Article: Parasitoid Increase During an Outbreak of a Native Herbivorous Insect Following Small-scale Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) Removal
American midland naturalist. 2022 Aug. 10, v. 188, no. 1
2022
Abstract: Recolonization by native species following removal of invasive plant species can often be uneven and lead to the rapid increase of one or a few native plant species. This can result in the formation of a significant resource pulse that may consequently ... ...
Abstract | Recolonization by native species following removal of invasive plant species can often be uneven and lead to the rapid increase of one or a few native plant species. This can result in the formation of a significant resource pulse that may consequently affect populations of herbivorous species and their natural enemies. Here we present results from observations of parasitism rates during a localized outbreak of the Asimina webworm moth, Omphalocera munroei, a locally monophagous herbivore of the common paw-paw. Asimina triloba. This outbreak initiated from locations of increased understory growth of A. triloba, following the removal of Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii). Parasitism rates during the outbreak reached 50%, with higher parasitism rates observed in larvae collected at the end of the local outbreak relative to those the year following the peak of the outbreak. Parasitism rates remained high 3 y after the end of the local O. munroei outbreak, indicating >7 y of high parasitoid densities. O. munroei emerges late in the growing season, making it fairly inaccessible as a host or prey to many generalist predators/parasitoids, which emerge earlier the following year. This suggests the O. munroei outbreak potentially contributed to an increase in natural enemy pressure of other native species in the community. |
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Keywords | Asimina triloba ; Lonicera maackii ; herbivores ; indigenous species ; invasive species ; moths ; natural enemies ; parasitism ; parasitoids ; understory |
Language | English |
Dates of publication | 2022-0810 |
Size | p. 127-134. |
Publishing place | University of Notre Dame |
Document type | Article |
ZDB-ID | 2052733-0 |
ISSN | 1938-4238 ; 0003-0031 ; 0271-6844 |
ISSN (online) | 1938-4238 |
ISSN | 0003-0031 ; 0271-6844 |
DOI | 10.1674/0003-0031-188.1.127 |
Database | NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA) |
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