Claim · model-written summary
Fourteen of the 73 identified insect associates of Ambrosia acanthicarpa were stenophagous species.
- Taxon
- Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Ambrosia acanthicarpae0 - Interactor
- identified associatese3herbivore
- Outcome
- stenophagous speciese3
- Value
- Fourteen (19%) of the 73e3
- Qualifier
- their host plants apparently confined to the tribe Heliantheaee3
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“Phytophagous insects representing 7 orders, 31 families, and 87 species are reported as comprising the insect fauna of Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hooker (Compositae) in southern California”
e3“Fourteen (19%) of the 73 identified associates were stenophagous species, their host plants apparently confined to the tribe Heliantheae”
Title
The Phytophagous Insect Fauna of the Ragweed,Ambrosia acanthicarpa, in Southern California1
Richard D. Goeden; Donald W. Ricker Environmental Entomology 1974. doi:10.1093/ee/3.5.827
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Phytophagous insects comprising 87 species in 31 families and 7 orders are reported on Ambrosia acanthicarpa in southern California.
- Observation Most insects attacking the native ragweed were euryphagous, ectophagous, sap- and foliage-feeding species.
- Observation About a third of the insects reproduced on Ambrosia acanthicarpa.
- Observation About a third of the identified associates of Ambrosia acanthicarpa were minor or major pests of cultivars.