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THE APPEARANCE OF THE WALNUT LEAFMINER (COPTODISCA LUCIFLUELLA CLEMENS, 1860 LEPIDOPTERA – HELIOZELIDAE) IN HUNGARY

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At first time the North American leafminer was found in Italy in 2010. The species was reported from Italy and from Hungary from Europe. The fisrt mines of the moth were detected on walnut (Junglans regia) leaves in Tornyiszentmiklós in Hungary.
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NÖVÉNYVÉDELEM 2017, 78 (53): 12. 539
Olaszországban (Bernardo
és mtsai 2011) hét évvel ezelőtt
dió levélen aknázó Észak-Ame-
rikában honos molylepkét azo-
nosítottak Coptodisca luciuella
néven. Az Olaszországba be -
hurcolt kártevők rendszerint
észak ra, illetve észak-keletre
terjednek tovább. Az előbbiek
ismeretében nem meglepő a
lepke magyarországi megjele-
nése. Az első példányait (aknáit,
hernyóit) Tornyiszentmiklós
zárt kerti területén közönséges dió (Juglans
regia) levelein 2017. augusztus 24-én sike-
rült felfedezni. Figyelmünk a dió felé fordult,
melynek eredményeképpen számos hazai tele-
pülésen sikerült jelenlétét bizonyítani (térkép,
lelőhelylista).
A lepke szárnyfesztávolsága 4–6 mm
(1. ábra). Az elülső szárnyon feketével határolt
három fehér ék látható, melyek a szárny közepe
felé sárgába hajlanak. A szárnycsúcsban levő
rojtban egyenes fekete farok látható. A külső
szöglet háromszögletű foltja fehér. A szárny-
csúcsi rojtok tövében kékes foltok gyelhetők
meg. A feje borzas és a hátulsó szárnyaival azo-
nos szürke színű (Clemens, 1860).
Hernyója (2. ábra) a levélen kétoldali folt-
aknát készít. Az akna mindig a levél két oldalere
között található (3. ábra) és azokon sohasem
nyúlik keresztül. A hernyó ürüléke fekete színű
és a foltakna két oldalán látható (4. ábra).
Az utolsó vedlést követően ovális zsákot sző
magának (3. ábra). A zsák szélén elrágott levél-
lemez körben elszárad, az ily módon meglazult
zsákkal a hernyó elhagyja a levelet. A vékonyabb
vagy vastagabb ágakon, esetleg a törzs kéregre-
pedéseiben fehér szövedékkel rögzíti a zsákot.
Hernyóként telel, majd tavasszal bábozódik.
Az aknák keresése egyszerű. Az elhagyott
aknákban a rokon somaknázó fényesmolyhoz
(Antispila treitschkiella) hasonlóan szabályos
A DIÓAKNÁZÓ FÉNYESMOLY (COPTODISCA LUCIFLUELLA
CLEMENS, 1860 LEPIDOPTERA – HELIOZELIDAE)
MAGYARORSZÁGI MEGJELENÉSE
Takács Attila1,Szabóky Csaba2 és Kutas János3
1Fejér Megyei Kormányhivatal Székesfehérvári Járási Hivatal Agrárügyi Főosztály Növény-
és Talajvédelmi Osztály 2481 Velence, Ország út 23. takacs.attila@fejer.gov.hu
21034 Budapest, Bécsi út 88. bothv@t-online.hu
3Zala Megyei Kormányhivatal Zalaegerszegi Járási Hivatala Agrárügyi és Környezetvédelmi Főosztály
Növény- és Talajvédelmi Osztály 8900 Zalaegerszeg, Kinizsi u. 81. kutas.janos@zala.gov.hu
Az Észak-Amerikából Európába behurcolt lepkefajt elsőként Olaszországban (2010) találták
meg. Olaszországon és Magyarországon kívül napjainkig sehonnan sem került elő. Első aknáit
Tornyiszentmiklós zártkerti területén közönséges dió (Juglans regia) levelein sikerült meggyelni.
Kulcsszavak: expanziós faj, közönséges dió (Juglans regia), fekete dió (Juglans nigra), levélakna,
faunára új
1. ábra. Dióaknázó fényesmoly (Coptodisca luciuella Clemens, 1860)
rajz: Szabóky Csaba, Lucio Morin fényképe nyomán
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ovális lyukak maradnak vissza. Több levélben
„döglött aknákat” gyeltünk meg. A leveleken
számos hasonló méretű elhalt folt látható, de
a legegyértelműbb meghatározási módja, ha a
fény felé tartva az elhalt részben hernyó ürülék
van.
