scholarly journals New records of host plants used by a weaver ants Camponotus textor Forel, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-116
Author(s):  
Jean Carlos Santos ◽  
Jonas José Mendes Aguiar ◽  
Tatiana Rosa Alves ◽  
Wanessa Rejane Almeida ◽  
Kleber Del-Claro
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
New Records ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Phytophagous Insect ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Weaver Ants ◽  
Weaver Ant

Weaver ants nest on plants but the extent of such associations is unknown for many species. Literature records of weaver ant host plants from 1945 to 2016 showed that Camponotus textor Forel, 1899 (= Camponotus senex), the Brazilian savanna weaver ant, was recorded on 17 plant species belonging to 11 families. Our field survey recorded nine plant species in eight families at Brazilian Cerrado. Overall, we expanded the list to a total of 24 host plant species and 14 families, including economically important tree species as mango, citrus, and jambo trees. Such host plants could be used to augment the establishment of weaver ants, facilitating their role in biocontrol as deterrents of phytophagous insect pests of economically important plants.

Suitability of Wild Host Plants and Firewood as Hosts of Prostephanus truncatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in Mozambique

2019 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 1705-1712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo L Muatinte ◽  
Johnnie Van den Berg
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Crop Residues ◽  
Grass Species ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Prostephanus Truncatus ◽  
Maize Crop ◽  
Wild Host ◽  
Brachystegia Spiciformis

Abstract Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) populations are maintained in wild host plants such as trees that act as pest reservoirs from where beetle infestation of maize granaries take place. In this study, we assessed the suitability of plant species sold and transported as firewood as well as other plant species in Mozambique as hosts for P. truncatus. Prostephanus truncatus was only recorded from three tree species, which are sold as firewood, i.e., Brachystegia spiciformis, Strychnos spinosa, and Colophospermum mopane. The pest survived and bred in 13 tree and 7 grass species. Dry wood of several tree species and the grasses Acroceras macrum and Hyparrhenia hirta were suitable hosts for pest development. Sale and transport of certain firewood species may be an important driver of the spread of this pest. The importance of dry maize stalks and several grass species in sustaining pest populations is described for the first time. Several grass species are used as thatch or fencing material and, together with maize crop residues close to small-scale granaries, may provide significant sources of beetle infestation.

scholarly journals A review of Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) host plants and their impact on management strategies

2019 ◽  
pp. 270-278
Author(s):  
Asma Cherif ◽  
François Verheggen
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Tuta Absoluta ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Solanaceae Species ◽  
Cultivated Plant

Introduction. Tuta absoluta is one of the most harmful insect pests of tomato crops worldwide. While its host plants mainly include Solanaceae species, recent studies suggest that it can lay eggs and develop on a wider range of wild and cultivated plants. No complete list of host plants based on available scientific data exists. Such information is important for those who aim at performing integrated management strategies against this pest, especially when it comes to identify host reservoirs where the species can survive between harvests or avoid insecticide exposure. Literature. We identified cultivated and non-cultivated plant species belonging to Solanaceae, Amaranthaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Geraniaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae and Malvaceae that allow partial or complete egg-imago development. Among them, we found out that most non-Solanaceous plants serve as oviposition sites only (with no larval development possible), and a few of them allow partial life cycle (causing late instars to die prematurely). We also identified a strong cultivar-dependence in the most common cultivated plant species including tomato and potato. Conclusions. We discuss the potential of resistant and genetically modified tomato cultivars, plant chemical compounds and fertilization as components of integrated control strategies of T. absoluta.

Non-native insect pests from the Madeira Archipelago (Portugal): new records and further data (Insecta: Orthoptera; Thysanoptera; Hemiptera; Coleoptera; Diptera; Lepidoptera; Hymenoptera)

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-376
Author(s):  
Salvatore Bella ◽  
Antonio Franquinho Aguiar
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
First Record ◽  
Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus ◽  
Leptoglossus Occidentalis ◽  
Madeira Archipelago ◽  
First Time ◽  
Protopulvinaria Pyriformis

