Claim · model-written summary
Larvae tunneled in roots.
- Taxon
- B . collarisBikasha collarise0
- Organ / stage
- rootse0
- Outcome
- feed by tunnelinge0
Verbatim
e0“The larvae of B . collaris feed by tunneling in the roots”
Title
Gregory S. Wheeler; M. Sedonia Steininger; Susan Wright Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 2017. doi:10.1111/eea.12573
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Bikasha collaris was highly specific to Chinese tallowtree in feeding tests.
- Observation Adults fed on Chinese tallowtree leaves.
- Observation Larvae completed development on only two non-target taxa in no-choice tests.
- Observation Two of 80 larvae developed on Hippomane mancinella roots.
- Observation Three of 50 larvae developed on Ricinus communis roots.
- Observation Those five adults died within three days without reproduction.
- Observation Larval choice tests showed little use of the non-target taxa.
- Observation Adult no-choice tests showed little non-target leaf damage except on two taxa.
- Observation Adults consumed 7.4% of Ditrysinia fruticosa relative to control leaves in choice tests.
- Observation Adults consumed 6.1% of Gymnanthes lucida relative to control leaves in choice tests.
- Observation No eggs were produced on non-targets except Gymnanthes lucida.
- Observation Adults fed Gymnanthes lucida produced 4.6 eggs versus 115.0 on tallowtree.
- Observation Eggs from adults fed Gymnanthes lucida were inviable or larvae died within one day.
- Observation The beetle could not complete its life cycle on any non-target tested.