Table 4. Survival, feeding and growth of flea beetle larvae on Passiflora species.
 
Passiflora subgeneric grouping
Astrophea/Decaloba
  
Passiflora
 
Passiflora species
PIT
LOB
COR
AUR
BI
 ARB
COS
  
VIT
AMB
QUA
MEN
OER
Flea Beetle
species		 feeding location
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Parchicola "yellow-tibia" basal stems & roots                        

W
R
Parchicola DF2 basal stems & roots       R R                
Monomacra violacea roots   W
R		                      

Red
Ptocadica
larvae

 foliage
W
8
+++
(20)
[.35]
7
++
(2)
[.07]
2
-
(2)
 
2
-
(2)
 
3
-
(3)
[.03]
2
-
(2)
2
-
(2)  

5
+
(3)
[0]

Ptocadica bifasciata foliage       W

W

                
Red Pedilia
larvae		 new lvs. then stem epi
dermis
W
10
+++
(4)
3
+
(10)
5
+
(6)
 6
-
(6)
5
++
(9)
 7
++
(4)		 4
++
(4)		  
8
+
(4)
5
-
(8)
4
-
(6)

3
+
(8)
4
+
(8)
Disonycha quinquelineata foliage         W                
Data: average # days survival on host plant by flea beetle larvae in laboratory, with # larvae tested in parentheses. Additional data: W = observation in wild; R = reproduction observed in isolation cage on potted plant; -,+,++,+++ = amount host plant eaten; in brackets = relative growth rate of larvae. Passiflora species abbreviations: PIT=pittieri; LOB=lobata; COR=megacoriacea; AUR=auriculata; BI=biflora; ARB=arbelaezii; COS=costaricensis; VIT=vitifolia; AMB=ambigua; QUA=quadrangularis; MEN=menispermifolia; OER=oerstedii.