scholarly journals LEAF-BEETLES (COLEOPTERA, CHRYSOMELIDAE) OF THE PROTECTED AREAS OF VORONEZH CITY

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
Михаил Каданцев ◽  
Mihail Kadancev
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Trophic Relations ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Leaf Beetles ◽  
Potential Host ◽  
Introduced Plants ◽  
Cultivated Species ◽  
Indigenous Fauna

From April to August 2017 the study was conducted the aim of which was intended to identify representatives of phytophagous family Chrysomelidae using trophic purpose, vegetative parts of plants growing in field collections of introduced and cultivated species. To identify trophic relations of beetles with the potential host plants to find the potentially dangerous pests when introducing new plants into culture. Studies of leaf beetles in the territories of Botanical gardens, parks and squares of Voronezh identified 15 species of Coleoptera, using trophic purpose, vegetative parts of green space. Six species of beetles from among the following indigenous fauna were first observed on the leaves of introduced plants.

scholarly journals Herbarium BUNS: Plant gall collection

2012 ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Milica Rat ◽  
Goran Anackov
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Population Status ◽  
Unique Type ◽  
Cultivated Species ◽  
Plant Gall ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
Plant Galls

The plant gall collection is part of the Herbarium BUNS collection, University of Novi Sad. Collection began with the formation in 1976, and as a unique type of collection in Serbia, it has existed for 35 years. Today?s collection Herbarium cecidologicum is made of two units - Plant gall collection (dried specimens) and database, and includes 438 data: 294 data for dried specimens and 144 collected literature data about the distribution plant galls. Galls collection has multiple significances: assessment biodiversity (diversity of plants and diversity of causers), estimate the population status of certain causers taxa, primarily invertebrates, monitoring the spread of pests, which usually occurs in population of the cultivated species. Collecting data in one database, providing data on new plant gall species and distribution on both challengers as well as host plants is one of the main tasks of this collection.

Epitrix similarisandEpitrix cucumerisin Portugal: damage patterns in potato and suitability of potential host plants for reproduction

EPPO Bulletin ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Boavida ◽  
N. Giltrap ◽  
A. G. S. Cuthbertson ◽  
P. Northing
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Potential Host

Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 8: Gastrophysa polygoni Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2047 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAURENT LESAGE ◽  
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Leaf Beetles ◽  
Introduction History ◽  
Biocontrol Potential ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The 19Th Century

The taxonomy, nomenclature, identification, introduction history, biology (reproduction, phenology, parasites, predators, host plants), biocontrol potential, susceptibility to pesticides, and economic importance of Gastrophysa polygoni (Linnaeus) in North America are reviewed. This information is part of continuing surveys and research on the adventive leaf beetles of Canada with particular reference to the Maritime Provinces. Known provincial records are confirmed and new locality records are reported for the widely distributed G. polygoni. The introduction timelines and dispersal of the beetle in North America are discussed. Clearly G. polygoni must have been established early in the settlement of North America because reports from the first half of the 19th century already indicated that the species was widely established and common in many locations in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Gastrophysa polygoni is beneficial when it feeds on weeds such as Polygonum spp, Fallopia spp, or Rumex spp. It can be a minor pest of cultivated buckwheat (Fagopyrum spp.)

Herbivory in gingers from latest Cretaceous to present: is the ichnogenus Cephaloleichnites (Hispinae, Coleoptera) a rolled-leaf beetle?

2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 1035-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos García-Robledo ◽  
Charles L. Staines
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Leaf Beetle ◽  
Insect Herbivores ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Leaf Beetles ◽  
Plant Herbivore Interaction ◽  
Plant Herbivore ◽  
Herbivore Interaction ◽  
Rolled Leaf

It is suggested that rolled-leaf hispine beetles (Hispinae, Coleoptera) and plants from the order Zingiberales maintained a highly specialized plant-herbivore interaction for >60 My. The evidence supporting this old and conservative interaction are herbivory marks found on leaves of the genus Zingiberopsis (Zingiberaceae) from the latest Cretaceous and early Eocene. This fossil herbivory was described as the ichnotaxon Cephaloleichnites strongii (Hispinae, Coleoptera), based on the assumption that this type of herbivory can be solely attributed to extant rolled-leaf beetles. This ichnotaxon has been a key element in several analyses on the origin, radiation and diversification of tropical insect herbivores. In this paper we report feeding patterns equivalent to those described in Zingiberopsis fossils but produced by larvae of Pyralidae and Choreutidae (Lepidoptera) and Anopsilus weevils (Curculionidae, Coleoptera) in four families of extant Zingiberales. We discuss the implications of C. strongii not being a rolled leaf beetle and how this may affect the current knowledge of the co-diversification of rolled-leaf beetles and their host plants from the order Zingiberales.

