Nosema chrysorrhoeae n. sp (Microsporidia), isolated from browntail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea L.) (Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae) in Bulgaria: Characterization and phylogenetic relationships

Abstract

A new microsporidian parasite Nosema chrysorrhoeae n. sp., isolated in Bulgaria from the browntail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea L.), was described and characterised.

Keywords

• microsporidia
• Nosema chrysorrhoeae
• Nosema kovacevici
• Nosema serbica
• ultrastructure
• taxonomy
• rDNA phylogeny
• Euproctis chrysorrhoea
• dispar lepidoptera
• host-specificity
• sequence
• vairimorpha
• spores