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Feeding Stimulants of Leaf Beetles

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Biology of Chrysomelidae

Part of the book series: Series Entomologica ((SENT,volume 42))

Abstract

Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and about 30 000 species have been described. With few exceptions, adult leaf beetles feed on foliage and flowers, and their larvae on leaves or roots. The family includes a large number of crop pest species such as the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, the spotted cucumber beetle. Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi, the western spotted cucumber beetle, D. undecimpunctata undecimpunctata, the banded cucumber beetle, D. balteata, the striped cucumber beetle, Acalymna vittata, and the mustard beetle, Phaedon cochleariae. Studies of the feeding stimulants in these leaf beetles have mainly been carried out from the stand-point of plant resistance, selective breeding and host-plant selection. Several compounds have been reported as feeding stimulants of leaf beetles. This paper reviews the role of plant substances in the feeding behaviour of leaf beetles.

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Matsuda, K. (1988). Feeding Stimulants of Leaf Beetles. In: Jolivet, P., Petitpierre, E., Hsiao, T.H. (eds) Biology of Chrysomelidae. Series Entomologica, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3105-3_3

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