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Effects of photoperiod and raised winter temperatures on egg development and timing of oviposition in the willow psyllid Cacopsylla moscovita
Authors:J K Hill and I D Hodkinson
Institution:(1) Present address: School of Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK;(2) School of Biological & Earth Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom St., L3 3AF Liverpool, UK
Abstract:Nymphal development of Cacopsylla moscovita (And.) (Homoptera: Psylloidea) takes place only on female catkins of Salix repens L. and close phenological synchrony is crucial because development times of catkins and nymphs are similar. Eggs are laid on catkins as soon as they develop and close synchrony between oviposition and budburst maximizes time available for nymphal development. Sampling adult C. moscovita in the field revealed little synchrony between egg development and budburst, with over 60% of females containing mature eggs four weeks before catkins first appeared. In the laboratory, egg development was influenced by both temperature and photoperiod. At 10°C, egg development occurred approximately one month earlier than at 5°C and two weeks earlier than in the field. Adult survival in the laboratory was substantially reduced at increased temperature, with only 20% of adults surviving longer than two weeks at 10°C, compared with over 95% at 5°C. Body condition (weight corrected for size) of males and females decreased significantly in the field over winter. However, body condition of females levelled off before budburst, coincident with egg development implying that females had resumed feeding. We discuss our results in relation to regulation of phenological synchrony between oviposition and catkin appearance.
Keywords:diapause  insect-plant interactions  phenology  Salix repens
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