Claim · model-written summary
Larvae stayed on foliage during development and pupated in a cocoon in soil at the host base.
- Taxon
- Lantana camara
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Lantana camarat0 - Interactor
- alagoasa parana Samuelsont0herbivore
- Outcome
- remained on the foliage during development and pupated in moist, loose, friable soil within a cocoone0
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Verbatim
e0“Larvae remained on the foliage during development and pupated in moist, loose, friable soil within a cocoon at the base of the host-plant.”
t0“alagoasa parana Samuelson (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) for biological control of Lantana camara”
Title
J. A. Winder; D. P. A. Sands; R. C. Kassulke Bulletin of Entomological Research 1988. doi:10.1017/s0007485300013250
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- Observation Alagoasa parana adults and larvae fed on foliage and flowers of Lantana tiliaefolia.
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- Observation The univoltine beetle life cycle lasted 80-90 days from egg to adult emergence.
- Observation Beetle abundance varied seasonally from four to eight adults per 100 branches.
- Observation Adults overwintered and oviposited in litter at the host base.
- Observation Adults fed lightly on Verbena bonariensis in multiple choice tests.
- Observation Adults fed lightly on Clerodendrum speciosissimum in multiple choice tests.
- Observation Adults produced minute leaf scars on passion fruit.
- Observation Adults produced minute leaf scars on sunflower.
- Observation Alagoasa parana completed immature development only on L. camara among 55 tested plants.