Role of Enemy-Free Space and Plant Quality in Host-Plant Selection by Willow Beetles

Ecology ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F. Denno ◽  
Stig Larsson ◽  
Karen L. Olmstead
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Free Space ◽  
Plant Quality ◽  
Host Plant Selection ◽  
Plant Selection ◽  
Enemy Free Space

Trade-offs underlying polyphagy in a facultative ant-tended florivorous butterfly: the role of host plant quality and enemy-free space

Oecologia ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 163 (3) ◽  
pp. 719-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Rodrigues ◽  
Lucas A. Kaminski ◽  
André V. L. Freitas ◽  
Paulo S. Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Free Space ◽  
Plant Quality ◽  
Host Plant Quality ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Enemy Free Space

The role of tending ants in host plant selection and egg parasitism of two facultative myrmecophilous butterflies

2014 ◽  
Vol 101 (11) ◽  
pp. 913-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Bächtold ◽  
Estevão Alves-Silva ◽  
Lucas A. Kaminski ◽  
Kleber Del-Claro
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Plant Selection ◽  
Plant Selection ◽  
Egg Parasitism

The Role of Host Selection in the Ecology of Phytophagous Insects

1953 ◽  
Vol 85 (8) ◽  
pp. 276-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Thorsteinson
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Selection ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Host Plant Selection ◽  
Phytophagous Insects ◽  
Phytophagous Insect ◽  
Ecological Significance ◽  
Plant Selection ◽  
Suitable Host

It is a commonplace entomological observation that each phytophagous insect is restricted in its feeding to a small fraction only of the plant species that grow in any area. This phenomenon is generally referred to as “host selection”. The ecological significance of host plant selection among insects is manifest principally in an effect on the geographical distribution of insect species since phytophagous insects can occur only where suitable host plants are available.

Role of chemical cues in cabbage stink bug host plant selection

2020 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 103994
Author(s):  
Silvana Piersanti ◽  
Manuela Rebora ◽  
Luisa Ederli ◽  
Stefania Pasqualini ◽  
Gianandrea Salerno
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Chemical Cues ◽  
Host Plant Selection ◽  
Stink Bug ◽  
Plant Selection

Host Plant-Selection by Helicoverpa-Armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) - Role of Certain Plant Attributes

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 675 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Firempong ◽  
MP Zalucki
Keyword(s):  
Host Range ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Plant Height ◽  
Plant Extracts ◽  
Water Status ◽  
Host Plant Selection ◽  
Plant Water ◽  
Plant Selection ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

The role of some plant properties in host plant selection by adults of the polyphagous H. armigera were investigated. Those factors found to positively influence host plant selection included presence of flowers, plant height and application of soil fertiliser. The presence of flowers greatly increased a plant's attractiveness to oviposition. Non-hosts, on which larvae did not survive, were readily oviposited on when offered in flower along with known hosts not in flower. The attractiveness of flowers may provide a mechanism for the expansion of host range. However, no effect of crude plant extracts (including various flowers) on oviposition could be detected. The role of chemical attractants is discussed. Tall plants attracted heavy oviposition and it is suggested that moths use silhouette as a cue to locating plants. There was no effect of plant water status on oviposition.

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