In this study, the results of recent surveys on non-native insect pests from the Madeira Archipelago are reported. Overall, 13 non-native species were recorded: Tessellana tessellata (Charpentier) (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae), Gynaikothrips ficorum (Marchal) (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Hemiptera, Coreidae), Macrohomotoma gladiata Kuwayama (Hemiptera, Homotomidae), Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt and Cacopsylla fulguralis (Kuwayama) (Hemiptera, Psyllidae), Greenidea ficicola Takahashi (Hemiptera, Aphididae), Aloephagus myersi Essig (Hemiptera, Pemphigidae), Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell) (Hemiptera, Coccidae), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera, Dryophthoridae), Phytoliriomyza jacarandae Steyskal & Spencer (Diptera, Agromyzidae), Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker) (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae), and Josephiella microcarpae Beardsley & Rasplus (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae). Particularly, T. tessellata, L. occidentalis, M. gladiata, P. jacarandae, and J. microcarpae are reported for the first time from the island of Madeira. L. occidentalis is also reported for the first time from the island of Porto Santo. For P. jacarandae this is the first record from Macaronesia, while for M. gladiata this is the first record also for Portugal. Most of these species are associated with allochthonous plants. Details on current distributions, host plants, biological remarks, and natural enemies are given for each species.

Further Observations on the Occurrence of Nematodes of the Genus Meloidogyne in the Gold Coast

1955 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
Root Tissues

An account is given of observations on the occurrence of nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne in the Gold Coast. It includes a list of seventy-six host plants, both cultivated and wild, suitable for the sustenance and multiplication of the parasites as well as comments on the reactions of these various plant species to invasions of their root tissues. Many of the host plants listed constitute new records and the data submitted point to the conclusion that the root-knot eelworm has been long established in the Gold Coast.

scholarly journals Additional Host Plants of the Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa brasilianorum (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), in Puerto Rico

1969 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-265
Author(s):  
George C. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Carpenter Bee ◽  
Nesting Sites ◽  
Nesting Habits ◽  
Seed Crops

Ten years of observing the food and nesting habits of the carpenter bee or "cigarrón", Xylocopa brasilianorum (L.), has resulted in the listing of an additional 89 new records of plant species whose flowers provide food for this insect in the form of nectar and pollen. Four additional species were observed as being used as nesting sites, and are first reports for Puerto Rico. It is suggested that the carpenter bee, in her food harvesting activities, may be responsible for the pollination of 18 fruit and seed crops that are used as food sources by man in Puerto Rico.

scholarly journals Diversity of insect galls from Mato Grosso State, Brazil: Cerrado

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Virginia Urso-Guimarães ◽  
Ingrid Koch ◽  
Ana Carolina Devides Castello
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Insect Galls ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Host Plant Species ◽  
Insect Gall ◽  
Midwest Region

Abstract: The Midwest region of Brazil possesses large areas dominated by the Cerrado that is poorly known concerning insect gall and their interactions. In this study, we inventory the gall morphology, host plants, and the gall makers from Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso State, in areas of natural vegetation from Cerrado, for the first time. Samplings occurred in two expeditions, July 2012 and January 2013. We characterized 295 morphotypes of insect galls in 140 host plant species, with 89 gall makers; the richest family in host plants was Fabaceae (16.7%), and the species was Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand (Burseraceae, 3.7%). Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães is the richest Brazilian cerrado area in gall morphotypes (295) and the second in average morphotypes/host plant species (2.1). Additionally, six genera and 38 species are new records as host plants; two of them, Bernardia similis Pax and K.Hoffm and Ormosia macrophylla Benth., are new occurrences for Mato Grosso State, and other two, Vochysia petraea Warm. and Talisia subalbens (Mart.) Radlk. are listed in the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN. This inventory data represents a testimony of insect-plant interactions in a Brazilian Cerrado area that was consumed by an unprecedented fire in the dry season of 2020.

scholarly journals The insect gall collection of the Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: biome cerrado, rupestrian fields

2014 ◽  
Vol 74 (3 suppl 1) ◽  
pp. S207-S217
Author(s):  
VC Maia ◽  
AR Rodrigues ◽  
SHS Ascendino ◽  
M Boggi
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Insect Galls ◽  
Plant Organ ◽  
Rupestrian Fields ◽  
Insect Gall ◽  
Vegetation Physiognomy

An inventory of the insect gall from Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) was elaborated based on samples of the collection of the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Data on localities and host plants were obtained from the labels and information about the gall morphology (plant organ of occurrence, shape, and presence of trichomes) by observing the samples. The galling species was determined based on the literature. The collection includes 131 morphotypes of galls from Cerrado, obtained from 71 host plant species distributed in 50 genera and 30 botanical families (Table 1). All galls were collected in rupestrian fields (a rare vegetation physiognomy of the Brazilian Cerrado) in the state of Minas Gerais. As the collection comprises a great diversity of insect galls, it can be considered representative of this physiognomy.

