Table 10. Partitioning and populating the
Passiflora/
herbivore community based on larval feeding.
Passiflora
Coexisting Feeding Modes (Life History Strategies)
flea beetle larvae
Heliconius
caterpillars
subgenus
species
habitat
root/stem feeders
leaf-feeders
generalist
monophagous
Astrophaea
pittieri
forest
Pedilia
"red" (stems and leaves)
cydno
sapho
Decaloba
biflora
auriculata
second growth
Parchicola
"DF2"
Ptocadica bifasciata
erato
sara
lobata
forest
Monomacra violacea
Ptocadica
"red"
charithonia
edge?
Passiflora
oerstedii
second growth
Parchicola
"yellow-tibia"
Ptocadica
"yellow"
hecale
melpomene
ambigua
vitifolia
forest
Parchicola
"black-tibia"
hecale
cydno
doris
other species lightly used or not used as host
arbelaezii
megacoriacea
menispermifolia
forest, 2nd gr.
2nd growth
2nd growth
# common species
10
4.5
3.5
3.5
4.5
total # common species
10
8
8