Effects of starvation and mating status on the activity of the flea beetle, Phyllotreta nemorum (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Title:

Effects of starvation and mating status on the activity of the flea beetle, Phyllotreta nemorum (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Creator:

Oku, Keiko, M.C.A. Vermeer, Kim, Verbaarschot, Patrick, and Jong, Peter W. de

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:eab30bb9-c01f-4234-97ec-ba97180fce6c
uuid:eab30bb9-c01f-4234-97ec-ba97180fce6c

Subject:

Chrysomelidae, Phyllotreta nemorum, female movement, flight activity, mating status, and starvation

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

Flea beetles are characterized by their tendency to jump. They can also fly. First, the effects of starvation on flight activity in the flea beetle, Phyllotreta nemorum L. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) were determined. After starving P. nemorum for five days a greater number of individuals of both sexes flew than when fed continuously for the same period. In addition, the effect of the mating status of females of P. nemorum on their movement was determined. Mated females were more active than virgin females. It is concluded that starvation stimulates the flight activity of both sexes and mating activates the movement of females of P. nemorum.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2010 Volume:107 | Number:4

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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