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Lymbery, A. J. "Host specificity, host range and host preference." Parasitology Today 5, no. 9 (1989): 298. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-4758(89)90021-5.

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KOEHLER, ANSON V., ANNA G. GONCHAR, and ROBERT POULIN. "Genetic and environmental determinants of host use in the trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis (Microphallidae)." Parasitology 138, no. 1 (2010): 100–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182010001022.

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SUMMARYFactors constraining host specificity are poorly understood. Intraspecific variation in host preferences in generalist parasites may reveal which factors affect patterns of host use, and thus the evolution of specialization. Here, laboratory experiments examined genetic variation in host preferences and the effect of a refugium against infection on host use. Firstly, 6 cercarial clones of the trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis (ranging widely in heterozygosities) were exposed simultaneously to 2 alternative hosts, the amphipods Heterophoxus stephenseni and Paracalliope novizealandiae

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Giraldo, Diego, and Conor J. McMeniman. "Quantifying Mosquito Host Preference." Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2024, no. 4 (2023): pdb.top107663. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/pdb.top107663.

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The most dangerous mosquito species for human health are those that blood feed preferentially and frequently on humans (anthropophilic mosquitoes). These include prolific disease vectors such as the African malaria mosquitoAnopheles gambiaeand yellow fever mosquitoAedes aegypti. The chemosensory basis for anthropophilic behavior exhibited by these disease vectors, as well as the factors that drive interindividual differences in human attractiveness to mosquitoes, remain largely uncharacterized. Here, we concisely review established methods to quantify mosquito interspecific and intraspecific h

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Egan, Scott P., Glen R. Hood, and James R. Ott. "Testing the Role of Habitat Isolation among Ecologically Divergent Gall Wasp Populations." International Journal of Ecology 2012 (2012): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/809897.

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Habitat isolation occurs when habitat preferences lower the probability of mating between individuals associated with differing habitats. While a potential barrier to gene flow during ecological speciation, the effect of habitat isolation on reproductive isolation has rarely been directly tested. Herein, we first estimated habitat preference for each of six populations of the gall waspBelonocnema treataeinhabiting eitherQuercus virginianaorQ. geminata. We then estimated the importance of habitat isolation in generating reproductive isolation betweenB. treataepopulations that were host specific

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Zhang, Aoying, Tao Li, Lisha Yuan, Mingtao Tan, Dun Jiang, and Shanchun Yan. "Digestive Characteristics of Hyphantria cunea Larvae on Different Host Plants." Insects 14, no. 5 (2023): 463. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects14050463.

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Digestive physiology mediates the adaptation of phytophagous insects to host plants. In this study, the digestive characteristics of Hyphantria cunea larvae feeding preferences on different host plants were investigated. The results showed that the body weight, food utilization, and nutrient contents of H. cunea larvae feeding on the high-preference host plants were significantly higher than those feeding on the low-preference host plants. However, the activity of larval digestive enzymes in different host plants presented an opposite trend, as higher α-amylase or trypsin activity was observed

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Gaffke, Alexander, Maritza Romero, and Hans Alborn. "What Is More Important to Host-Seeking Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Innate or Learned Preference?" Agriculture 13, no. 9 (2023): 1802. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13091802.

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Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs), small soil-dwelling non-segmented roundworms, are obligate parasites of insects and commonly used in agriculture for biological control of insect pests. For successful reproduction, EPNs must identify, move towards, and successfully infect a suitable insect host in a chemically complex soil environment. EPNs can have innate host insect preferences and can be attracted to semiochemicals associated with that host. They can also develop strong learned preferences for chemical signals associated with the presence of a host, such as herbivory-induced volatiles. We

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Lodge, D. Jean, and Thomas Laessøe. "Host preference in Camillea verruculospora." Mycologist 9, no. 4 (1995): 152–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0269-915x(09)80004-9.

