Leaf toughness in Quercus agrifolia and its effects on tissue selection by first instars of Phryganidia californica (Lepidoptera: Dioptidae) and Bucculatrix albertiella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-121

  Casher, Leslie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bucculatrix albertiella; Leaf toughness; Morphology; Oak leaves; Phryganidia californica; Quercus agrifolia

Indexed keywords

BUCCULATRIX; BUCCULATRIX ALBERTIELLA; DIOPTIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYONETIIDAE; PHRYGANIDIA CALIFORNICA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 0010507932     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.1.109     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Beck, S. D. 1965. Resistance of plants to insects. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 10: 207-232.
2. Benedict, H. M. 1915. Senile changes in leaves of Vitis vulpina L. and certain other plants. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Stn. 7: 281-370.
3. Bernays, E. A. and R. F. Chapman. 1970. Experiments to determine the basis of food selection by Chorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in the field. J. Anim. Ecol. 39: 761-776.
4. Bernays, E. A. 1986. Diet-induced head allometry among foliage-chewing insects and its importance for graminivores. Science (Washington, DC) 231: 495-497.
5. Bernays, E. A. and D. H. Janzen. 1988. Saturniid and sphingid caterpillars: two ways to eat leaves. Ecology 69: 1153-1160.
6. Burkhardt, D. 1964. Colour discrimination in insects. Adv. Insect Physiol. 2: 131-173.
7. Casher, L. 1991. Herbivory and toughness: morphological and behavioral characteristics of Phryganidia californica Packard (Lep. Dioptidae) for feeding on mature leaves of Quercus agrifolia Nee (Fagaceae). Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley.
8. Chapman, A.R.O. 1987. Functional diversity of plants in the sea and on land. Jones & Bartlett, Boston.
9. Cherrett, J. M. 1968. A simple penetrometer for measuring leaf toughness in insect feeding studies. J. Econ. Entomol. 61: 1736-1738.
10. Coley, P. D. 1983. Herbivory and defensive characteristics of tree species in a lowland and tropical forest. Ecol. Monogr. 53: 209-233.
11. Cuthbert, F. P. and B. W. Davis. 1972. Factors contributing to cowpea curculio resistance in southern peas. J. Econ. Entomol. 65: 778-781.
12. Djamin, A. and M. D. Pathak. 1967. Role of silica in resistance to asiatic rice borer, Chilo suppressalis (Walker), in rice varieties. J. Econ. Entomol. 60: 347-351.
13. Dyar, H. G. 1890. The number of molts of lepidopterous larvae. Psyche (Camb.) 5: 420-422.
14. Feeny, P. 1970. Seasonal changes in oak leaf tannins and nutrients as a cause of spring feeding by winter moth caterpillars. Ecology 51: 565-581.
15. Fraenkel, G. 1959. The raison d'etre of secondary plant substances. Science (Washington,DC)129: 1466-1470.
16. Godfrey, G. L. 1993. Functional morphology of the larval mouthparts of Notodontidae (Lepidoptera): contrasting the structural differences and feeding behaviors of Heterocampa obliqua and Crinodes besckei, pp. 131-148. In C. W. Schaefer and R.A.B. Leschen [eds.], Functional morphology of insect feeding. Proceedings Thomas Say Publications in Entomology. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD.
17. Haberlandt, G. 1914. Physiological plant anatomy, 4th German ed. Macmillan, London.
18. Harville, J. P. 1955. Ecology and population dynamics of the California oak moth Phryganidia californica Packard (Lepidoptera: Dioptidae). Microentomology 20: 83-166.
19. Hedin, P. A., J. N. Jenkins and F. G. Maxwell. 1977. Behavioral and developmental factors affecting host plant resistance to insects, pp. 231-275. In P. A. Hedin [ed.], Host plant resistance to pests. ACS (Am. Chem. Soc.) Symp. Ser. 62.
20. Hering, E. M. 1951. Biology of the leaf miners. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk, The Hague, The Netherlands.
21. Hickey, L. J. 1979. A revised classification of the architecture of dicotyledonous leaves, pp. 25-39. In C. R. Metcalfe and L. Chalk [eds.], Anatomy of the dicotyledons, 2nd ed., vol. 1. Oxford: Clarendon Press, New York.
