Abstract
The life cycles of multisporous microsporidia isolated from grass grubs ( Costelytra zealandica), porina ( Wiseana spp.), and Argentine stem weevils ( Listronotus bonariensis) are investigated by light and electron microscopic examination of laboratory-reared and -infected specimens. Each microsporidian isolate is cross-infectious to each host insect, as well as to laboratory-reared larvae of Planotortrix excessana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). Comparison with live material of Pleistophora oncoperae (Microsporida, Pleistophoridae), collected from Oncopera alboguttata (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae) in Australia, indicates that these isolates are synonymous with P. oncoperae. Ultrastructural features suggest that this species should be transferred to the genus Vavraia.
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