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A new host plant for Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimic, 1986 (Lepidoptera: Gracilleriidae)
The article deals with the study of host plants of Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimic, 1986, especially focusing on Belarus findings. For the first time, Acer saccharinum L., is recorded as a host plant.
Aleh V. Sinchuk +3 more
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The mirid bug Apolygus lucorum (Meyer‐Dür) is a major pest affecting tea. Identifying the dominant predatory spiders of the mirid bug can provide a scientific basis for developing biological control technologies. Xysticus ephippiatus demonstrates the greatest potential as a biological control agent against A. lucorum.
Meng Zhang +6 more
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An Overview of Gracillariidae Leaf Mining Moths in Slovenia with New Records for the Country
Gracillariidae is one of the richest families of leaf mining moths, known by its ornamental and orchard plant pests expanding their primary ranges. We here provide a revised checklist of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of Slovenia that presently accounts ...
Stanislav Gomboc, Natalia I. Kirichenko
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The success of the horse-chestnut leaf-miner, Cameraria ohridella, in the UK revealed with hypothesis-led citizen science [PDF]
Citizen science is an increasingly popular way of undertaking research and simultaneously engaging people with science. However, most emphasis of citizen science in environmental science is on long-term monitoring.
Evans, Darren M., Pocock, Michael J.O.
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Leaf Mining Insects and Their Parasitoids in the Old-Growth Forest of the Huron Mountains [PDF]
Leaf mining insects in an old-growth forest along the south central shore of Lake Superior in Michigan are documented. We present the results of a 13-year survey of leaf mining species, larval hosts, seasonal occurrence, and parasitoids, as well as ...
Gates, Michael W +2 more
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Horse chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella) has achieved ecological success by colonizing the entire European range of its primary host, horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum).
Radosław JAGIEŁŁO +5 more
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Role of spontaneous plants as a reservoir of alternative hosts for Semielacher petiolatus (Girault) and Citrostichus phyllocnistoides (Narayanan) (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) in citrus groves [PDF]
The role spontaneous plants could eventually play towards populations of two exotic parasitoids, Semielacher petiolatus (Girault) and Citrostichus phyllocnistoides (Narayanan), was investigated in five Sicilian citrus groves.
Caleca, Virgilio +2 more
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This study evaluated food sources for adult Closterocerus coffeellae survival and oviposition behavior. Adults were fed honey (10%), Hibiscus nectar, an artificial diet, or received no food. Male survival was higher on the artificial diet, whereas honey (10%) increased female survival.
Mateus P. dos Santos +9 more
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DNA barcoding surveys of small insects usually extract DNA from either a complete insect or a leg. Little is known about how to optimize DNA quantity and quality from different insect parts while preserving a morphological voucher.
Carlos LOPEZ-VAAMONDE +4 more
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ABSTRACT Wolbachia is the most frequent bacterial endosymbiont of arthropods and nematodes. Although it is mostly vertically transmitted, from parent to offspring through the egg cytoplasm, horizontal transfer of Wolbachia is thought to be common over evolutionary timescales.
Eric Toro‐Delgado +5 more
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