22. Ilker, R. and A. S. Szczesniak. 1990. Structural and chemical bases for texture of plant foodstuffs. J. Texture Stud. 21: 1-36.
23. Isherwood, F. A. 1960. Some factors involved in the texture of plant tissues. Soc. Chem. Ind. Monogr. (Lond.) 7: 135-143.
24. Johansen, D. A. 1940. Plant microtechnique, 1st ed. McGraw-Hill, New York.
25. Kennedy, J. S., C. O. Booth, and J. S. Kershaw. 1960. Host finding by aphids in the field: III. Visual attraction. Ann. Appl. Biol. 49: 1-21.
26. Kevan, P. G. and H. G. Baker. 1983. Insects as flower visitors and pollinators. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 28: 407-453.
27. Kimmerer, T. W. and D. A. Potter. 1987. Nutritional quality of specific leaf tissues and selective feeding by a specialist leafminer. Oecologia (Berl.) 71: 548-551.
28. Metcalfe, C. R. 1979. The leaf: general topography and ontogeny of the tissues, pp. 63-75. In C. R. Metcalfe and L. Chalk [eds.], Anatomy of the dicotyledons, 2nd ed., vol. 1. Oxford: Clarendon Press, New York.
29. Noble, M. D. 1958. A simplified clip cage for aphid investigations. Can. Entomol. 90: 760.
30. Opler, P. A. 1974. Biology, ecology, and host specificity of microlepidoptera associated with Quercus agrifolia (Fagaceae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 75: 1-166.
31. Pantin, C.F.A. 1960. Notes on microscopical technique for zoologists, 3rd ed. University Press, Cambridge [England].
32. Patanakamjorn, S. and M. D. Pathak. 1967. Varietal resistance of rice to the asiatic rice borer, Chilo supressalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), and its association with various plant characters. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 60: 287-292.
33. Poulsen, V. A. 1884. Botanical micro-chemistry; an introduction to the study of vegetable histology. Cassino, Boston.
34. Raupp, M. J. 1985. Effects of leaf toughness on mandibular wear of the leaf beetle, Plagiodera versicolora. Ecol. Entomol. 10: 73-79.
35. Rundel, P. W. 1979. Adaptations of mediterranean-climate oaks to environmental stress, pp. 43-44. In T. R. Plumb [ed.], The ecology, management, and utilization of California oaks. U.S. For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-44.
36. Scriber, J. M. and P. Feeny. 1979. Growth of herbivorous caterpillars in relation to feeding specialization and to the growth form of their food plants. Ecology 60: 829-850.
37. Shade, R. E. and C. M. Wilson. 1967. Leaf-vein spacing as a factor affecting larval feeding behavior of the cereal leaf beetle, Oulema melanopus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 60: 493-496.
38. Sokal, R. R. and F. J. Rohlf. 1981. Biometry, the priniciples and practices of statistics in biological research, 2nd ed. Freeman, New York.
39. Solereder, H. 1908. Systematic anatomy of the dicotyledons, a handbook for laboratories of pure and applied botany, Vol. 2. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
40. Strasburger, E. 1911. Handbook of practical botany for the botanical laboratory and private student, 7th ed. George Allen, London.
41. Swain, T. 1979. Tannins and lignins, pp. 657-681. In G. A. Rosenthal and D. H. Janzen [eds.], Herbivores: their interactions with secondary plant metabolites. Academic, New York.
42. Szczesniak, A. S. 1962. Classification of textural characteristics. J. Food Sci. 28: 385-389.
43. Tanton, M. T. 1962. The effect of leaf "toughness" on the feeding of larvae of the mustard beetle Phaedon cochleariae Fab. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 5: 74-78.
44. Vincent, J.F.V. 1991. Texture of plants and fruits, pp. 19-33. In J.F.V. Vincent and P. J. Lillford [eds.], Feeding and the texture of food. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
45. Volney, W. J. A., J. E. Milstead, and V. R. Lewis. 1983. Effect of food quality, larval density, and photoperiod on the feeding rate of the California oakworm (Lepidoptera: Dioptidae). Environ. Entomol. 12: 792-798.
46. Wainwright, S. A. 1988. Axis and circumference: the cylindrical shape of plants and animals . Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
47. Wylie, R. B. 1939. Relations between tissue organization and vein distribution in dicotyledon leaves. Am. J. Bot. 26: 219-225.