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ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY
卷 50, 期 6, 页码 1425-1431出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvab082
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oviposition; larval host plant; larval growth; butterfly; laboratory rearing
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- TELT-Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin SAS
The study investigated oviposition choices and larval development of the protected butterfly Zerynthia polyxena on different host plant species. The species was found to be locally monophagous on Aristolochia pallida in the Susa Valley.
In insect-plant biology, oviposition choices and larval development on different host plants are crucial factors to be investigated.To design conservation strategies for protected Lepidoptera, which are overall oligophagous but locally monophagous, it is important to understand which host plant species is locally preferred. We thus investigated oviposition choices and larval development of the protected butterfly Zerynthia polyxena in controlled laboratory conditions, using three possible host plant species which are present in the Piedmont region: Aristolochia pallida, A. clematitis, and A. rotunda. We found that laboratory conditions are not favorable for Z. polyxena oviposition, even if the fertility of the females was in normal range for Papilionidae. However, we were able to understand the local monophagy of the species on A. pallida in the Susa Valley through larval survival and development stages. Egg hatching was similar among the three host plant species; however, even if larvae eat and grow similarly on the different host plant species until the third larval stage, the only larvae that reached the pupal stage were those fed with A. pallida. In conclusion, whereas Z. polyxena is oligophagous in the rest of Europe for the genus Aristolochia, the species is locally monophagous on A. pallida in the Susa Valley.
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