Parasitoids (Hymenoptera) of leaf-spinning moths (Lepidoptera) feeding on Vaccinium uliginosum L. along an ecological gradient in central European peat bogs

0357052 - BC 2015 RIV FI eng J - Journal Article
Lozan, Aurel - Spitzer, Karel - Jaroš, Josef - Khalaim, A. - Rizzo, M. C. - Guerrieri, E. - Bezděk, Aleš
Parasitoids (Hymenoptera) of leaf-spinning moths (Lepidoptera) feeding on Vaccinium uliginosum L. along an ecological gradient in central European peat bogs.
Entomologica Fennica. Roč. 21, č. 4 (2010), s. 243-253. ISSN 0785-8760
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR 1QS500070505
Grant - others:EU Synthesys(BE) GB-TAF-4159; European Science Foundation(BE) 1667
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50070508
Keywords : Vaccinium uliginosum L.
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
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Parasitoids of leaf-spinning Lepidoptera associated with two isolated central European peat bogs were investigated. Five families of parasitoid Hymenoptera) Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Eulophidae, Pteromalidae and Encyrtidae) were recorded. Despite of some niche-specific (but less host-specific) parasitoids, all these hymenopterans are likely to be generalists and none of them were confirmed to be habitat and/or host specialists. Unlike their eurytopic parasitoids, the Lepidoptera hosts associated with peat bogs are partially highly stenotopic. The occurrence of parasitoids compared to their potential hosts was structured along an ecological gradient, so most parasitoids were recorded from margins while stenotopic moths were mostly distributed near the centre of the bog habitat.
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