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Astuti, Ludji Pantja, and Mutala’liah Mutala’liah. "Host preference of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) on six kinds of flour." Jurnal Entomologi Indonesia 17, no. 3 (2020): 149. http://dx.doi.org/10.5994/jei.17.3.149.

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<p>The red flour beetle, <em>Tribolium castaneum </em>(Herbts)<em> </em>is a major pest of flour from various grains. The infested flour is discoloured and will emit a disagreeable odour due to the secretion of benzoquinone from the insect’s abdominal glands. Considering the economic losses effected by <em>T. castaneum, </em>new alternative control measures are needed for this pest. This study sought to determine the host preferences of <em>T. castaneum </em>from amongst six kinds of flour to assess their vulnerability to infestation. The r

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Trejo-Meléndez, Víctor, and Jorge Contreras-Garduño. "To live free or being a parasite: The optimal foraging behavior may favor the evolution of entomopathogenic nematodes." PLOS ONE 19, no. 3 (2024): e0298400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298400.

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Facultative parasites can alternate between a free-living and a parasitic existence to complete their life cycle. Yet, it remains uncertain which lifestyle they prefer. The optimal foraging theory suggests that food preferences align with fitness benefits. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the facultative parasite nematode Rhabditis regina, assessing its host preference and the associated benefits. Two experiments were conducted using wild nematode populations collected from Phyllophaga polyphylla, their natural host. In the first experiment, we used a behavioral arena to assess host pr

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Stearns, Frank W., Kelley J. Tilmon, and Thomas K. Wood. "Felsenstein’s “one-allele model” of speciation: The role of philopatry in the initial stages of host plant mediated reproductive isolation in Enchenopa binotata." Current Zoology 59, no. 5 (2013): 658–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/59.5.658.

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Abstract The study of speciation genetics is primarily concerned with identifying the genetic traits that allow divergent selection to overcome the homogenizing effects of gene flow. Felsenstein reviewed this race between gene flow and selection, concluding that speciation with gene flow was unlikely under a “two-allele model” (where two traits were necessary for reproductive isolation) but that divergence could occur quite easily under a “one-allele model.” Despite this finding, much of the sympatric speciation research involving phytophagous insects has relied on a two-trait model, where ins

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Lefort, Marie-Caroline, Stéphane Boyer, Jessica Vereijssen, Rowan Sprague, Travis R. Glare, and Susan P. Worner. "Preference of a native beetle for “exoticism,” characteristics that contribute to invasive success ofCostelytra zealandica(Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)." PeerJ 3 (November 30, 2015): e1454. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1454.

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Widespread replacement of native ecosystems by productive land sometimes results in the outbreak of a native species. In New Zealand, the introduction of exotic pastoral plants has resulted in diet alteration of the native coleopteran species,Costelytra zealandica(White) (Scarabaeidae) such that this insect has reached the status of pest. In contrast,C. brunneum(Broun), a congeneric species, has not developed such a relationship with these ‘novel’ host plants. This study investigated the feeding preferences and fitness performance of these two closely related scarab beetles to increase fundame

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Simpson, Jennifer E., Paul J. Hurtado, Jan Medlock, et al. "Vector host-feeding preferences drive transmission of multi-host pathogens: West Nile virus as a model system." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279, no. 1730 (2011): 925–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1282.

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Seasonal epizootics of vector-borne pathogens infecting multiple species are ecologically complex and difficult to forecast. Pathogen transmission potential within the host community is determined by the relative abilities of host species to maintain and transmit the pathogen and by ecological factors influencing contact rates between hosts and vectors. Increasing evidence of strong feeding preferences by a number of vectors suggests that the host community experienced by the pathogen may be very different from the local host community. We developed an empirically informed transmission model f

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Sequeira, Richard, and Manfred Mackauer. "Host Instar Preference of the Aphid Parasite Praon pequodorum (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae)." Entomologia Generalis 12, no. 4 (1987): 259–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/entom.gen/12/1987/259.

