How far can you go caterpillar? Observations on Uresiphita maorialis (Felder) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) larvae crawling away from their host plants in an urban setting

Mundaca-Ortega, Enrique

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dc.contributor.author	Mundaca-Ortega, Enrique
dc.date.accessioned	2017-10-25T13:25:17Z
dc.date.available	2017-10-25T13:25:17Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.uri	http://repositorio.ucm.cl/handle/ucm/902
dc.description.abstract	BetweenOctober2007andMarch2008,Icarriedoutfieldobservations and a semi-controlled pilot experiment to become familiar withthe biological and phenological aspects of U. maorialis. In my observations,I noticed that U. maorialis last instar larvae tend to abandon their hostplants before pupating, and, thus, it is common to see larvae crawling awayfrom their host plants. I was interested in knowing how far from its host plant a larva could go before pupating. To that end, I carried out measuresin controlled and semi-controlled conditions to evaluate the distance towhich a larva could move away from its host plant to pupate. Myobservations indicate that larvae can move a wide range of distances, from afew centimetres to several meters, away from their hostplants.	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	The Weta, (48), 35-40	es_CL
dc.subject	Wellington gardens	es_CL
dc.subject	Eggclusters	es_CL
dc.subject	Kowhai moth	es_CL
dc.title	How far can you go caterpillar? Observations on Uresiphita maorialis (Felder) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) larvae crawling away from their host plants in an urban setting	es_CL
dc.type	Article	es_CL
dc.ucm.facultad	Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales	es_CL