By interacting organism as written › A. designalis

Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Agathodes designalis larvae ate an average of two Erythrina seeds.

Taxon: Erythrina falcataErythrina falcatae1
Interactor: A. designalisAgathodes designalise0herbivore
Outcome: seeds preyed upon by the larvaee0
Value: twoe0

Verbatim

e0
“average number of seeds preyed upon by the larvae ranged from two (A. designalis) to five (L. ochracealis)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 416–522

e1
“seeds of Erythrina falcata eaten by larvae of Agathodes designalis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 51–117

Title

Predation of Erythrina falcata Benth. (Fabaceae, Faboideae) seeds by larvae of three species of Lepidoptera (Crambidae) and the effect of parasitoids on the predation

Paulo Roberto da Silva; Cristiano Marcondes Pereira DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2013

Other claims from this paper (3)

Observation Liopasia ochracealis larvae ate an average of five Erythrina seeds.
Observation Macrocentrus parasitism of Terastia larvae was reported for the first time.
Mechanism The authors identify parasitism as a factor influencing Erythrina seed predation rates.

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