Table 4. Survival, Feeding and Growth of Flea Beetle Larvae on Passiflora species* |
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Passiflora subgeneric grouping
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Astrophea/Decaloba |
Passiflora |
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Passiflora species
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PIT |
LOB |
COR |
AUR |
BI |
ARB | COS |
VIT |
AMB |
QUA |
MEN |
OER |
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Flea Beetle species |
feeding location | (click on images) |
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Parchicola "yellow-tibia" | basal stems & roots | W |
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Parchicola DF2 | basal stems & roots | R | R | ||||||||||||
Monomacra violacea | roots | W R |
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Red |
foliage | W 8 +++ (20) [.35] |
7 ++ (2) [.07] |
2 - (2) |
2 - (2) |
3 - (3) [.03] |
2 - (2) |
2 - (2) |
5 |
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Ptocadica bifasciata | foliage | W | W |
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Red Pedilia larvae |
new lvs. then stems | W 10 +++ (4) |
3 + (10) |
5 + (6) |
6 - (6) |
5 ++ (9) |
7 ++ (4) |
4 ++ (4) |
8 + (4) |
5 - (8) |
4 - (6) |
3 |
4 + (8) |
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Disonycha quinquelineata | foliage | W | |||||||||||||
**cyanide release from crushed foliage |
VH |
0 |
M |
L |
M |
H | H |
0 |
M |
M |
H |
0 |
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Passiflora species abbreviations: VIT=vitifolia; AMB=ambigua;QUA=quadrangularis; MEN=menispermifolia; OER=oerstedii; PIT=pittieri; LOB=lobata; COR=megacoriacea; AUR=auriculata; BI=biflora:ARB=arbelaezii; COS=costaricensis. *data: W = observation in wild; R=reproduction in isolation cage on potted plant; number=average # days survived; -,+,++,+++ = amount eaten; (# larvae tested); [relative growth rate of larvae] **HCN data see Figure 2 Cyanogenesis by Passiflora species for more detail. |