Vairimorpha disparis n. comb. (Microsporidia : Burenellidae): A redescription and taxonomic revision of Thelohania disparis timofejeva 1956, a microsporidian parasite of the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar (L.) (Lepidoptera : Lymantriidae)

Abstract

Investigation of pathogens of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.) in Central and Eastern Europe revealed the existence of a microsporidium of the genus Vairimorpha (previous Thelohania).Characterisation and description was performed.

Keywords

• Lymantria dispar
• microsporidia
• Nosema lymantriae
• Nosema portugal
• SSU rDNA sequence
• Thelohania disparis
• Thelohania similis
• Vairimorpha lymantriae
• Vairimorpha sp
• plodia-interpunctella hubner
• indian-meal moth
• host-specificity
• episporontal inclusions
• pleistophora-schubergi
• molecular phylogeny
• necatrix kramer
• sequence data
• pathogen
• protozoa