A new cecidogenous species of many-plumed moth (Alucitidae) associated with Cordiera A. Rich. ex DC. (Rubiaceae) in the Brazilian Cerrado

Natural history of Prymnotomis cecidicola sp. nov. on C. elliptica: (49) host plant at the type locality; (50) young fruit and gall on female plant (gall is marked by asterisk; closed arrow indicates style scar of the fruit); (51) dissected gall showing last instar larva (seta indicates sphere made of faeces and exuviae attached to the gall wall); (52) external aspect of empty gall, showing larval exit orifice (pointed by open arrow); (53) dissected empty gall, showing sphere of packaged faeces and exuviae with fecal pellets left aside (pointed by closed arrow) by the larva before leaving for pupation; (54) fresh cocoon made by last larval instar in association with sand grains and dead-broken leaves under laboratory conditions; (55) mature fruit; (56) senescent empty gall. Scale bars: 3, 3.5, 4, 1, 3.5, 3.5 mm, respectively.

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Caption: Natural history of Prymnotomis cecidicola sp. nov. on C. elliptica: (49) host plant at the type locality; (50) young fruit and gall on female plant (gall is marked by asterisk; closed arrow indicates style scar of the fruit); (51) dissected gall showing last instar larva (seta indicates sphere made of faeces and exuviae attached to the gall wall); (52) external aspect of empty gall, showing larval exit orifice (pointed by open arrow); (53) dissected empty gall, showing sphere of packaged faeces and exuviae with fecal pellets left aside (pointed by closed arrow) by the larva before leaving for pupation; (54) fresh cocoon made by last larval instar in association with sand grains and dead-broken leaves under laboratory conditions; (55) mature fruit; (56) senescent empty gall. Scale bars: 3, 3.5, 4, 1, 3.5, 3.5 mm, respectively.

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