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Phenology, polymorphism and insect-plant relationships of the larch budmoth, Zeiraphera diniana (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), on alternative conifer hosts in Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Keith Day
Keith Day
Affiliation:
School of Biological and Environmental Studies, New University of Ulster, Coleraine, BT52 1SA N., Ireland
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Abstract

Studies on populations of Zeiraphera diniana (Gn.) in Britain, where the tortricid has recently attained pest status, revealed differences in their structure and host-plant relationships when compared with populations at other European localities. A switch from the predominance of larch (Larix decidua) as a host in alpine Switzerland to pine (Pinus contorta) in upland Britain was governed by temperature which, during the egg stage, altered the phenological relationships between hatching caterpillars and foliage on the two conifers. Larvae which originated from populations on pine had higher survivorship on foliage of spruce (Picea) and larch than populations which originated on larch. Larval age heterogeneity, induced by a prolonged egg hatching period, was a marked feature of British populations and could have significant demographic consequences including an occasional reduction in the degree of temporal separation of racial units at the adult stage. Patterns of polymorphism in larval samples from Pinus contorta and Larix spp. in a variety of forests in Britain gave support to a hypothesis of racial hybridisation at the edge of the insect's range. There were overall differences between colour-type structure of larvae on larch at an English site and at a comparable Swiss locality, and also a similar trend in the change of a colour-type index with changes in population density between years. This suggests that similar selective forces may apply to the population dynamics of Z. diniana throughout its range.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , March 1984 , pp. 47 - 64
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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