Acknowledgments The organizers of the 5th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relations acknowledge financial support by: — Agricultural University, Wageningen — National Council for Agricultural Research, TNO, 's-Gravenhage — Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Stichting, Amsterdam Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships Wageningen, the Netherlands 1-4 March 1982 J.H. Visser andA.K .Mink s (Editors) BIBUCTHE-ZK PLANTEZIEKïEiVÉKUNDKi CKNÎR. Binnenhaven 8 - ?c?Àbus%1ï2 6700 ER WAGcMîNGt^ Wageningen Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation 1982 / 1 -i -V i Dr. J.H. Visser is sensory physiologist at the Department of Entomology of the Agri­ cultural University, Wageningen. Dr. ir. A.K. Minks is head of the Department of Entomology, Research Institute for Plant Protection, Wageningen Cover drawing: Feeding patterns of Colorado beetle larvae on potato leaves (see J. de Wilde, 1958.Hos t plant selection in the Colorado beetle larva. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 1:14-22). Drawn by W.C.T. Middelplaats, Agricultural University, Wageningen. CIP-GEGEVENS Proceedings Proceedings of the 5th international symposium on insect-plant relationships Wage­ ningen, Netherlands 1-4 March 1982 / J.H. Visser and A.K. Minks (ed.).- Wageningen: Pudoc Met index, lit. opg. ISBN 90-220-0811-8 geb. '"^--CM-T SISO 597.8 UDC 595.7 PLANTEZlEKTb\Kür;i^ UEN.R. Trefw.: entomologie. Binnenhaven 3 - FûâiousSI^ 6700 ER WAGENINGEN ISBN 90 220081 1 8 © Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation, Wageningen, 1982 No part of this book may be reproduced and published in any form, by print, pho­ toprint, microfilm or any other means without written permission from the pub­ lishers. Contents L.M. Schoonhoven: Introduction Physiology 1 E.A. Bernays: The insect on the plant - a closer look 3 P.J. Albert: Host plantTeferences in larvae of the eastern spruce budworm ' Choristoneurafumiferana 19 T. Jermy, E.A. Bernays and À. Szentesi: The effect of repeated exposure to feeding deterrents on their acceptability to phytophagous insects 25 L.J. Corcuera, V.H. Argandona, G.F. Pefia, F.J. Perez and H.M. Niemeyer: Effect of a benzoxazinone from wheat on aphids 33 S.Ahmad : Roles of mixed-function oxidases in insect herbivory 41 A.C. Lewis: Conditions of feeding preference for wilted sunflower in the grasshopper Melanoplus differentialis 49 S.Vissche r Neumann: Plant growth hormones affect grasshopper growth and reproduction 57 P. J^arbosa, J.A. Saunders and M. Waldvogel: Plant-mediated variation in herbivore suitability and parasitoid fitness 63 M. Rowell-Rahier and J.M. Pasteels: The significance of salicin for a Salix- feeder, Phratora (Phyllodecta) vitellinae 73 E. Stadler: Sensory physiology of insect-plant relationships -round-tabl e dis­ cussion 81 Behaviour 93 P.M. Guerin and E. Stadler: Host odour perception in three phytophagous Diptera -A comparative study 95 E.Thibout , J. Auger and C. Lecomte: Host plant chemicals responsible for at- re­ traction and oviposition in Acrolepiopsis assectella 107 M.O. Harris and J.R. Miller: Synergism of visual and chemical stimuli in the oviposition behaviour of Delia antiqua .. 117 R.J. Prokopy, A.L. Averill, S.S. Cooley, C.A. Roitberg and C. Kallet: Varia­ tion in host acceptance pattern in apple maggot flies 123 P.R. Ellis, J.D. Taylor and I.H. Littlejohn: The role of micro-organisms colonizing radish seedlings in the oviposition behaviour of cabbage root fly, Deliaradicum 131 J.A.A. Renwick and CD. Radke: Activity of cabbage extracts in deterring oviposition by the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni 139 J.W. Klijnstra: Perception of the oviposition deterrent pheromone in Pieris brassicae 145 K.N. Saxena and A. Basit: Interference with the establishment of the leaf- hopper Amrasca dévastonso n its host plants by certain non-host plants 153 H.E. Hummel and J.F. Andersen: Secondary plant factors of Cucurbita spe­ cies suppress sex attraction in the beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi 163 R.C Saxena and H.D. Justo, Jr.: Diel periodicity of take-off and immigration flights of the rice brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens 169 Ecology 179 C. Wiklund: Generalist versus specialist utilization of host plants among but­ terflies 181 J.D. Shorthouse: Resource exploitation by gall wasps of the genus Diplolepis 193 E. Haukioja: Inducible defences of white birch to a geometrid defoliator, Epirrita autumnata 199 V.K. Brown: The phytophagous insect community and its impact on early successional habitats 205 A.M.H. Brunsting: The influence of the dynamics of a population of her­ bivorous beetles on the development of vegetational patterns in a heathland system 215 S.McNei l and R.A. Prestige: Plant nutritional strategies and insect herbivore community dynamics 225 R.L. Hill: Seasonal patterns of phytophage activity on gorse (Ulex europaeus), and host plant quality 237 M. Llewellyn: The energy economy of fluid-feeding herbivorous insects 243 F. Slansky, Jr.: Toward a nutritional ecology of insects 253 S.S.Wasserman : Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar): induced feeding prefer­ ences as a bioassay for phenetic similarity among host plants 261 Qin Junde: Studies on insect-plant relations in China: an overview 269 P.P. Feeny: Ecological aspects of insect-plant relationships - round-table dis­ cussion 275 Evolution 285 H. Zwölfer: Patterns and driving forces in the evolution of plant-insect sys­ tems 287 G.L. Bush and S.R. Diehl: Host shifts, genetic models of sympatric speciation and the origin of parasitic insect species 297 J.M. Scriber: Food plants and speciation in the Papilio glaucus group 307 T.H. Hsiao: Geographic variation and host plant adaptation of the Colorado potato beetle 315 J.T. Smiley: The herbivores of Passiflora: comparison of monophyletic and polyphyletic feeding guilds 325 G.A. Rosenthal: Secondary plant metabolites -round-tabl e discussion 331 Plant resistance 335 O.M.B. de Ponti: Plant resistance to insects: a challenge to plant breeders and entomologists 337 A.H. Eenink and F.L. Dieleman: Resistance of Lactuca accessions to leaf a- phids: components of resistance and exploitation of wild Lactuca species as sources of resistance 349 Hsih-shin Chiang and D.M. Norris: Soybean resistance to beanflies 357 Summaries ofposte rpresentation s 363 W.M. Blaney and C. Winstanley: Food selection behaviour in Locusta mi- gratoria 365 J.H. Visser: Olfaction at the onset of host plant selection 367 Â. Szentesi: Preference of Pieris brassicaefo r an unusual cruciferous plant species 369 G. de Boer and F.E. Hanson: Chemical isolation of feeding stimulants and deterrents from tomato for the tobacco hornworm 371 M. Boppré and D. Schneider: Insects and pyrrolizidine alkaloids 373 S. Woodhead: Leaf surface chemicals of seedling sorghum and resistance to Locusta migratoria 375 B. Muckensturm, D. Duplay, P.C. Robert, M.T. Simonis and J.-C Kienlen: Insect antifeedant compounds and other substances from Bupleurum fru- ticosum 377 P.K. Cottee and AJ. Mordue: An investigation into the physiological actions of feeding deterrents 379 V. Girolami: Olive chemical compounds influencing fecundity of Dacus oleae 381 F. Hanson, C. Cearley and S. Kogge: Analysis of gustatory activity using computer techniques . 383 R.F. Chapman: Sensillum numbers and host-plant relations • 385 Yan Fu-shun and J.H. Visser: Electroantennogram responses of the cereal aphid Sitobion avenae to plant volatile components 387 M. Kielkiewicz: Primary ultrastructural symptoms of mites' feeding in straw­ berry leaves 389 A.Tomczy k and M. v.d. Vrie: Physiological and biochemical changes in three cultivars of chrysanthemum after feeding by Tetranychus urticae 391 J.N.C. van der Pers and B.M. King: Electrophysiology of interaction between plant volatiles and sex attractants in several moth species 393 CT David, J.S. Kennedy, A.R. Ludlow, J.N. Perry and C. Wall: A re-ap­ praisal of insect flight towards a distant point source of wind-borne odour 395 I. Havukkala: Odour source finding behaviour of Delia brassicaei n the field 397 H. von Keyserlingk: The response of Scolytus scolytus to volatile host plant stimuli 399 M. Magema, Ch. Gaspar and J.P. Wathelet: Response of Trypoiendron lin- eatum to ethanol production by its host tree, Picea excelsa 401 E. Stadler and H.R. Buser: Oviposition stimulants for the carrot fly in the sur­ face wax of carrot leaves 403 Th.P.M. van de Water: Allopatric speciation in the small ermine moth Yponomeuta padellus 405 S.B.J.Menken : Allozyme characterisation of sibling species and host races in two families of Lepidoptera 407 W.F. Tjallingii: Electrical recording of aphid penetration 409 F. Kimmins: The probing behaviour of Rhopalosiphum maidis 411 P. Richardson: Cereal aphid honeydew production 413 P.C. Jepson: The movements of apterous Myzuspersicae on sugar beet 415 M. Llewellyn and M. Mohamed: Inter- and intraspecific variation in the per­ formance of eight species from the genus Aphis 417 U. Lampe: Examinations of the influences of hooked epidermal hairs of french beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)o n the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphonpisum 419 C.I. Carter: Susceptibility of Tilia species to the aphid Eucallipterus tiliae 421 G. Weber: Some ecological consequences of genetic variability in the poly- phagous aphid Myzus persicae 425 G. Massonie: Actography of Myzus persicae on susceptible or resistant peach seedlings 427 J.M. Packham: Holcus, Holcaphis and food quality 429 O. Rohfritsch: Behaviour and biology of two aphid species related to gall morphogenesis 431 M.F. Claridge and J. den Hollander: Variation in virulence in populations of the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens in Asia 433 R.C. Saxena and L.M. Rueda: Morphological variations among three bio- types of the rice brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens in the Philippines 435 L.Nef : Relation between population density of Phyllocnistis suffusella and genetical and environmental characteristics of poplars 437 Y. Finet and J.C. Grégoire: Poplar sensitivity of Phratora (Phyllodecta) vitellinae:analysi s by different methods 439 P.