PHAGODETERRENCY INDUCED BY TWO CRUCIFEROUS PLANTS IN ADULTS OF THE FLEA BEETLE PHYLLOTRETA STRIOLATA (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE)

1983 ◽  
Vol 115 (9) ◽  
pp. 1209-1214 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Meisner ◽  
B. K. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Feeding Deterrents ◽  
Thlaspi Arvense ◽  
Phyllotreta Striolata ◽  
Alkaloid Fraction ◽  
Cruciferous Plants

AbstractThe two cruciferous plants Thlaspi arvense and Lunaria annua are largely unacceptable to the striped flea beetle, Phyllotreta striolata, which normally feeds on cruciferous plants. Results suggest that these plants contain chemical compounds that act as feeding deterrents to the beetles. Methanol fractions of the leaves of both plants deterred feeding when added to the surface of acceptable radish leaves. An alkaloid fraction of Lunaria annua was, surprisingly, not deterrent. Evidence suggests that saponins in both Lunaria annua and Thlaspi arvense may be a major reason for the low acceptability of these plants as food for Phyllotreta striolata. Commercial saponins are highly deterrent at concentrations of 0.05% and above.

OCCURRENCE OF PHYLLOTRETA STRIOLATA, THE STRIPED FLEA BEETLE, IN OPEN PRAIRIE, FOREST, AND PARKLAND OF SASKATCHEWAN (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE)

1982 ◽  
Vol 114 (5) ◽  
pp. 439-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Burgess
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Forest Edge ◽  
The North ◽  
Phyllotreta Striolata ◽  
Arctic Regions ◽  
Adequate Food ◽  
Laboratory Colony ◽  
Cruciferous Plants

AbstractIn Saskatchewan the range of Phyllotreta striolata (F.), a pest of parkland rapeseed crops, includes the open prairie in the southwest and the boreal forest in the north. The population of P. striolata on the open prairie is small, with cruciferous weeds being the major host plants. Cruciferous crops grown on the open prairie will almost certainly attract some P. striolata. The population of P. striolata in the forest is substantial, and the range extends northward into arctic regions. Although adults of P. striolata feed upon cruciferous plants growing in the forest, these plants do not appear abundant enough to constitute an adequate food supply. In addition, the identity of the major host plants of the larvae in the forest is unknown. In laboratory experiments, adults of P. striolata were attracted to and attempted to feed upon seven species of forest mosses; however, attempts to maintain a laboratory colony of P. striolata on one of the more abundant mosses were unsuccessful. Forest inhabiting P. striolata attacked rape planted in forest clearings, and therefore probably would infest rape crops grown along the forest edge or in newly cleared areas.

HOST DISCRIMINATION BY A CRUCIFER-FEEDING FLEA BEETLE, PHYLLOTRETA STRIOLATA (F.) (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE)

1990 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 817-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.J. Lamb ◽  
P. Palaniswamy
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Host Selection ◽  
Raphanus Sativus ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Host Discrimination ◽  
Phyllotreta Striolata ◽  
Feeding Experiments ◽  
Cruciferous Plants

AbstractThe flea beetle, Phyllotreta striolata (F.), was attracted to the cruciferous plants Brassica oleracea L. and Raphanus sativus L., but not to B. campestris L. and B. napus L. which are important natural host plants, nor to Pisum sativum (L.), a legume. The presence or absence of attraction was demonstrated by exposing small groups of caged plants to natural populations and trapping beetles near the plants. In choice and no-choice laboratory feeding experiments, P. striolata fed on eight Cruciferae in the genera Brassica, Raphanus, and Sinapis but not on P. sativum. Phyllotreta striolata fed less on S. arvensis L. and S. alba L. than on plants in the other genera. Within Brassica, B. oleracea, B. napus, and B. campestris were preferred over B. juncea (L.) Czern and B. nigra (L.) Koch. Discrimination at the attraction phase of host selection did not account for discrimination shown in laboratory feeding experiments nor in the natural attack of flea beetles on cruciferous crops.

Phyllotreta striolata. [Distribution map].

