Egg laying site selection by a host plant specialist leaf miner moth at two intra-plant levels in the northern Chilean Atacama Desert

Storey-Palma, José; Benítez, Hugo A.; Mundaca-Ortega, Enrique; Vargas, Héctor A.

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dc.contributor.author	Storey-Palma, José
dc.contributor.author	Benítez, Hugo A.
dc.contributor.author	Mundaca-Ortega, Enrique
dc.contributor.author	Vargas, Héctor A.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-11-10T19:05:47Z
dc.date.available	2017-11-10T19:05:47Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.uri	http://repositorio.ucm.cl/handle/ucm/1172
dc.description.abstract	Egg laying site selection by a host plant specialist leaf miner moth at two intra-plant levels in the northern Chilean Atacama Desert. The spatial distribution of the immature stages of the leaf miner Angelabella tecomae Vargas & Parra, 2005 was determined at two intra-plant levels (shoot and leaflet) on the shrub Tecoma fulva fulva (Cav.) D. Don (Bignoniaceae) in the Azapa valley, northern Chilean Atacama Desert. An aggregated spatial pattern was detected for all the immature stages along the shoot, with an age dependent relative position: eggs and first instar larvae were clumped at apex; second, third and fourth instar larvae were mostly found at intermediate positions; meanwhile the spinning larva and pupa were clumped at basis. This pattern suggests that the females select new, actively growing leaflets for egg laying. At the leaflet level, the immature stages were found more frequently at underside. Furthermore, survivorship was higher for larvae from underside mines. All these results highlight the importance of an accurate selection of egg laying site in the life history of this highly specialized leaf miner. By contrast, eventual wrong choices in the egg laying site selection may be associated with diminished larval survivorship. The importance of the continuous availability of new plant tissue in this highly human modified arid environment is discussed in relation with the observed patterns.	es_CL
dc.language.iso	en	es_CL
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Chile	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/	*
dc.source	Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 58(3), 280-284	es_CL
dc.subject	Endophytic	es_CL
dc.subject	Gracillariidae	es_CL
dc.subject	Hypermetamorphic	es_CL
dc.subject	Oviposition	es_CL
dc.subject	Insecta	es_CL
dc.title	Egg laying site selection by a host plant specialist leaf miner moth at two intra-plant levels in the northern Chilean Atacama Desert	es_CL
dc.type	Article	es_CL
dc.ucm.facultad	Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales	es_CL
dc.ucm.indexacion	Scopus	es_CL
dc.ucm.indexacion	Isi	es_CL
dc.ucm.indexacion	Scielo	es_CL
dc.ucm.doi	dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262014000300009	es_CL