Host Plant Utilization Within Family Ericaceae by the Andromeda Lace Bug Stephanitis takeyai (Hemiptera: Tingidae)
| Autor: | Shakunthala Nair, S. Kristine Braman, D. A. Knauft |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 30:132-136 |
| ISSN: | 2573-5586 0738-2898 |
| Popis: | This study examined host plant utilization by the Andromeda lace bug, Stephanitis takeyai Drake and Maa, within the family Ericaceae. The preferred host of S. takeyai is the Japanese pieris, Pieris japonica (Thunb.) D. Don ex G. Don, but it has been reported to exhibit host alternation and also to occur on other unrelated host plants. We examined the acceptability of ten landscape and fruit plants belonging to the family Ericaceae (Rhododendron calendulaceum, Rhododendron ‘Hampton Beauty’, Rhododendron ‘Autumn Empress’, Vaccinium arboreum, Vaccinium virgatum, Calluna vulgaris, Kalmia latifolia, Pieris floribunda, Pieris phillyreifolia and Pieris japonica ‘Temple Bells’) to S. takeyai. In no-choice tests adult survival did not vary significantly among the taxa. Highest leaf damage was recorded on P. japonica and R. calendulaceum, while slight damage was noted on V. arboreum and Rhododendron ‘Hampton Beauty’. Nymph emergence was observed in P. japonica, R. calendulaceum and Rhododendron ‘Hampton Beauty’. In multi-choice tests adult presence on leaves did not vary significantly except on day 9, when adults were more numerous on ‘Temple Bells’. Maximum leaf damage was recorded on P. japonica, ‘Temple Bells’. Several plants like Rhododendron and Vaccinium spp., which may not be favorable hosts, could serve as reservoirs for the pest. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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