A lepke hernyójának tápnövénye hazájá-
ban, Észak-Amerikában a hikoridió (Carya
glabra) és a pekán dió (Carya tomentosa)
(Bernardo és mtsai 2015), Magyarországon
elsősorban közönséges dión (Juglans regia)
gyelhető meg (5. ábra). Számos esetben
fekete dión (Juglans nigra) találtuk (6. ábra).
Megemlítendő, hogy közönséges és a fekete
dió együttes előfordulásakor csak a fekete dió
levelét fogyasztotta. Érdekesség, hogy egy-egy
alkalommal Martonvásáron hikoridión (Carya
sp.) és Alsószentivánon texasi feketedión
(Juglans rupestris) is megtaláltuk.
A lepke hazájában három, esetleg négy nem-
zedéke is kifejlődik (Bernardo és mtsai 2012).
Hazai nemzedékszámáról nincs ismeretünk.
Meggyeléseink szerint „régi” és „új” zsákja a
dió törzsén található, mely arra enged következ-
tetni, hogy hazánkban egynél több nemzedéke fej-
lődik.
Az Amerikai Egyesült Államok és Mexikó
hikoridió termesztő vidékein, amennyiben a
gazdálkodók azonos hatásspektrumú in szek-
ticideket használnak, nagyobb a valószínűsége
a rezisztencia kialakulásának, így az ott élő
négy diókártevő faj (Stigmella juglandifoliella,
Cameraria caryaefoliella, Phyllonorycter
caryaealbella, Coptodisca luciuella) együtte-
sen okozhat kárt.
A dióaknázó fényesmoly magyarországi
kártétele közvetettnek tekinthető, mivel az
csak a leveleket érinti, a termést nem, vala-
mint a fentebb említett másik három faj nálunk
még nem fordul elő. Jelen ismereteink szerint
a lárva elleni inszekticides védekezés nem
indokolt.
Jelentős számú hernyót gyűjtöttünk,
me lyek ből vélhetően tavasszal kelnek ki a lep-
kék, esetleg a parazitoidok. Megjegyzendő,
hogy az olaszországi vizsgálatok már 9 genusba
tartozó parazitoidot mutattak ki.
2. ábra. A dióaknázó fényesmoly hernyója
Fotó: Takács Attila
3. ábra. A levélakna mindig a levél két oldalere között
található, mellette a hernyó zsákja. Fotó: Takács Attila
4. ábra. A hernyó ürüléke fekete színű és a foltakna
két oldalán látható. Fotó: Takács Attila
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A kárképe és /vagy a lárvája követke-
ző településekről került elő: Ábrahámhegy,
Alcsút doboz, Alsónemesapáti, Alsószentiván,
Bada csony, Badacsonyörs, Badacsonytördemic,
Balatonboglár, Balatonederics, Balatonföldvár,
Balatongyörök, Balatonhenye, Balatonkenese,
Balatonlelle, Balatonőszöd, Balatonszárszó,
Balatonszemes, Balatonvilágos, Barcs, Berzen-
ce, Bize, Bocfölde, Bol dog asszonyfa, Borjád,
Böhönye, Botykapeterd, Böhönye, Bőszénfa,
Budapest (III., XI.), Cserszegtomaj, Csokonya-
visonta, Cso pak, Csörnyeföld, Csur gó, Dencshá-
za, Diós jenő, Duna bogdány, Dö mös, Esztergom,
Fe hér vár csurgó, Felsőpáhok, Fonyód, Föve-
nyes, Füzér rad vány, Görgeteg, Gyenes diás,
Hencse, Hévíz, Iharos, Iharosberény, Juta, Ka-
csóta, Kadarkút, Kapos vár, Káptalan füred, Ke-
levíz, Keszthely, Két hely, Középrigóc, Lá bod,
Lad, Leányfalu, Lengyeltóti, Letenye, Marca-
li, Martonvásár, Mesztegnyő, Mike, Mikóhá-
za, Mór, Murarátka, Nagyatád, Nagyharsány,
Nagykanizsa, Nagykapornak, Nagypeterd,
Nagyrada, Nagyvázsony, Nyírmada, Osztopán,
Öreglak, Ötvöskónyi, Pécs, Pellérd, Pilismarót,
Pilisszentlászló, Révfülöp, Segesd, Seregélyes,
Siklós, Solymár, Somogyjád, Somogyvár, Süt-
tő, Szabadegyháza (ipar-
telep), Szalánta, Szentgál,
Szentlászló, Szentlőrinc,
Szenyér, Szigetvár, Szig-
liget, Szirmabesenyő,
Szulok, Tápóság , Tor-
nyiszentmiklós, Túrony,
Úrkút, Vadépuszta, Vár da,
Vásárosnamény, Vá szoly,
Velence, Villány, Vo-
nyarcvashegy, Zalacsány,
Zala egerszeg, Zala lövő,
Zalaszentgrót, Zalaszent-
iván, Zamárdi, Zselic-
szentpál.
