Hiding among holes: mechanisms underlying the evolution of masquerade in flea beetles (Chrysomelidae)

Landscape effects on flea beetles and their natural enemies in the Canadian Prairies

10.1603/ice.2016.114745 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Thais F S Silva Guimaraes

Keyword(s):

Natural Enemies ◽

Canadian Prairies ◽

Flea Beetles ◽

Landscape Effects

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Effects of seeding date and canola species on seedling damage by flea beetles in three ecoregions

Journal of Applied Entomology ◽

10.1111/j.1439-0418.2008.01298.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 132 (8) ◽

pp. 623-631 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

H. A. Cárcamo ◽

J. K. Otani ◽

L. M. Dosdall ◽

R. E. Blackshaw ◽

G. W. Clayton ◽

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Keyword(s):

Flea Beetles ◽

Seeding Date

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Overwintering of Potato Flea Beetles in the Yakima Valley

Journal of Economic Entomology ◽

10.1093/jee/40.6.821 ◽

1947 ◽

Vol 40 (6) ◽

pp. 821-824 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

E. W. Davis ◽

B. J. Landis

Keyword(s):

Flea Beetles

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Comparative analysis of microbial diversity in Longitarsus flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Genetica ◽

10.1007/s10709-010-9498-0 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 139 (5) ◽

pp. 541-550 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Scott T. Kelley ◽

Susanne Dobler

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Microbial Diversity ◽

Flea Beetles

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The impact of leaf shape on the feeding preference of insect herbivores: experimental and field studies with Capsella and Phyllotreta

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rstb.1996.0149 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 351 (1348) ◽

pp. 1671-1677 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Keyword(s):

Leaf Shape ◽

Laboratory Data ◽

Leaf Size ◽

Field Studies ◽

Feeding Preference ◽

Insect Herbivores ◽

Flea Beetles ◽

Shape Effects ◽

Leaf Size And Shape ◽

The Impact

Leaves display an enormous array of sizes and shapes. Although these attributes appear to have evolved primarily in response to abiotic conditions in the plant’s habitat, the importance of insect herbivores as additional selective agents is still poorly understood. A necessary requirem ent for leaf size and shape to evolve in response to attack by insects is that insects must respond to and/or be affected by, leaf morphology. We tested leaf-shape preferences in adult flea beetles ( Phyllotreta spp.) feeding on the highly variable rosette leaves of Capsella bursa-pastoris . Contrary to theoretical expectation (Brown & Lawton 1991), leaves with deeply lobed margins were more intensely damaged, both in field-collected and experimental plants. In two ancillary experiments with Capsella , we found that Spodoptera caterpillars showed no preferences for leaf shape, but that adult vine weevils ( Otiorhynchus sulcatus ) did, preferring (as predicted), undivided over divided leaves. We conclude that Brown & Law ton’s (1991) hypothesis is at best weakly supported by laboratory data for vine weevils, refuted by laboratory data for Spodoptera , and consistently refuted by both laboratory and field data for flea beetles. Although the experiment tried to reduce confounding variables to a minimum, interpretation was complicated by correlations between leaf shape and other developmental parameters of the plants, and highlights the difficulty of disentangling leaf-shape effects from other confounding factors.

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