnior, José Barbosa dos Santos, Rodrigo Almeida Pinheiro & Marcus Alvarenga Soares

  2. Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Insetário G.W.G. Moraes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brasil

    Germano Leão Demolin Leite

  3. Departamento de Entomologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-900, Brasil

    José Cola Zanuncio

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dos Santos Cabral, M.J., Von dos Santos Veloso, R., de Assis Júnior, S.L. et al. Bedellia somnulentella (Lepidoptera: Bedelliidae): new hosts of the genus Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in Brazil. J Plant Dis Prot 130, 205–209 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-022-00685-6

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