A térképeken a vizs-
gált településeket jelöl-
tük, a fekete körök a
megtalált aknák helyét
mutatják, míg a fehér
körök azokat a helyeket,
ahol nem sikerült megta-
lálnunk.
Köszönetnyilvánítás
A szerzők köszöne-
tüket fejezik ki azoknak,
akik adataikkal hozzájá-
rultak a faj előfordulási
térképének az elkészí-
téséhez: Szénási Ágnes,
Both Veronika, Kis
Balázs, Gál Sándor, Antal
Kristóf.
5. ábra. A dióaknázó fényesmoly elterjedése közönséges dión 2017-ben
6. ábra. A dióaknázó fényesmoly elterjedése fekete dión 2017-ben
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THE APPEARANCE OF THE WALNUT LEAFMINER (COPTODISCA LUCIFLUELLA
CLEMENS, 1860 LEPIDOPTERA – HELIOZELIDAE) IN HUNGARY
A. Takács,1 Cs. Szabóky2 and J. Kutas3
1Government Ofce of Fejér County District Ofce of Székesfehérvár Major Department of Agricultural Affairs Plant
protection and Soil Department 2481 Velence, Ország út 23. takacs.attila@fejer.gov.hu
21034 Budapest, Bécsi út 88. bothv@t-online.hu
3Government Ofce of Zala County District Ofce of Zalaegerszeg Major Department of Agricultural and Environmental
Protection Affairs Plant protection and Soil Department 8900 Zalaegerszeg, Kinizsi u. 81. kutas.janos@zala.gov.hu
At rst time the North American leafminer was found in Italy in 2010. The species was reported
from Italy and from Hungary from Europe. The srt mines of the moth were detected on walnut
(Junglans regia) leaves in Tornyiszentmiklós in Hungary.
Keywords: expansive species, walnut (Juglans regia), black walnut (Juglans nigra), leafmine, new
to the fauna
Érkezett: 2017. szeptember 21.
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... Being acquainted with the European literature (Bernardo et al., 2015;Takács et al., 2017Takács et al., , 2020 reporting other host plant species besides J. regia for the walnut shield bearer on this continent, our team proceeded with its research in exotic plants collections in Bucharest. With the guidance of biologist employees at "Dimitrie Brândză" Botanical Garden (Bucharest), non-native trees such as Carya ovata, Juglans nigra, Juglans spp. ...
... In Romania as well as in the other invaded European countries, the main host plant of C. lucifluella is J. regia (Figure 9a) (Bernardo et al., 2015;Chireceanu et al., 2022;Takács et al., 2017Takács et al., , 2020. Our surveys in the botanical garden of Bucharest noted the presence of C. lucifluella on J. nigra, P. fraxinifolia, and C. illinoinensis ( Figure 9b-d). ...
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... For the first time outside the Nearctic, the moth was recorded in Europe (Italy) in 2010 (Bernardo et al. 2012(Bernardo et al. , 2015. In the following years, its occurrence was documented in following European countries: Hungary in 2017 (Takács et al. 2017(Takács et al. , 2020Szabóky and Takács 2018), Ukraine in 2019 (Pályi et al. 2019), Bulgaria and Czech Republic in 2020 (Tomov 2020; Laštůvka and Laštůvka 2020), Austria, Slovakia, France in 2021 (Huemer 2021;Tokár et al. 2021;Rennwald 2022), Romania, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Serbia in 2022 (Chireceanu et al. 2022;Fuchs et al. 2022;Kirichenko et al. 2023a;Lepiforum 2024a). In 2023, we documented the moth for the first time in Russia (Krasnodar Region: Sochi, Sirius) and Abkhazia, whereas in 2024, in Crimea (present paper). ...
