Biology of the Leaf Miners

Hering, Erich M.

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“…Adults of endophagous insects such as leaf miners choose their larval feeding site by choosing oviposition sites (Hering 1951, Miller 1973, Whitfield et al 1985. Selective pressures should result in females ovipositing in leaves which promote increased larval development and survival (Mitchell 1975, Wiren & Larsson 1984, Larsson et al 1986; but see Chew 1977, Wolfson 1982.…”

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“…Adult females of some leaf-mining species appear to sample plant quality. For ex-ample, agromyzid females puncture holes in the leaf cells with their ovipositor and then "test" the sap (Hering 1951, Dureseau & Jeandel 1977; it is not clear whether they are merely sampling the leaf tissue or are actually feeding. However, mandibular chemoreceptors exist in many insect species, including dipteran crucivores, which are sensitive to characteristic host plant chemicals and primary nutrients (Cha~man 1982).…”

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Patterns of Resource Use by a Drosophilid (Diptera) Leaf Miner on a Native Crucifer

Collinge

Louda

1988

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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Patterns of Resource Use by a Drosophilid (Diptera) Leaf Miner on a Native Crucifer

Collinge

Louda

1988

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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“…The larvae of leafminers feed on and live inside leaf tissues between the upper and lower epidermis and produce distinct leaf mines, which may persist for many days (Hering, 1951; Liu, Dai, & Xu, 2015). Therefore, leaf mines might provide important insights regarding the life history, taxonomy, interspecific relationships, and evolution of leaf‐mining insects (Hirowatari, 2009; Liu et al., 2015).…”

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Are dominant plant species more susceptible to leaf‐mining insects? A case study at Saihanwula Nature Reserve, China

Dai

Long

et al. 2018

Ecology and Evolution

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Dominant species significantly affect interspecific relationships, community structure, and ecosystem function. In the field, dominant species are often identified by their high importance values. Selective foraging on dominant species is a common phenomenon in ecology. Our hypothesis is that dominant plant groups with high importance values are more susceptible to leaf‐mining insects at the regional level. Here, we used the Saihanwula National Nature Reserve as a case study to examine the presence–absence patterns of leaf‐mining insects on different plants in a forest‐grassland ecotone in Northeast China. We identified the following patterns: (1) After phylogenetic correction, plants with high importance values are more likely to host leafminers at the species, genus, or family level. (2) Other factors including phylogenetic isolation, life form, water ecotype, and phytogeographical type of plants have different influences on the relationship between plant dominance and leafminer presence. In summary, the importance value is a valid predictor of the presence of consumers, even when we consider the effects of plant phylogeny and other plant attributes. Dominant plant groups are large and susceptible targets of leaf‐mining insects. The consistent leaf‐mining distribution pattern across different countries, vegetation types, and plant taxa can be explained by the “species‐area relationship” or the “plant apparency hypothesis.”

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“…At this point the larva exclusively consumes callus tissue, together with the embedded droppings from the earlier boring phase, and it grows very quickly. While feeding on callus forming around the entrance to the larval tunnel is widespread among lepidopteran larvae, especially in xyloryctids, cossids and hepialids, there are very few examples where a mining insect returns to feed on the callus growing within its mine (Hering 1951). Examples include Liriomyza strigata Meigen (Diptera : Agromyzidae), which produces a forked track along the mid-rib of the leaf, and species of the Nepticula argyropeza group (Lepidoptera : Nepticulidae), which produce a thickening of the leaf petiole.…”

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“…In both cases, however, the larvae feed as conventional leaf miners in the leaf blade between consuming callus tissue in their central mine channel. Two Phytomyza (Diptera : Agromyzidae) species on thistles also mine in the mid-rib of leaves, which becomes considerably swollen and appears like a gall, but both species also mine lateral tracks outside the thickened area (Hering 1951). The Hawaiian opostegid Paralopostega callosa Swezey, with its larva feeding under a callus-like structure (Davis 1989), is the only known case of obligate callus-feeding within a mine by a lepidopteran.…”

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Systematics and biology of the iconic Australian scribbly gum moths Ogmograptis Meyrick (Lepidoptera : Bucculatricidae) and their unique insect–plant interaction

Horak

Day

Barlow

et al. 2012

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Abstract. Many smooth-barked Eucalyptus spp.in south-eastern Australia bear distinctive scribbles caused by the larva of some Ogmograptis spp. However, although these scribbles are conspicuous, the systematics and biology of the genus is poorly known. This has been addressed through detailed field and laboratory studies of the biology of three species (O. racemosa Horak, sp. nov., O. fraxinoides Horak, sp. nov., O. scribula Meyrick) in conjunction with a comprehensive taxonomic revision supported by a molecular phylogeny utilising the mitochondrial Cox1 and nuclear 18S genes. In brief, eggs are laid in bark depressions and the first-instar larvae bore into the bark to the level where the future cork cambium forms (the phellogen). Early-instar larvae bore wide, arcing tracks in this layer before forming a tighter zig-zag-shaped pattern. The second-last instar turns and bores either closely parallel to the initial mine or doubles its width, along the zig-zag-shaped mine. The final instar possesses legs and a spinneret (unlike the earlier instars) and feeds exclusively on callus tissue that forms within the zig-zag-shaped mine formed by the previous instar, before emerging from the bark to pupate at the base of the tree. The scars of mines then become visible scribbles following the shedding of the outer bark. Sequence data confirm the placement of Ogmograptis within the Bucculatricidae, suggest that the larvae responsible for the 'ghost scribbles' (raised scars found on smooth-barked eucalypts) are members of the related genus Tritymba Meyrick, and support the morphologybased species groups proposed for Ogmograptis. The formerly monotypic genus Ogmograptis Meyrick is revised and divided into three species groups. Eleven new species are described: Ogmograptis fraxinoides Horak, sp. nov

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Biology of the Leaf Miners

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Patterns of Resource Use by a Drosophilid (Diptera) Leaf Miner on a Native Crucifer

Patterns of Resource Use by a Drosophilid (Diptera) Leaf Miner on a Native Crucifer

Are dominant plant species more susceptible to leaf‐mining insects? A case study at Saihanwula Nature Reserve, China

Systematics and biology of the iconic Australian scribbly gum moths Ogmograptis Meyrick (Lepidoptera : Bucculatricidae) and their unique insect–plant interaction

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