Effects of contact chemistry and host plant experience in the oviposition behaviour of the eastern black swallowtail butterfly

2005 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl A. Heinz ◽  
Paul Feeny
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Oviposition Behaviour ◽  
Swallowtail Butterfly ◽  
Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Antioxidant enzymes of the black swallowtail butterfly,Papilio polyxenes, and their response to the prooxidant allelochemical, quercetin

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris A. Pritsos ◽  
Sami Ahmad ◽  
Susan M. Bowen ◽  
Andrew J. Elliott ◽  
Gary J. Blomquist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Enzymes ◽  
Papilio Polyxenes ◽  
Swallowtail Butterfly ◽  
Black Swallowtail Butterfly

scholarly journals Differences in oviposition behaviour of two sympatric sibling species of the genus Ostrinia

2008 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Malausa ◽  
B. Pélissié ◽  
V. Piveteau ◽  
C. Pélissier ◽  
D. Bourguet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Host Shift ◽  
Oviposition Behaviour ◽  
Host Preferences ◽  
Corn Borer

AbstractChanges in host preferences are thought to be a major source of genetic divergence between phytophagous insect taxa. In western Europe, two sympatric taxa, O. nubilalis (the European corn borer) and O. scapulalis, feed mainly on maize and hop or mugwort, respectively. These two species may have diverged without geographic isolation after a host shift of ancestral populations onto maize or another cultivated species (e.g. sorghum). A previous study using inbred laboratory strains revealed that the two species differ in their oviposition choices in maize-mugwort tests. We sampled four natural populations in France (two of each taxon) and tested their oviposition behaviour toward four of their main host plant species: maize, sorghum, mugwort and hop. O. nubilalis females showed a very high preference for laying their eggmasses on maize, whereas O. scapulalis females displayed a more balanced range of preferences. O. nubilalis females were attracted slightly to sorghum, suggesting that this plant is an accidental, rather than a regular and ancestral host plant of O. nubilalis. One important result arising from this study is the significant proportion of eggs laid by both Ostrinia species on hop. This may explain why some stands of hop are sometimes not only infested by O. scapulalis but also by O. nubilalis larvae, a situation preventing assortative mating based on microallopatry. Hence, further studies must be conducted to see whether the host preference in the genus Ostrinia might be linked to assortative mating by a mechanism that is not mediated by the host plant.

scholarly journals Biology of Gram Blue Butterfly, Euchrysops Cnejus (Fabricius) (Lycaenidae: Lapidoptera) and its Relationship with the Phenology of Host-plant (Vigna Unguiculata: Fabaceae)

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajeda Akand ◽  
MA Bashar ◽  
Humayun Reza Khan
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Laboratory Condition ◽  
Incubation Period ◽  
Vigna Unguiculata ◽  
Developmental Period ◽  
Oviposition Behaviour ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Pupal Period ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Blue Butterfly

The biology of the gram blue butterfly, Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius) (Lycaenidae: Lapidoptera) and its relationship with the phenology of host plant cowpea, Vigna unguiculata L. (Fabaceae) were studied. Eggs were reared under the laboratory conditions at 28 ± 20C and 74 ± 3% RH. The incubation period of the eggs found to be 2.33 ± 0.51 days, larval developmental period 14.65 ± 0.51 days, pre-pupal period 0.30 ± 0.04 day and pupal period 5.66 ± 0.51 days. The species took 22.94 ± 0.55 days for development from egg to adult under the laboratory condition. The length of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th instar larvae was 3.66 ± 0.40, 6.16 ± 0.51, 12.16 ± 0.51 and 15.33 ± 0.40 mm, respectively. The pre-pupal length was 9.16 ± 0.61 mm and the pupal length was 9.08 ± 0.37 mm. The host-plant occurs in the field from February to July. The butterfly appeared in March. The coincidence of the gram blue butterfly to its host-plant occurred between April and early July. The oviposition behaviour, incubation and immature stages were found to be profoundly related with host plant-phenological phases.Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Vol. 39, No. 2, 241-248, 2015

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