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| Menken, S.B.J.; Boomsma, J.J.; Nieukerken, E.J. van. |
| We characterized evolutionary patterns of host plant use across about 2500 species of British Lepidoptera, using character optimization and independent phylogenetic contrasts among 95 operational taxa, and evaluated the extent to which caterpillars are monophagous, use woody host plants, and feed concealed. We also analyzed the use of different Angiosperm superorders and related these associations to other key variables. The Nepticulidae, Pterophoridae, and Gracillariidae allowed explicit comparisons between the British fauna and the Lepidoptera worldwide, which indicated that our broad categorizations for Britain are accurate predictors for the global fauna. The first (lower glossatan) radiation of the Lepidoptera started with monophagous, internal... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Comparative analysis; Diet breadth; External feeding; Eurosids I; Phytophagous insects; 42.21; 42.75. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/364237 |
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| Sperber,Carlos Frankl. |
| Abracris dilecta Walker, 1870 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Ommatolampinae) ate leafs of at least 14 plant species, in the families Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, Malvales (Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae or Malvaceae), Poaceae, Fabaceae, Verbenaceae, Aristolochiaceae, Rubiaceae and Melastomataccae. Elephantopus mollis H.B.K. (Asteraceae) and Hyptis suaveolens Poit. (Lamiaceae) comprised 50% of the diet. The diet breadth of A. dilecta was compared to that of other 11 grasshopper species of the same sub-family, with rarefaction curves. The number of plant species eaten by A. dilecta was greater than that of nine other grasshopper species of the same sub-family (Rhachicreagra spp.) but was lower then two others (Microptylopteryx hebardi Rehn, 1905 and Rhachicreagra astytophallus... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Herbivory; Diet breadth; Tropical dry forest edge; Neotropical region; Brazil. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81751996000100012 |
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