First Report First Report of Casama innotata in Jebel Brourmet forest, Tataouine, Tunisia

Olfa Ezzine, Samir Dhahri, LR Gestion et valorisation des ressources forestières, INRGREF, Université de Carthage, BP. 10, 2080 Ariana, Tunisia, Faculté des Sciences, Université El Manar, 2092 El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia, Sassi Mahdhi, Arrondissement des Forêts, CRDA-Tataouine, 3200, Tataouine, Axel Hausmann, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Münchhausen strasse 21, D-81247 München, Germany, and Mohamed Lahbib Ben Jamâa, LR Gestion et valorisation des ressources forestières, INRGREF, Université de Carthage, BP. 10, 2080 Ariana, Tunisia. ______ABSTRACT Ezzine, O., Dhahri, S., Mahdhi, S., Hausmann, A., and Ben Jamâa M.L. 2016. First report of Casamainnotatain Jebel Brourmet forest, Tataouine, Tunisia. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection 11: 251-254.

At the end of December 2009, an important defoliation of Acacia horrida was observed in the southern part of Tunisia, at Jebel Brourmet, Tataouine. Mature larvae, pupae and egg masses of Casama innotata were observed on defoliated A. horrida trees. In this paper, we presented a first report of this species in Tunisia.

Keywords: Acacia horrida, Casama innotata, South of Tunisia. ______

At the end of December 2009, a Brourmet forest was performed to defoliation of Acacia horrida trees was identify the pest at the species level. PCR observed in Jebel Brourmet (329 m alt.), amplification and DNA sequencing were located in Tataouine (32°56’N; 10°26’E) conducted at the Canadian Center for situated in the South of Tunisia. Mature DNA Barcoding (CCDB), Guelph, larvae (Fig. 1) and pupae of Casama Canada, following standard high- innotata (, ) were throughput protocols (3) that can be observed on defoliated A. horrida trees accessed under the website (9). PCR (Figs.2 and 3). Nevertheless, egg masses amplification with a single pair of primers were observed on Pinus halepensis consistently recovered a 658 bp region foliage (Fig. 4). DNA analysis of C. near the 5’ terminus of the mitochondrial innotata (n=17) collected from Jebel Cytochrome c Oxidase I (COI) gene that included the standard 648 bp barcode region for the Kingdom (2). DNA Corresponding author: Olfa Ezzine extracts were stored at the CCDB, with Email: [email protected] aliquots being deposited in the DNA- Bank facility of the ZSM (10). All

Accepted for publication 23 August 2016 sequences were also deposited in GenBank according to the iBOL Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection 251 Vol. 11, No. 2, 2016

(International Barcode of Life) data MAS_DataRetrieval_OpenSequence?sele release policy. This work is the first ctedrecordid=2149108). record of C. innotata in Tunisia. In Europe, C. innotata has been C. innotata was described by observed in Malte (11) and in Canary Walker (1855), under the name Casama Islands (1). In North Africa, this innotata (7) = Spilosoma innotata Walker was previously reported in Morocco (8, (1855) = Ocneria flavipalpata Staudinger 11), Algeria (5), and Libya (4). In the (1895) = Ocneria uniformis Rothschild Middle East, this pest was observed in (1913) = Casama leporina Zerny (1935) Egypt (7) and Jordan (6). In Asia, C. = Ocneria alfierii Krüger (1939) = Laelia innotata was detected in United Arab alfierii = Casama uniformis = Beeria Emirates (11). innotata (12). During November, larvae of C. Thirteen barcode sequences were innotata feed on Acacia tortilis (11) and obtained and were equal to 658 bp (13). on A. karroo (14). Nucleotide sequence consisted of A In November 2015, a new (204), G (96), C (101) and T (257). outbreak of C. innotata was observed on Compared to the existing specimens in the same station. Male (Fig. 5) and female BOLD system, we found 98.77% of (Fig. 6) were observed on A. horrida. Egg similarity with Tunisian specimens masses and pupa were also observed on (http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/ A. horrida and Hamada scoparium (Fig.7).

Fig. 1. Mature larva of Casama Fig. 2. Acacia horrida tree defoliated innotata on Acacia horrida following Casama innotata attack (on the right)

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Fig. 3. Pupa of Casama innotata on Fig. 4. Egg masses of Acacia horrida Casama innotata on Aleppo pine needles

Fig. 5. Male of Casama innotata Fig. 6. Female of Casama innotata

Fig. 7. Egg masses and pupa of Casama innotata on Hamada scoparium Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection 253 Vol. 11, No. 2, 2016

______RESUME Ezzine O., Dhahri S., Mahdhi S., Hausmann A. et Ben Jamâa M.L. 2016. Premier signalement de Casama innotata dans la forêt de Jebel Brourmet, Tataouine, Tunisie. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection 11: 251-254.

A la fin du mois de décembre 2009, une défoliation importante des arbres d’Acacia horrida a été observée à Jebel Brourmet, dans la région de Tataouine, au sud de la Tunisie. Des chenilles âgées, des chrysalides et des œufs de Casama innotata ont été observés sur les arbres défoliés d’A. horrida. Dans cet article, nous présentons un premier signalement de cette espèce en Tunisie.

Mots clés: Acacia horrida, Casama innotata, Sud de la Tunisie. ______ملخص الزين، ألفة وسمير الظاهري وساسي محظي وأكسل هوسمان ومحمد الحبيب بن جامع. 2016.أول تقريرحول حشرةCasama innotata فيغابة جبل برورمات، تطاوين، البالد التونسية. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection 11: 251-254.

في نهاية شهر ديسمبر لسنة ، 2009لوحظ إتالف حاد ألوراق شجرة الطلح Acacia horrida في غابة جبل برورمات، تطاوين، في جنوب البالد التونسية. لوحظت يرقات وشرانق وبيض حشرة Casama innotata على أشجار Acacia horrida متلفة األوراق. في هذا المقال، نقدم أول تقرير عن هذه اآلفة في تونس.

كلمات :مفتاحية جنوب البالد التونسية، Acacia horrida ،Casama innotata ______

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