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Shoot feeding ecology of Tomicus piniperda and T. minor (Col., Scolytidae) in southern China
Author(s) -
Långström B.,
Lisha L.,
Hongpin L.,
Peng C.,
Haoran L.,
Hellqvist C.,
Lieutier F.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of applied entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.795
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0418
pISSN - 0931-2048
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0418.2002.00651.x
Subject(s) - biology , shoot , pinus yunnanensis , botany , china , host (biology) , pinus <genus> , ecology , geography , archaeology
The pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda , is causing substantial tree mortality to Pinus yunnanensis in south‐western China, whereas the same species in Europe seldom kills Pinus sylvestris. In order to understand this difference in aggressiveness, we studied the shoot feeding ecology of the pine shoot beetles in Yunnan, and compared it with European results. We found many similarities in the shoot feeding behaviour of T. piniperda , and also that of Tomicus minor , which was common locally. In contrast to Europe, however, the pine shoot beetles in Yunnan seem to be able to predispose the host trees for stem attack by intensive shoot‐feeding. It has also been observed that beetles aggregate in certain trees during shoot feeding, but we could not verify that in our experiment.