Neomusotima fuscolinealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Yoshiyasu in 1985.[1] It is found in Japan and Hong Kong.[2] The species was studies as a potential biological control agent for Lygodium japonicum in the United States, but the species was deemed unsuitable since it also fed on the native species Lygodium palmatum.[3]
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| Species: | N. fuscolinealis
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| Neomusotima fuscolinealis Yoshiyasu, 1985
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The larvae feed on Lygodium japonicum.
References
edit- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Species of Lygomusotima new genus and Neomusotima Yoshiyasu (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from Australia and Southeastern Asia feeding on Lygodium microphyllum (Schizaeaceae)
- ^ Neomusotima fuscolinealis (Lepidoptera: Pryalidae) is an Unsuitable Biological Control Agent of Lygodium japonicum
- ^ Japanese Moths