Six Species of Omnivorous Insects Feed on the Invasive Plant Ageratina adenophora in Kunming, Yunnan Province — Oak Academic Publishing
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Six Species of Omnivorous Insects Feed on the Invasive Plant Ageratina adenophora in Kunming, Yunnan Province
Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
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Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resource Conservation (China West Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanchong, China
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Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
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Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
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Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
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Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
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Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
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Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
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Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
1 Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
2 Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resource Conservation (China West Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanchong, China
3 Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
4 Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
5 Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
6 Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
7 Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
8 Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
9 Engineering Research Center for Urban Modern Agriculture of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming, China
In order to understand the feeding pressure of omnivorous insects on Ageratina adenophora Spreng., field surveys and laboratory experiments were carried out to confirm the feeding relationship between local herbivorous insects and A. adenophora . Six species of natural enemies of A. adenophora were confirmed for the first time. They were Uroleucon gobonis Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Atractomorpha lata Motschoulsky (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae), Ourapteryx yerburii virescens Matsumura (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), Sclerogenia jessica Butler (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Argyrogramma agnata Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). S. invicta fed on the cuticle, cortex and phloem of A. adenophora , while the other insects mainly fed on the fresh leaves of A. adenophora . These findings will provide an important reference for the scientific management of A. adenophora in the future.
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