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... Remarks -Coptodisca lucifluella is native to the Nearctic region and was introduced to Europe. Its first European records are from Italy (Bernardo et al. 2012), then it was found in Hungary (Takács et al. 2017). Later on, it has also been recorded from France (mainland), Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine and Bulgaria (Rennwald & Rodeland 2023). ...
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... In 2012, the species was signalled for the first time in Mexico in various pecan nut orchards (Ávila-Rodríguez et al., 2015) and in 2017, this is reported in Hungary (Takács et al., 2017). A more extensive survey in 263 localities dispersed throughout Hungary proves the vast spread of the species (Takács, et al., 2020). ...
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Abstract: The invasive species Coptodisca lucifluella, also called the walnut shield bearer is recorded for the first time in Romania in this report. It is a leaf miner of North American origin, having been discovered for the first time in Europe (Italy) in 2010. Since then it has been confirmed in other three European countries, Hungary (2017), Ukraine (2019) and Bulgaria (2020), and now in Romania. In its native habitats, the species is known to be specialized on woody plants from the family Juglandaceae, genus Carya, in particular the pecan nut tree, Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch. In the newly occupied territories in Europe, the moth was reported mainly on Juglans spp., especially J. regia (L.) (with very few instances on J. nigra (L.), Carya spp. and Pterocarya spp.). In August 2022, leaves of common walnut (J. regia) with mines of C. lucifluella were collected in Southern Romania (Bucharest, Ilfov and Giurgiu Counties) and Western Romania (Arad County). The walnuts were located in cities, rural areas, alongside roads and spontaneously grown in vineyards, at altitudes from 60 to 200 m a.s.l.
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... In 2012, the species was signalled for the first time in Mexico in various pecan nut orchards (Ávila-Rodríguez et al., 2015) and in 2017, this is reported in Hungary (Takács et al., 2017). A more extensive survey in 263 localities dispersed throughout Hungary proves the vast spread of the species (Takács, et al., 2020). ...
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" The invasive species Coptodisca lucifluella, also called the walnut shield bearer is recorded for the first time in Romania in this report. It is a leaf miner of North American origin, having been discovered for the first time in Europe (Italy) in 2010. Since then it has been confirmed in other three European countries, Hungary (2017), Ukraine (2019) and Bulgaria (2020), and now in Romania. In its native habitats, the species is known to be specialized on woody plants from the family Juglandaceae, genus Carya, in particular the pecan nut tree, Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch. In the newly occupied territories in Europe, the moth was reported mainly on Juglans spp., especially J. regia (L.) (with very few instances on Juglans nigra (L.), Carya spp. and Pterocarya spp.). In August 2022, leaves of common walnut (J. regia) with mines of C. lucifluella were collected in Southern Romania (Bucharest, Ilfov and Giurgiu Counties) and Western Romania (Arad County). The walnuts were in cities, rural areas, alongside roads and walnuts spontaneously grown in vineyards, at altitudes from 60 to 200 m a.s.l."
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An overview of alien, invasive Microlepidoptera species, potential pests in agri- horti- or silviculture, recently found in Hungary
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  • Aug 2024
Along with climate change, or by transportation of agricultural products, such as fruits and ornamental plants, their alien insect pests have also started to appear in Hungary. Although these pest species are sometimes sparsely studied, their biology and interactions with their host plants provide key information for monitoring their spread and identifying their vulnerable points, targets for developing methods preventing their overpopulation. In this review article we have collected data on newly emerged moth species recently found in Hungary that might threaten plantations in Hungary in the near future.
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Use of an Arboretum and DNA Barcoding for the Detection and Identification of Leaf-Mining Insects on Alien Woody Plants
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  • Mar 2023
Arboreta serve as effective tools for identifying alien insect pests and novel trophic associations. In this study, we used an arboretum in Slovenia to survey woody plants and identify both alien and native leaf miners. The leaves and twigs of 50 woody plant species and their cultivars were examined for characteristic damage. We used an integrative approach that combined identification based on leaf mines and DNA barcoding of the larvae and pupae found in the mines. In total, 62 leaf-mining species were identified, including eight alien species, of which the heliozelid Coptodisca lucifluella (Clemens, 1860) and the agromyzid Cerodontha unisetiorbita Zlobin, 1992 were documented for Slovenia for the first time. Additionally, three presumably native Gracillariidae moths Phyllocnistis labyrinthella (Bjerkander, 1790), P. ramulicola Langmaid & Corley, 2007 and P. saligna (Zeller, 1839) represented the first record for Slovenia. Furthermore, we documented 23 novel-to-science trophic associations, 20 of which involved native insects and alien woody plants, primarily from Asia. This study highlights the importance of arboreta and botanical gardens for the interception of invasive alien insects and the early detection of trophic shifts of native insects to alien plants, which can aid in predicting their potential spread.
