The Phytophagous Insect Fauna of the Ragweed, Ambrosia chamissonis , in Southern Californi 1

Autor: Richard D. Goeden, D. W. Ricker
Rok vydání: 1974
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Zdroj: Environmental Entomology. 3:835-839
ISSN: 1938-2936
0046-225X
DOI: 10.1093/ee/3.5.835
Popis: Phytophagous insects representing 6 orders, 27 families, and 55 species are reported as comprising the insect fauna of Ambrosia chamissonis (Lessing) Greene (Compositae) in southern California. Most insects found attacking this native ragweed were euryphagous, ectophagous, sap- and foliage-feeding species. Nearly half reproduced on this plant. Nine (20%) of the 44 associates identified to species were stenophagous, their host plants apparently confined to the tribe Heliantheae. Ten (23%) of these were minor or major pests of cultivars.
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