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Host plant specificity, oviposition behaviour and egg parasitism in some leafhoppers of the genus Eupteryx (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
Author(s) -
STILING PETER D.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
ecological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.865
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2311
pISSN - 0307-6946
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1980.tb01125.x
Subject(s) - biology , hemiptera , parasitism , host (biology) , zoology , genus , hymenoptera , ecology
.1 Three species of Eupteryx, E.aurata, E.cyclops and E.urticae are regularly found on stinging nettles in South Wales. 2 E.aurata host alternates between nettles in spring and autumn, and Heraclewn, Eupatorium and Mentha species in summer. E.cyclops and E.urticae attack only nettles. 3 All species are host specific during oviposition and show preferences to lay eggs in discrete plant regions. 4 A Mymarid egg parasite of the genus Anagrus was reared more commonly from eggs laid in nettles than from eggs laid in alternative hosts.