Currently, there is only one species within this genus, Diadromous pulchellus toursvirus. The single known member of this species, Diadromous puchellus toursvirus (DpTV) is transmitted by the parasitoid wasp Diadromous pulchellus, which typically parasitizes pupae of the lepidopteran family Yponomeutidae.
Ascoviruses typically replicate in lepidopteran larvae of the family Noctuidae producing virion-containing vesicles, which give a milky white colouration to the haemolymph. Virions of ascoviruses are either bacilliform, ovoidal or allantoid in shape measuring 130 nm in diameter by 200–400 nm in length.
See discussion under family description.
Sassan Asgari, Dennis K. Bideshi, Yves Bigot, Brian A. Federici and Xiao-Wen Cheng
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as Asgari et al., (2017):
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Ascoviridae, Journal of General Virology, 98:4–5.
A summary of this ICTV Report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:
Addy, H. S., A. Askora, T. Kawasaki, M. Fujie and T. Yamada (2012a). The filamentous phage ϕRSS1 enhances virulence of phytopathogenic Ralstonia solanacearum on tomato. Phytopathology 102: 244-51. [PubMed]
Petar Knezevic*
Tubulavirales Study Group Chair
Department of Biology and Ecology
Faculty of Sciences
University of Novi Sad
Trg Dositeja Obradovica 3
21000 Novi Sad
Vojvodina
Serbia
E-mail: petar.knezevic@dbe.uns.ac.rs
