Olfactory mediated aggregations of oak flea weevils, Rhynchaenus quercus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on phenologically ephermal host plants

Kozłowski, Marek W.

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Olfactory mediated aggregations of oak flea weevils, Rhynchaenus quercus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on phenologically ephermal host plants Kozłowski, Marek W.

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Olfactory mediated aggregations of oak flea weevils, Rhynchaenus quercus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on phenologically ephermal host plants

Rhynchaenus quercus on phenologically ephermal host

Kozłowski, Marek W.

Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Ekologii

Polish Scientific Publishers

Warszawa

1991-1992

Strony 105-111 : ilustracje ; 24 cm ; Bibliografia na stronie 111 ; Streszczenie w języku polskim

Czasopismo/Artykuł

oak flea weevil ; Rhynchaenus quercus ; olfactory attractance ; host plant ephermality ; aggregative behaviour ; insect-plant relationships

Individuals of the leaf mining, oak flea weevil, Rhynchaenus quercus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) aggregate on oaks bearing leaves in a proper phenological state for oviposition. As pedunculate oaks differ in the time of spring development, weevils change host trees in the course of sexual and ovipositional activity, occupying those with just appeared leaves. Olfactory stimuli (aggregation pheromone?) connected with feeding by the females on leaves are responsible for the attractance of other females (and presumably males) to such trees. Aggregative behaviour of oak flea weevils can be interpreted as a specific adaptation to phenological ephermality of pedunculate oaks.

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