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Phycitodes subcretacella (Ragonot) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)—A New Phytophage of the Quarantine Species Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. in the South of the Far East of Russia

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A species of narrow-winged pyralid moth Phycitodes subcretacella (Ragonot, 1901) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae), which is an invasive naturalized species, was found for the first time in the Primorsky Territory on ragweed (Asteraceae: Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.), which expands the range of food plants of the moth species and the list of phytophages of this weedy plant. New data on the biology of Ph. subcretacella and the first images of the genitalia of both sexes are given with indication of diagnostic characters that make it possible to distinguish the species from closely related taxa. It has been found that the larvae of Ph. subcretacella damage the apical parts of the stems, on which the generative organs of the plant are located, which can significantly reduce the reproductive potential of ragweed.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We authors express our sincere gratitude to M.M. Omelko and V.A. Kirpichnikova (Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok) for consultations during the work.

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This work was carried out within the framework of a state task of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (topics nos. 121031000120-9 and 121031000151-3).

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Malysheva, S.K., Markova, T.O., Maslov, M.V. et al. Phycitodes subcretacella (Ragonot) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)—A New Phytophage of the Quarantine Species Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. in the South of the Far East of Russia. Russ J Biol Invasions 14, 354–360 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111723030116

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