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Metabarcoding of Pollen Carried by Syrphids Reveals Novel Plant–Pollinator Interactions in a Protected Natural Area and Agricultural Sites

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Using DNA metabarcoding, this study investigates pollen transported by syrphids (Syrphidae) in the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park and agricultural sites in Northern Italy. The analysis reveals a high diversity of visited plant taxa, including previously undocumented plant–pollinator interactions.
Serena Magagnoli, Daniele Sommaggio, Claudio Ratti, Riccardo Baroncelli, Andrea Menicucci, Enrico Vettorazzo, Giovanni Burgio   +6 more
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Responses of phytophagous insects to a changing flora [PDF]

, 2012
Changes in the distribution of the British flora have been well documented (Preston et al., 2002; Braithwaite et al., 2006). One might expect phytophagous insects, particularly host plant specialists, to respond to such changes, as they are dependent on ...
Botham, Marc, Roy, Helen E., Preston, Chris D., Roy, David B., Stewart, Alan, Bantock, Tristan   +5 more
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Evaluating insect-host interactions as a driver of species divergence in palm flower weevils

Communications Biology, 2020
de Medeiros and Farrell test how insect-host interactions influence species divergence in phytophagous insects. Using ddRAD-seq data and hierarchical modelling, they demonstrate, surprisingly, that antagonistic interactions between insect and host do not
Bruno A. S. de Medeiros, Brian D. Farrell   +1 more
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Exploiting Native Biodiversity for Invasive Species Management: The Case of Exorista larvarum as a Natural Enemy of the Invasive Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
The investigations evaluated the performance of the native parasitoid Exorista larvarum (L.) on last instar Cydalima perspectalis (Walker) larvae, using the factitious host Galleria mellonella (L.) as a control. Laboratory bioassays were conducted using no‐choice and choice (1:1 and 5:5) experimental designs.
Serena Gallizia, Santolo Francati, Maria Luisa Dindo, Chiara Ferracini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple taxa natural enemies contribute to the biocontrol of major phytophagous arthropods in the strawberry agroecosystems of subtropical Argentina

, 2023
Subtropical northwestern Argentina is the country´s major strawberry exporter, where major pests are spider mites, thrips and aphids. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the conversion to a more sustainable production system, revaluing the role of the ...
Funes, Claudia Fernanda, Maza, Noelia, Kirschbaum, Daniel Santiago, Buonocore Biancheri, María Josefina   +3 more
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Impacts of a Sweet Orange Essential Oil–Based Biopesticide on Exorista larvarum, a Parasitoid Tachinid Fly With a Dual Role

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Lethal (mortality) and sublethal (fecundity, fertility) effects of the biopesticide Prev‐Am Plus (containing ~6% sweet orange essential oil) were assessed on the tachinid fly Exorista larvarum. Mated females were exposed via contact and oral routes across five concentrations (0.25%–20%) using protocols adapted from Apis mellifera.
Santolo Francati, Fabio Sgolastra, Rafaela Tadei, Maria Luisa Dindo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi affect phytophagous insect specialism [PDF]

, 2002
The majority of phytophagous insects eat very few plant species, yet the ecological and evolutionary forces that have driven such specialism are not entirely understood.
Gange, Alan, Ward, L.K., Stagg, P.G.
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Food as a factor determining the physiological state of populations of the phytopagous pests of agricultural crops

Овощи России
Relevance. Trophic relationships along with competition and mutualism are the most basic and significant interactions in ecosystems. To develop, survive, and multiply, insects need to consume a certain amount of nutrients at a certain ratio.
N. V. Matsishina, O. A. Sobko, M. V. Ermak   +2 more
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Beyond species diversity: Functional responses of cave arthropods to microclimatic stability and structural complexity

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
Species richness declined along cave microclimatic gradient, while diversity increased with habitat heterogeneity, highlighting distinct roles of abiotic conditions and structural complexity in shaping arthropod communities. Functional traits shifted along the microclimatic gradient, with larger‐bodied and more eye‐regressed arthropods dominating under
Raluca Ioana Bǎncilǎ, Augustin Nae, Ioana Nae, Eugen Nitzu, Andrei Giurginca, Ionuţ Popa, Stefan Cǎtǎlin Baba, Rodica Plǎiaşu   +7 more
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Associative learning in insects : evolutionary models, mushroom bodies, and a neuroscientific conundrum

, 2011
Environmental predictability has for many years been posited to be a key variable in whether learning is expected to evolve in particular species, a claim revisited in two recent papers.
Lauren M. Guillete, Karen Hollis, Karen L. Hollis, Lauren Guillette, Hollis, Karen, Guillette, Lauren   +5 more
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