scholarly journals Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 11495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravikanthachari Nitin ◽  
V. C. Balakrishnan ◽  
Paresh V. Churi ◽  
S. Kalesh ◽  
Satya Prakash ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
Larval Host Plants

We present a systematic, updated checklist of larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot.  This includes recent new records, with a total of approximately 834 plant species/groups belonging to 88 families that are used by 320 butterfly species of the Western Ghats (the host plant records for 16 species are unknown).  A reverse list is also provided as a reference to plant species-wise plant-butterfly associations.  This work highlights the diversity of plant species on which the endemic and other butterfly species of the Western Ghats depend. 

scholarly journals Weaver Ant Oecophylla longinoda Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Performance in Mango and Cashew Trees Under Different Management Regimens

Sociobiology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Rosine Brisso Wargui ◽  
Appolinaire Adandonon ◽  
Antonio Sinzogan ◽  
Florence Mahouton Anato ◽  
Jean-François Vayssières ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
Chemical Insecticide ◽  
Weaver Ants ◽  
Weaver Ant ◽  
Oecophylla Longinoda ◽  
Sugar Feeding ◽  
Index Value ◽  
Plantation Crops

Weaver ants are used for biological control of insect pests in plantation crops. To obtain proper pest control, ant densities need to be high. Food availability and nesting facilities on host plants and management practices may affect ant performance. In the present study, we tested the effect of two host plant species (mango and cashew) and three different management practices (ants only, ants fed with sugar and ants combined with the soft chemical insecticide Spinosad) on weaver ant performance. Performance was assessed over a 22 month period, as an index value based on the number of ant trails per tree and as the number of ant nests per tree. A total of 216 trees (72 per treatment) were observed in each crop. In all treatments, the ants performed better in mango compared to cashew. Using the index based performance measure, ants also performed better in the sugar treatment as compared to the two other treatments, whereas this was not the case in cashew. We conclude that sugar feeding can be used to increase ant populations in mango. We also found that the treatment with Spinosad in combination with ants showed performance equal to the treatments with only ants, suggesting that Spinosad did not negatively affect ant populations. We therefore conclude that Spinosad is compatible with the use of weaver ants in integrated pest management programs.

scholarly journals Tisanopterofauna Associada à Plantas Ornamentais e Cultivadas no Sudoeste Baiano

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
André Luiz Santos Mascarenhas ◽  
Silvia Marisa Jesien Pinent ◽  
Juvenal Cordeiro Silva Junior
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
Crop Plants ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Thrips Species ◽  
Southwest Region ◽  
Microscope Slides

Resumo: Os tripes são insetos diminutos pertencentes à ordem Thysanoptera, sendo em sua maioria fitófagos. Poucos são os estudos sobre a fauna de tripes no Brasil, especialmente no nordeste do Brasil. Assim, este trabalho tem como objetivo realizar um inventário da tisanopterofauna associada à plantas ornamentais e cultivadas da região Sudoeste da Bahia. Os insetos foram coletados em ramos e flores de diversas espécies vegetais entre janeiro de 2006 e janeiro de 2007. Em laboratório, os tripes foram triados, montados em lâminas de microscopia e identificados. Doze espécies de tripes pertencentes a seis gêneros e duas famílias foram obtidos, sendo três novos registros para a Bahia. Foram identificadas 28 espécies de plantas hospedeiras pertencentes a 16 famílias. Os resultados obtidos nesse trabalho indicam uma rica tisanopterofauna.Thysanopterofauna Associated with Ornamental and Crop Plants in Southwest BahiaAbstract: Thrips are tiny insects belonging to the order Thysanoptera, being mostly phytophagous. There are few studies on the thrips fauna in Brazil, especially in northeastern Brazil. This work aims to conduct an inventory of Thysanopterofauna associated with ornamentals and crops of Bahia Southwest region. The insects were collected in branches and flowers of several plant species between January 2006 and January 2007. In the laboratory, the thrips were screened, mounted on microscope slides and identified. Twelve thrips species belonging to six genera and two families were obtained, and three new records for Bahia. 28 species of host plants belonging to 16 families were identified. The results of this study indicate a rich Thysanopterofauna.

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