Open AccessRESISTANCE OF EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA TO PERTHIDA GLYPHOPA (LEPIDOPTERA: INCURVARIIDAE)
Author(s) -
Mazanec Z.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1985.tb00229.x
Subject(s) - biology , lepidoptera genitalia , larva , eucalyptus , botany , tannin
Anatomy of leaves of jarrah, Eucalyptus marginata Donn ex Smith, and their response to the presence of the jarrah leafminer Perthida glyphopa Common, are described. Depending on the reaction to its eggs and larvae, 4 types of trees were recognised: (a) susceptible to oviposition, egg development and larval feeding; (b) resistant to egg development; (c) resistant to larval feeding; (d) resistant to oviposition and egg development. Leaves of types a, b and c had identical anatomy, whereas those of the only known tree of type d had a different structure of the mesophyll and lacked tannin in the palisade tissue.