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Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906)

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Higher taxa: Gracillariidae (family)/  Ornixolinae (subfamily)/  Neurostrota (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Busck, 1906)
Citation:Gracilaria (Dialectica) gunniella, new species
Original genus:Gracillaria
Publication:Busck, A. 1906. Tineid moths from southern Texas, with descriptions of new species.
Journal:Proceedings of the United States National Museum
Volume:30
Issue:1465
Pagination:731–732
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15786919
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Neurostrota gunniella (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Lectotype ♀ USNM Lectotype ♀, Paralectotypes 11♀, designated by Davis (in Davis et al. 1991: 31), USNM. United States, US [U.S.A.], Tex.[as], Brownsville.
DNA voucher(s)
10ANIC-12278  10ANIC-12279  USNMENT 00657281  USNMENT 00657282  USNMENT 00657283  USNMENT 00657284  USNMENT 00657286  USNMENT 00657287  USNMENT 00657288 
GenBank Accession Number Publication
KF395123 Hebert, P. D. N., Dewaard, J. R., Zakharov, E. V., Prosser, S. W., Sones, J. E., McKeown, J. T., Mantle, B. & La Salle, J. 2013. A DNA 'barcode blitz': rapid digitization and sequencing of a natural history collection.
NULT023620 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 199
NULT022913 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 199
NULT022791 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 199
NULT023037 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 199
NULT023505 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 199
NULT023152 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 200
NULT024629 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 200
NULT024744 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 200
NULT024869 De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 200
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Australia Northern Territory Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 16 (introduced)
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Costa Rica Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 31
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Cuba Busck, A. [1934]. Microlepidoptera of Cuba. page 179
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 31
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Thailand Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 43 (introduced)
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) United States, US Texas Busck, A. 1906. Tineid moths from southern Texas, with descriptions of new species. page 732
Plant note:

Stem borer, not merely under the epidermis but actually boring into the pith of the stem (Busck [1934]: 179, see also Davis et al. 1991). Mimosa pigra L. is the main larval hostplant. Larval mortality reaches 70% or higher on the other plants (Davis et al. 1991: 40).

Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Mimosa pigra Fabaceae Costa Rica Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 40
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Mimosa pigra Fabaceae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 17
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Mimosa pigra Fabaceae Australia Smith, C. S. & Wilson, C. G. 1995. Close to the edge: microhabitat selection by Neurostrota gunniella (Busk) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a biological control agent for Mimosa pigra L. in Australia. page 177
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Mimosa pigra var. asperata Fabaceae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 40
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Mimosa pigra var. asperata Fabaceae Cuba Busck, A. [1934]. Microlepidoptera of Cuba. page 179
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Neptunia major Fabaceae Australia De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 201
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Neptunia plena Fabaceae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 17
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Neptunia prostrata (Lam.) Baill. Fabaceae Thailand Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 43
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Apanteles sp. Braconidae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 41
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Brachymeria sp. Chalcididae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 41
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Bracon sp. Braconidae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 41
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Elasmus sp. Eulophidae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 41
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Elfia sp. Diptera: Tachinidae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 41
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Fiebrigella sp. Diptera: Chloropidae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 41
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Horismenus sp. Eulophidae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 41
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Hypomicrogaster sp. Braconidae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 41
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Orgilus sp. Braconidae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 41
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Perilampus sp. Perilampidae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 41
Neurostrota gunniella (Busck, 1906) Phanomeris sp. Braconidae Mexico Davis, D. R., Kassulke, R. C., Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D. 1991. Systematics, morphology, biology, and host specificity of Neurostrota gunniella (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), an agent for the biological control of Mimosa pigra L. page 41
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination