Lack of physiological improvement in performance of Callosamia promethea larvae on local host plant favorites

Oecologia ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Mark Scriber ◽  
Juliana Potter ◽  
Kelly Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Callosamia Promethea ◽  
Local Host

Variation in butterfly egg adhesion: adaptation to local host plant senescence characteristics?

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Fordyce ◽  
Chris C. Nice
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Plant Senescence ◽  
Local Host

scholarly journals The gall maker Neopelma baccharidis Burck. (Homoptera:Psyllidae) on Baccharis dracunculifolia DC. (Asteraceae): individual, local, and regional patterns

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosane G. Collevatti ◽  
Carlos F. Sperber
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Plant Size ◽  
Individual Plant ◽  
Regional Patterns ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
Crown Volume ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Local Plant ◽  
Local Host

Baccharis dracunculifolia, the host plant of the gall maker Neopelma baccharidis Burck., is locally distributed in delimited patches. The effects of the host plant individual (plant height, crown diameter, and crown volume), local (host plant patch), and regional (locality) characteristics on the number of galls were analyzed, in Viçosa (three patches) and in Rio Doce State Park, Marliéria (two patches), Minas Gerais State (20°45'S, 42°50'W; and 19°50'S, 42°30'W, respectively). The number of galls/individual plant increased homogenousliy with plant dimensions on local and regional scale. Gall load was also homogenous, but the proportion of galled plants differed on a local scale. The differences were related to local plant size differences, and not to host plant patch size. Plants without galls presented different frequency distributions of plant dimensions than galled plants, with greater number of little plants, which indicated a minimum plant size to be gall maker prone. Local factors prevailed over regional factors in determining the number of N. baccharidis galls on 5. dracunculifolia, affecting the size of individual plants and suitability to the gall maker, without modifying the relationship between gall load and plant dimensions.

The world's thinnest caterpillar? A new genus and species of Batrachedridae (Lepidoptera) from Sporadanthus ferrugineus (Restionacea), a threatened New Zealand plant

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Hoare ◽  
John Dugdale ◽  
Corinne Watts
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Local Host ◽  
High Conservation ◽  
Sporadanthus Ferrugineus

Houdinia flexilissima, gen. nov., sp. nov. is described from peatlands in the North Island of New Zealand. The extremely narrow larvae mine and pupate in the living stems of Sporadanthus ferrugineus de Lange, Heenan & Clarkson, (Restionaceae), a large endemic rush. Eggs, larvae, pupae and adults are fully described and illustrated. The systematic placement of this autapomorphic taxon is discussed in detail, and it is assigned within Gelechioidea to Batrachedridae on the basis of characters shared with a taxon currently placed in Batrachedra. Because of its morphological distinctiveness, as well as threats to the habitat of its very local host plant, H. flexilissima, gen. nov., sp. nov. is considered a species of high conservation status.

Mango: A new host plant for the lycaeinid Anthene lycaenina lycaenina (R. Felder, 1868)

ENTOMON ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-238
Author(s):  
J. Nayanathara ◽  
R. Narayana
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
New Host ◽  
First Time

Anthene lycaenina lycaenina (R. Felder, 1868) is reported on mango for the first time.

The description of a new Bruchophagus species (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) developing in seeds of Melilotus officinalis (L.) Descr. (Fabaceae) in Iran

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-15
Author(s):  
M.D. Zerova ◽  
A. Al-Sendi ◽  
V.N. Fursov ◽  
H. Adeli-Manesh ◽  
S.E. Sadeghi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Lotus Corniculatus ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Melilotus Officinalis ◽  
Biological Features ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The new species, Bruchophagus ayadi sp.n., is reared from seed pods of Melilotus officinalis (L.) Desr. (Fabaceae) in Iran (Lorestan). The new species is close to B. platypterus (Walk.), but differs by roundish abdomen and very gibbous, almost globular (in lateral view) mesosoma. These species can be also differentiated by some biological features. The host plant of B. platypterus is Lotus corniculatus L., whereas the new species is reared from Melilotus officinalis (L.) Desr. Holotype of Bruchophagus ayadi sp.n. is deposited in the collection of I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv).

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