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Feeding on Non-Host Plants by Partially Maxillectomized Tobacco Hornworms (Manduca sexta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
Tobacco hornworm larvae reared on diet or jimsonweed and with one or both pairs of maxillary sensillae styloconica removed were given feeding tests with four non-host plants (collard, dandelion, cowpea and mullein). Increased feeding was observed for all larvae lacking medial, lateral, or both pairs...
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Published in: | The Florida entomologist 1992-03, Vol.75 (1), p.89-93 |
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Summary: | Tobacco hornworm larvae reared on diet or jimsonweed and with one or both pairs of maxillary sensillae styloconica removed were given feeding tests with four non-host plants (collard, dandelion, cowpea and mullein). Increased feeding was observed for all larvae lacking medial, lateral, or both pairs of sensillae; these increases were greater for larvae that had been reared on jimsonweed. For larvae with both pairs of sensillae removed, all test plants were highly acceptable. For larvae with only the lateral sensillae removed, the test plants were only slightly more acceptable. Diet-reared larvae with the median sensillae removed found test plants slightly more acceptable than did control larvae. Jimsonweed larvae lacking only the median sensillae found dandelion, normally a rejected plant, almost completely acceptable. Possible physiological reasons for these behavior changes are discussed. /// Se hicieron pruebas alimenticias con cuatro plantas no hospederas a las larvas de Manduca sexta criadas con dieta artificial o con hierba hedionda Datura stramonium y con uno o dos pares de las sensilas styloconicas estirpadas de las maxilas. Las plantas experimentales fueron berza común, Brassica oleracea, amargón, Taraxacum officinale, caupí, Vigna sinensis y gordolobo, Verbascum thapsus. Se observó alimentación mas extensiva para las larvas a las cuales les faltaron ambos o uno u otro par (medio o lateral) de sensilas. El aumento de alimentación fué mas grande en las larvas que habían comido hierba hedionda. Todas las plantas fueron aceptadas por las larvas sin ambos pares de sensilas. Las larvas sin las sensilas laterales, aceptaron un poco mas dichas plantas. Las plantas experimentales fueron un poco mas aceptables a las larvas crecidas con dieta y sin las sensilas medias, pero las larvas criadas en hierba hedionda y sin las sensilas comieron casi completamente el amargón (el cual normalmente es una planta no aceptable). Se discute la posibilidad de una base quimiosensorial que explique este comportamiento. |
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ISSN: | 0015-4040 1938-5102 |
DOI: | 10.2307/3495484 |