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Insect foliovory in mangroves

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Title Insect foliovory in mangroves
 
Creator Kathiresan, K.
 
Subject Insect
Mangroves
Rhizophora
Avicennia
foliovory
herbivory
 
Description 237-239
The insects cause extensive damages to mangrove leaves. The damages are visibly seen as holes, galls, necrotic spots, and incursions occurring along leaf margins. The predominant insect species are leaf-mining moth (Phyllocnistis sp.), leaf gall species (Stephaniella falcaria, Monolepta sp.), caterpillars (Dasychira sp., Capua endocypha and Odites spp.) and scale insects (Aspidiotus destructor). Avicennia species suffer more leaf damage than do Rhizophora species. This correlates negatively with tannin concentration in the leaves.
 
Date 2009-05-22T11:35:58Z
2009-05-22T11:35:58Z
2003-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0379-5136
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4273
 
Language en_US
 
Publisher CSIR
 
Source IJMS Vol.32(3) [September 2003]