PHYTOPHAGOUS INSECT FAUNA OF FLOURENSIA-CERNUA (ASTERACEAE, HELIANTHEAE) IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS AND ARIZONA

Citation
Jv. Richerson et Pe. Boldt, PHYTOPHAGOUS INSECT FAUNA OF FLOURENSIA-CERNUA (ASTERACEAE, HELIANTHEAE) IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS AND ARIZONA, Environmental entomology, 24(3), 1995, pp. 588-594
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,Entomology
Journal title
ISSN journal
0046225X
Volume
24
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
588 - 594
Database
ISI
SICI code
0046-225X(1995)24:3<588:PIFOF(>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Phytophagous insects representing 37 families and 88 species fed on ta rbush, Flourensia cernua DC. Thirty-nine of these species were polypha gous, 11 were oligophagous, and 2, Goniatron planum Bruner and Buccala trix flourensiae Braun, were specific or apparently restricted to tarb ush. The feeding specificity of 36 species was not determined. None of the phytophages substantially damaged tarbush. The psyllid Kuwayana m edicaginis Crawford was one of the most common insects on the plant. I t caused moderate leaf curling in approximate to 7% of the foliage in early spring. Relative frequency, associated plant parts, geographic d istribution, and phenology of insects on tarbush are also reported.