Druentica Strand, 1932

St Laurent, Ryan A. & Cock, Matthew J. W., 2017, Annotated list of Mimallonidae (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea) from Trinidad and Tobago, with the description of a new species of Cicinnus Blanchard, 1852 and taxonomic notes, Zootaxa 4268 (1), pp. 53-70 : 62

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.1.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CF5C0218-D639-4B5A-B7D4-3E212214762B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6027666

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D87EF-761C-FFEA-FF7D-FC0ECC5CD48D

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Plazi

scientific name

Druentica Strand, 1932
status

 

Druentica Strand, 1932 View in CoL

Replacement name for Druentia Schaus, 1928 Type species: Druentica partha ( Schaus, 1905)

Druentica View in CoL is composed of many similar species in several distinct species-groups, and identification of most species is difficult until a thorough revision of the genus has been completed. Two species are recognized from Trinidad, one of which has been studied as a potential biological control agent of the weed Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae) View in CoL , a neotropical shrub introduced and invasive in various areas of the Old World tropics including Hawai’i ( Waterhouse & Norris 1987). Druentica View in CoL species are considered to be specialized on Melastomataceae ( Herbin 2016) View in CoL .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Mimallonidae

Loc

Druentica Strand, 1932

St Laurent, Ryan A. & Cock, Matthew J. W. 2017
2017
Loc

Melastomataceae (

Herbin 2016
2016
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