scholarly journals Should I Eat or Should I Go? Acridid Grasshoppers and Their Novel Host Plants: Potential for Biotic Resistance

Plants ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Avanesyan
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Biotic Resistance ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Feeding Preference ◽  
Insect Herbivores ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Grasshopper Species ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Introduced Plants

Novel, non-coevolved associations between introduced plants and native insect herbivores may lead to changes in trophic interactions in native communities, as well as to substantial economic problems. Although some studies in invasion ecology demonstrated that native herbivores can preferentially feed on introduced plants and therefore contribute to the biotic resistance of native communities to plant invasions, the role of acridid grasshoppers as native generalist insect herbivores is largely overlooked. This systematic review aimed to identify patterns of grasshopper feeding preferences for native versus introduced plants and, consequently, a potential of grasshoppers to provide biotic resistance of native communities. The analysis of 63 records of feeding preference trials for 28 North-American grasshopper species (retrieved from 2146 studies published during 1967–2017) has demonstrated a preference of grasshoppers for introduced host plants, and identified 12 preferred introduced plants with high or middle invasive ranks. A significant effect of the life stage (p < 0.001), but not the experimental environment, plant material, and measurements, on grasshopper preferences for introduced plants was also detected. Overall, results suggest a potential of acridid grasshoppers to contribute to the biotic resistance of native communities. The review also provides methodological recommendations for future experimental studies on grasshopper-host plant interactions.

scholarly journals Genetic variation in a phylogenetic context: Responses of two specialized leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) to host plants of their congeners

1994 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas J. Futuyma ◽  
Joseph S. Walsh ◽  
Timothy Morton ◽  
Daniel J. Funk ◽  
Mark C. Keese
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Leaf Beetles

Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4201 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTÓNIO BIVAR-DE-SOUSA ◽  
SASHA VASCONCELOS ◽  
LUÍS F. MENDES ◽  
TORBEN B. LARSEN ◽  
JON BAKER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Guinea Bissau ◽  
As Species ◽  
Primary Habitat ◽  
Species Occurrences

New records are added to the Papilionoidea of Guinea-Bissau, many of which were obtained within the country’s Protected Areas. Examination of the collected material yielded 9 new genera and 47 new species for the country, significantly increasing the knowledge of local butterfly diversity. 99 genera and 244 species are now known to occur in Guinea-Bissau, representing an increase of almost 20 % in the number of species and 7 % in the genera in relation to previous data. For each species, the studied material, probable abundance and proposed conservation status in the country are reported; some corrections relative to a few previous misidentifications are added. A gazetteer of the prospected localities is included, as well as species’ occurrences within the Protected Areas and previous bibliographic references in Guinea-Bissau. The known geographical range, primary habitat and host-plants of each species/subspecies are also provided. 

scholarly journals Identification of Potential Host Plants of Sap-Sucking Insects (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Using Anchored Hybrid By-Catch Data

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 964
Author(s):  
Yanghui Cao ◽  
Christopher H. Dietrich
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Parenchyma Cell ◽  
Herbivorous Insect ◽  
Detection Rates ◽  
Potential Host ◽  
Plant Dna ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Anchored Hybrid Enrichment ◽  
Specific Association ◽  
By Catch

Reliable host plant records are available for only a small fraction of herbivorous insect species, despite their potential agricultural importance. Most available data on insect–plant associations have been obtained through field observations of occurrences of insects on particular plants. Molecular methods have more recently been used to identify potential host plants using DNA extracted from insects, but most prior studies using these methods have focused on chewing insects that ingest tissues expected to contain large quantities of plant DNA. Screening of Illumina data obtained from sap feeders of the hemipteran family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) using anchored hybrid enrichment indicates that, despite feeding on plant fluids, these insects often contain detectable quantities of plant DNA. Although inclusion of probes for bacterial 16S in the original anchored hybrid probe kit yielded relatively high detection rates for chloroplast 16S, the Illumina short reads also, in some cases, included DNA for various plant barcode genes as “by-catch”. Detection rates were generally only slightly higher for Typhlocybinae, which feed preferentially on parenchyma cell contents, compared to other groups of leafhoppers that feed preferentially on phloem or xylem. These results indicate that next-generation sequencing provides a powerful tool to investigate the specific association between individual insect and plant species.

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