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- Title
Preliminary trophic analysis of leaf-mining Nepticulidae: pronounced feeding strategies in Middle and South America?
- Authors
Remeikis, Andrius; Diškus, Arūnas; Stonis, Jonas R.
- Abstract
The paper briefly analyzes trophic relationships of Nepticulidae occurring in Middle and South America (the Neotropical and Ando-Patagonian regions) for the first time. The results show some peculiar features, including unexpectedly large percentage of taxa trophically associated with Asterales (Asteraceae) and Lamiales plants. However, because of insufficient sampling in most regions of the Caribbean and Middle and South America as well as the fact that only 50% of analyzed taxa are known in host-plant records, the results of current analysis should be treated as preliminary.
- Subjects
SOUTH America; MESOAMERICAN region; NEPTICULIDAE; INSECT feeding &; feeds; FOOD chains; ASTERACEAE
- Publication
Biologija, 2016, Vol 62, Issue 4, p242
- ISSN
1392-0146
- Publication type
Article