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Phyllotreta Striolata ◽  
Kurile Islands ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Distribution In Europe

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Phyllotreta striolata (Fabricius) Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Alticinae Striped flea beetle, turnip flea beetle. Attacks turnip, cabbage, rape and other Cruciferae. = Phyllotreta vittata(Fabricius) Information is given on the geographical distribution in EUROPE, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Crete, Czech, Republic Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Irish, Republic Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia, RUSSIA, Amur, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Karelia, Khabarovsk, Kiev, Leningrad, Magadan, Primorye, Ryazan, Sakhalin, Smolensk, ASIA, Andaman Islands, Bhutan, Burma, China, Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Xizhang, Hong Kong, India, Assam, Tripura, West Bengal, Indonesia, Java, Sumatra, Japan, Korea, Kurile Islands, Malaysia, Sarawak, Peninsular Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Okinawa, Sikkim, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, NORTH AMERICA, Canada, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, USA, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin.

OBSERVATIONS ON DISTRIBUTION, SEASONAL LIFE HISTORY, AND ABUNDANCE OF FLEA BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE) THAT INFEST RAPE CROPS IN MANITOBA

1979 ◽  
Vol 111 (12) ◽  
pp. 1345-1353 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. G. Wylie
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Phyllotreta Cruciferae ◽  
Main Species ◽  
Phyllotreta Striolata ◽  
Flea Beetles ◽  
History Of

AbstractPhyllotreta cruciferae (Goeze) was usually the most abundant flea beetle on crops of Argentine rape, Brassica napus L., in Manitoba, followed in order by Phyllotreta striolata (F.) and Psylliodes punctulata Melsh. These three species and small numbers of Phyllotreta bipustulata (F.) were present on volunteer rape in the spring. A few specimens of a fifth rape-eating species, Phyllotreta robusta Lee, were trapped in April after hibernating. The three main species were recorded in all 16 localities in which samples of flea beetles on rape crops and/or volunteer rape were collected. Details of seasonal life history of each species are presented, as well as data on the abundance of the three main species throughout the year on rape crops, in overwintering habitats and on volunteer rape in spring. The relative abundance of P. cruciferae, P. striolata, and Ps. punctulata in different rape-growing areas of Manitoba is discussed.

Characterisation of biological and biocontrol traits of entomopathogenic nematodes promising for control of striped flea beetle (Phyllotreta striolata)

Nematology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 503-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xun Yan ◽  
Yinying Lin ◽  
Zhenmao Huang ◽  
Richou Han
Keyword(s):  
Culture System ◽  
Entomopathogenic Nematodes ◽  
Storage Temperature ◽  
Entomopathogenic Nematode ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Cold Treatment ◽  
Heat Exposure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Commercial Strain ◽  
Phyllotreta Striolata

Summary The biological and biocontrol traits of two entomopathogenic nematode isolates, Steinernema pakistanense 94-1 (Sp94-1) and Heterorhabditis indica 212-2 (Hi212-2), were evaluated. The highest yield of infective juveniles (IJ) in monoxenic sponge culture system for Sp94-1 and Hi212-2 was 3.52 (± 0.45) × 105 and 7.08 (± 0.11) × 105 IJ g−1, respectively. The optimum storage temperature was 25°C for Sp94-1 and 14°C for Hi212-2. Sp94-1 showed greater tolerance to heat exposure and UV radiation, while S. carpocapsae All, a commercial strain, was more resistant to osmotic pressure, desiccation, cold treatment and hypoxia than the other tested isolates. Hi212-2 suppressed the Phyllotreta striolata larvae when applied at 1.5 × 109 IJ ha−1 or higher concentrations, while Sp94-1 suppressed the P. striolata larvae only when applied at 4.5 × 109 IJ ha−1. Our study indicates the possibility of commercialisation of the EPN isolates, and further confirms their efficacy against the P. striolata larvae in the field.

MAINTAINING A COLONY OF THE STRIPED FLEA BEETLE, PHYLLOTRETA STRIOLATA (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE), IN THE GREENHOUSE

1976 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Burgess ◽  
J. E. Wiens
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Suitable Host ◽  
Armoracia Rusticana ◽  
Phyllotreta Striolata ◽  
Small Colony

AbstractA small colony of the striped flea beetle, Phyllotreta striolala (F.), has been maintained in a cage in the greenhouse for more than 21/2 years. Horseradish [Armoracia rusticana (Lam) Gaertn., Mey. & Scherb.] was found to be a suitable host plant, and the caged beetle colony has followed a similar life cycle to natural populations in the field.

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