Aclerda takahashii Kuwana

Family

Aclerdidae

Field characters

Body elongate; slightly convex in lateral view; body yellowish brown, body apex dark brown; large amounts of white wax along body margins; ovisac absent. In leaf sheaths and crown of host.

Validation characters

Ventral marginal areas of head, thorax, and abdomen with numerous microducts; microducts absent from dorsum. Other characters: Margin of posterior abdomen crenulate; single anal plate; legs absent; antennae 1-segmented; spiracles with conspicuous pores in atrium; body margin with conical setae; anal cleft present but short.

Comparison

Ventral marginal areas of head, thorax, and abdomen with numerous microducts; microducts absent from dorsum. Other characters: Margin of posterior abdomen crenulate; single anal plate; legs absent; antennae 1-segmented; spiracles with conspicuous pores in atrium; body margin with conical setae; anal cleft present but short.

U.S. quarantine notes

This species was not intercepted from 1995 to 2012 but it was commonly intercepted before that time. We have examined specimens taken in quarantine from Indonesia, Thailand, and China, all on sugarcane. ScaleNet lists hosts in the Poaceae, primarily Saccharum, from all zoogeographic regions. Two species of Aclerda other than A. takahashii and A. sacchari Teague have been intercepted at a U. S. port-of-entry including: Aclerda berlesii Buffa (Italy, on Arundo and "reed stem"); and Aclerda oaxacaensis McConnell (Mexico, on Bamboo).

Important references

Karam 1991; Kawai 1980; McConn1954; Wang 1994.

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