A New Microsporidian Pathogen of the Mediterranean Flour Moth, Ephestiae kuehniella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

In this study, a new Vairimorpha isolate was defined from Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Turkey (Malatya). Infection determined the host's hindgut, both larval and adult stages. Two types spore originated polymorphic sporulation detected during observations. While binucleate ovocylindrical fresh spores were measured 4.38 ± 0.31 μm (5.09–3.77 μm, n = 100) length 2.80 0.18 (3.21–2.43 n=100) width, ovoid meiospores as 3.50 0.46 (4.98–2.51 2.02 0.28 (2.94–1.50 width. The multilocus genetic analyses based on SSU rRNA RPB1 genes carried for determining phylogenetic status of current microsporidium. ML BI trees, microsporidium separated into different branch V. necatrix strains within clade