Species Vavraia oncoperae (Milner & Beaton, 1977)

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• Pleistophora oncoperae Milner, R.J. & Beaton, C.D. 1977. Pleistophora oncoperae sp. n. (Protozoa: Microsporida) from Oncopera alboguttata (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) in Australia. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 29: 133-140.

Generic Combinations

• Vavraia oncoperae (Milner & Beaton, 1977). —
  Malone, L.A., Wigley, P.J. & Dhana, S.D. 1987. Identity of a microsporidium from three New Zealand pasture insects: Costelytra zealandica (Coleoptera, Scarabeidae), Wiseana spp. (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae), and Listronotus bonariensis (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 49: 135-144

Introduction

Based on ribosomal DNA sequence data, the Microsporidia are recognised as Fungi and not Protists. At present Australian Biological Resource Study has retained the Microsporidia as a phylum in the Protists for historical comparative purposes.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Oncopera alboguttata Tindal, 1933 [HEPIALIDAE] Ebor Grassgrub (muscle, fat bodies, connective tissues); Oncopera rufobrunnea Tindal, 1933 [HEPIALIDAE] Underground Grassgrub (muscle, fat bodies, connective tissues)).

Associated Fauna References

Malone, L.A., Wigley, P.J. & Dhana, S.D. 1987. Identity of a microsporidium from three New Zealand pasture insects: Costelytra zealandica (Coleoptera, Scarabeidae), Wiseana spp. (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae), and Listronotus bonariensis (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 49: 135-144 (Oncopera alboguttata; Oncopera rufobrunnea)

Milner, R.J. 1977. The role of disease during an outbreak of Oncopera alboguttata Tindale and O. rufobrunnea Tindale, (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) in the Ebor/Dorrigo region of N.S.W. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 16: 21-26 (Oncopera alboguttata; Oncopera rufobrunnea)

Milner, R.J. & Beaton, C.D. 1977. Pleistophora oncoperae sp. n. (Protozoa: Microsporida) from Oncopera alboguttata (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) in Australia. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 29: 133-140 (Oncopera alboguttata; Oncopera rufobrunnea)

Milner, R.J. & Lutton, G.G. 1980. Interactions between Oncopera alboguttata (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) and its microsporidian pathogen, Pleistophora oncoperae (Protozoa: Microsporida). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 36: 198-202 (Oncopera alboguttata; Oncopera rufobrunnea)

Wright, P.J. 1993. New records of entomopathogens infecting Oncopera spp. (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) larvae in Tasmania. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 61: 315-316 (Oncopera rufobrunnea)

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