LEAF MINING AND GRAZING IN SPIDER BEETLES (COLEOPTERA, ANOBIIDAE, PTININAE) - AN UNREPORTED MODE OF LARVAL AND ADULT FEEDING IN THE BOSTRICHOIDEA

Authors
PHILIPS TK IVIE MA IVIE LL
Citation
Tk. Philips et al., LEAF MINING AND GRAZING IN SPIDER BEETLES (COLEOPTERA, ANOBIIDAE, PTININAE) - AN UNREPORTED MODE OF LARVAL AND ADULT FEEDING IN THE BOSTRICHOIDEA, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 100(1), 1998, pp. 147-153
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138797
Volume
100
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
147 - 153
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8797(1998)100:1<147:LMAGIS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The first larval leaf mining and live-leaf feeding by adults is report ed in the Anobiidae and the more inclusive superfamily Bostrichoidea. Larvae of Pitnus antillanus Belles bore in leaves of Tournefortia gnap halodes (L.) (Boraginaceae) and adults feed on leaves of the larval ho st plant. Larvae complete their development and pupation within a sing le leaf. It is suggested that leaf mining is a recently derived trait in Pitnus.