Biology, natural history and temporal fluctuation of the geometrid<i>Oospila pallidaria</i>associated with host plant phenology

Sousa-Lopes, Bruno de; Bächtold, Alexandra; Del‐Claro, Kleber

doi:10.1080/01650521.2016.1199140

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“…The host plants of the Neotropical species of the genus remain poorly known. Besides of the above mentioned host plant records of M. mirthae, whose larvae feed on Fabaceae, Osorio ( 2005) recorded larvae of Macaria abydata Guenée, [1858] feeding on two species of Stryphnodendron (Fabaceae), Marconato et al (2008) described feeding of Erythroxylum microphyllum St.-Hilaire (Erythroxylaceae) by larvae of Macaria regulata (Fabricius, 1775), Geraldo (2011) reported Macaria rigidata Guenée, [1858] feeding on Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don (Bignoniaceae) and Sousa-Lopes et al (2016) found Macaria sp. on Mimosa setosa var.…”

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A new species of Macaria Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from the Andes of northern Chile

Vargas

Hausmann

Parra

2020

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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Macaria kruegeri Vargas, Hausmann & Parra sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on adults reared from larvae collected on the shrub Adesmia spinosissima Meyen (Fabaceae) at about 3200 m elevation in the Andes of northern Chile. Macaria kruegeri resembles Macaria alba (Bartlett-Calvert, 1893), described from southern Chile. However, the two species can be accurately separated based on subtle differences in wing pattern and the shape of the valvula of the male genitalia. In addition, there is a DNA barcode divergence (COI gene) of 4.9% between both taxa.

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A new species of Macaria Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from the Andes of northern Chile

Vargas

Hausmann

Parra

2020

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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“…The experiments were performed between February and July 2017 and December 2017 and February 2018, in the Ecological Reserve of Clube Caça e Pesca Itororó de Uberlândia (CCPIU), Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil (18°59′00″S, 48°17′44″W). The climate in the region is markedly seasonal, characterized by a rainy summer (October to April) which may account for up to 75% of the annual rainfall, and a dry winter (May to September) (Laboratory of Climatology, Federal University of Uberlandia; Sousa‐Lopes, Bächtold & Del‐Claro, ).…”

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“…Mimosa setosa var. paludosa is a shrub that rarely exceeds a height of 3 m, has compound leaves, craspedium fruits, glandular trichomes over all its parts (Dutra & Garcia, 2014), and occurs on the edge of CCPIU near a vereda, a swampy area located in the headwater of a stream (Sousa-Lopes et al, 2016). The glandular trichomes present a sticky substance that entraps insects ( Fig.…”

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“…1c,d) but not lynx spiders, which are adapted to glandular plants and use them to feed on, breed and shelter (Vasconcellos-Neto et al, 2007). The plant produces leaves all year round, (Sousa-Lopes et al, 2016). Flowering and fruiting season is from February to May and March to October, respectively (B. Sousa-Lopes, pers.…”

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“…At the beginning of the flowering (February 2017), we carefully bagged two branches of each plant with a polyester net (n = 26 branches) to allow free access for the most abundant endophytic seed feeder, the seed beetle Acanthoscelides winderi Kingsolver, 1984 (Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae; Fig. 1g), and to prevent damage by exophytic herbivores such as lepidopterans (see Sousa-Lopes et al, 2016). We used a polyester net with small holes (3 9 3 mm) so that seed beetles could come in and lynx spiders could not come out.…”

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Antiherbivore protection and plant selection by the lynx spider Peucetia flava (Araneae: Oxyopidae) in the Brazilian Cerrado

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Spiders are ubiquitous in most vegetation, however very little empirical data are available on specific spider–plant interactions and their reciprocal outcomes. In the Brazilian Cerrado, the plant Mimosa setosa var. paludosa, (Fabaceae) has glandular trichomes in its leaves and stems, commonly entrapping insects (i.e. carrion) as well as hosting the lynx spider, Peucetia flava. We hypothesized that: (1) the damage inflicted by exophytic (leaves) and endophytic (seeds) herbivore insects that overcome the glandular trichomes is lower in plants where the lynx spider is present; and (2) the presence of this predator is positively related to food availability (live insects and/or carrion) and plant size. We performed field observations and an experimental field study in terms of the spider's presence versus absence on the Fabaceae plants. Our results showed that the proportion of damaged foliolules on the Fabaceae plants differed between the spiders‐present and spiders‐absent treatments, and that the absence of spiders led to a 3.3‐fold increase in the number of damaged foliolules. However, there was no significant difference in the proportion of seeds taken by endophytic herbivores from branches with and without spiders. We also found that the presence of Peucetia flava was positively related to the presence of entrapped carrion on plants, and that there was a positive and marginally significant effect of increasing abundance of the spiders on taller plants. The results of this study suggest that it is more common to find lynx spiders interacting with M. setosa var. paludosa in larger plants with higher carrion abundance (food source), and that P. flava and M. setosa var. paludosa interact in a facultative mutualism, in which plants provide entrapped carrion for spiders to feed on and possibly facilitate prey manipulation. In return, lynx spiders decrease the damage inflicted by exophytic, but not by endophytic herbivores. These results also contribute to a better understanding of which ecological factors may affect plant selection by lynx spiders and what the influence of this predator is on the structure of food webs in glandular plants.

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Natural history and population dynamics of the subsocial tortoise beetleOmaspides(Paromaspides)brunneosignataBoheman 1854 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

Gomes

Hermes

Macêdo

et al. 2020

Journal of Natural History

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Biology, natural history and temporal fluctuation of the geometridOospila pallidariaassociated with host plant phenology

Cited by 7 publications

References 35 publications

A new species of Macaria Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from the Andes of northern Chile

A new species of Macaria Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from the Andes of northern Chile

Antiherbivore protection and plant selection by the lynx spider Peucetia flava (Araneae: Oxyopidae) in the Brazilian Cerrado

Natural history and population dynamics of the subsocial tortoise beetleOmaspides(Paromaspides)brunneosignataBoheman 1854 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

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