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A Magyarországon előforduló molylepke-fajok névjegyzéke, 2018. Checklist of Hungarian micro-moths, 2018 (Lepidoptera).
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  • Oct 2018
This checklist is the updated version of the checklist of micro-moths species in Hungary published in 2012. This new checklist is based on the latest faunistical and taxonomical researches. After the name of the species a precise literatury source is given with numbers. Hungarian names are proposed for all species. Only the species which are cleary identified by the experts can be added to the checklist. There are comments made regardingthe uncertain, mostly doubtful species. A total 2313 species are published in detail and information is added from the uncertain species.
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Ötven év változásai a magyar Microlepidoptera faunában. Fifty years of changes in the Hungarian Lepidoptera Fauna (Lepidoptera).
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  • Oct 2018
Present paper introduces the changes in the knowledge on the Hungarian Microlepidoptera fauna of the last fifty years between the two milestone publications, from the first comprehensive checklist of Gozmány published in 1968 to the most recent list of Pastorális & Buschmann at 2018. The authors mention all species recorded from Hungary for the first time during this period and list those which have been omitted from the checklist due to various reasons. Short biographies are presented about the famous Hungarian experts of Microlepidoptera, László Gozmány and József Szőcs whose work established the scientific basis of our knowledge about the Hungarian Microlepidoptera fauna, as well as about their most successful Hungarian and foreign followers. Summarising the above-mentioned changes the authors state that the latest catalogue of the Hungarian Microlepidoptera fauna published contemporarily by the authors of the present paper includes altogether 2313 species belonging into 57 families.
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First record of a walnut shield bearer Coptodisca (Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae) in Europe
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  • Sep 2012
  • J APPL ENTOMOL
A leafminer of the Nearctic genus Coptodisca Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae), a species of potential economic interest, is reported for the first time from Europe, infesting the black (Juglans nigra L.) and the common walnut (Juglans regia L.). Mines were collected since September of 2010 in several sites of two Italian regions (Campania and Lazio). The species is rather similar to Coptodisca juglandella (Chambers), the only Coptodisca known to attack walnuts, but at present, an unambiguous identification cannot be provided because of the unsatisfactory charac- terization of this leafminer and congeneric species. Three generations were recorded per year and leafminers overwinter as mature larvae. The first adults emerged in May–June while mature larvae of the last gener- ation started the overwintering in September. During the last generation of the year, infestation levels of leaves were 100% in all sampled locali- ties. Several species of parasitoids were reared from infested mines, with specimens belonging to the genus Chrysocharis (Hymenoptera: Eulophi- dae) being the most frequent parasitoids.
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Primer Reporte de lucifluella en Huertas de Nogal
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  • U Nava-Camberos
  • Luis Reyes-Carrillo
  • J García De La Peña
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  • Luis García-Hernández
Ávila-Rodríguez V.,Nava-Camberos U., Luis Reyes-Carrillo J., García de la Peña C., Márquez-Hernándezy C. and Luis García-Hernández J. (2015): Primer Reporte de lucifluella en Huertas de Nogal, Carya illinoinensis en México Southwestern Entomologist, 40(2):419-426.
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Bernardo, U., Nieukerken, E. J. van, Sasso, R., Gebiola, M., Gualtieri, L. and G. Vigiani (2015): Characterization, distribution, biology and impact on Italian walnut orchards of the invasive North-American leafminer Coptodisca lucifluella (Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 210-234.
Minatrice fogliare segnalata in Italia su noce
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  • 64-65
  • U Bernardo
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Bernardo, U., Sasso, R., Gebiola, M. and Viggiani, G. (2011): Minatrice fogliare segnalata in Italia su noce. L'Informatore agrario, 46: 64-65.
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Clemens, B. (1860): Contributions to American Lepidopterology. No. 5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12: 203-221.