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Dickie, Ian A. "Host preference, niches and fungal diversity." New Phytologist 174, no. 2 (2007): 230–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02055.x.

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Leskey, Tracy C., and Starker E. Wright. "Host preference of the plum curculio." Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 123, no. 3 (2007): 217–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00545.x.

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Crowley-Gall, Amber, Mary Shaw, and Stephanie M. Rollmann. "Host Preference and Olfaction inDrosophila mojavensis." Journal of Heredity 110, no. 1 (2018): 68–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esy052.

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WARNES, M. L., and L. H. FINLAYSON. "Effect of host behaviour on host preference in Stomoxys calcitrans." Medical and Veterinary Entomology 1, no. 1 (1987): 53–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.1987.tb00322.x.

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Abrams, Peter A., and Tadeusz J. Kawecki. "Adaptive Host Preference and the Dynamics of Host–Parasitoid Interactions." Theoretical Population Biology 56, no. 3 (1999): 307–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/tpbi.1999.1419.

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Seneviratne, Sampath S., H. Chandrika Fernando, and Preethi V. Udagama-Randeniya. "Host specificity in bat ectoparasites: A natural experiment." International Journal for Parasitology 39, no. 9 (2009): 995–1002. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14817903.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) We undertook a field study to determine patterns of specialisation of ectoparasites in cave-dwelling bats in Sri Lanka. The hypothesis tested was that strict host specificity (monoxeny) could evolve through the development of differential species preferences through association with the different host groups. Three species of cave-dwelling bats were chosen to represent a wide range of host–parasite associations (monoxeny to polyxeny), and both sympatric and allopatric roosting assemblages. Of the eight caves selected, six caves were ''allopatr

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Singer, Michael C. "Preference Provides a Plethora of Problems (Don't Panic)." Annual Review of Entomology 66, no. 1 (2021): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-022720-061725.

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This review was solicited as an autobiography. The “problems” in my title have two meanings. First, they were professional difficulties caused by my decision to study oviposition preferences of butterflies that were not susceptible to traditional preference-testing designs. Until I provided video, my claim that the butterflies duplicate natural post-alighting host-assessment behavior when placed on hosts by hand was not credible, and the preference-testing technique that I had developed elicited skepticism, anger, and derision. The second meaning of “problems” is scientific. Insect preference

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Aragón, Gregorio, Isabel Martínez, Marcelino de la Cruz, and Pilar Hurtado. "High Host Preferences in Epiphytic Lichens Across Diverse Phorophyte Species in the Mediterranean Region." Journal of Fungi 11, no. 2 (2025): 104. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof11020104.

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Contrary to the assumption that epiphytic lichens, which obtain water and nutrients from the atmosphere, do not exhibit host species preference, this notion is challenged by the limited number of studies that cover a wide geographical range and diverse phorophyte species (hereafter referred to as “host species”). To investigate this assumption, we evaluated the host preference of 709 epiphytic lichen species across the Mediterranean basin, examining 72 host species. The research is based on field studies conducted by the authors, supplemented with bibliographic records to expand the study area

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Li, Xiao-Yang, Qi Lei, Hai-Qing Hua, et al. "Impact of host suitability on oviposition preference toward fertilized and unfertilized host eggs in two Trichogramma parasitoid species." Entomologia Generalis 39, no. 3-4 (2019): 313–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2019/0857.

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S., S. Patil, Ashutosh A. Ambi, and Sathe T.V. "Parasitism preference of a Braconid wasp Apanteles creatonoti Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Towards insect pests of agricultural and forest importance." Biolife 4, no. 2 (2022): 285–88. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7317778.

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<strong>ABSTRACT</strong> <em>Apanteles creatonoti </em>Viereck (Hymenoptera : Braconidae) is potential bicontrol agent of insect pests such as <em>Spilosoma obliqua </em>(Walker), <em>Amsacta moorei</em> Butler, <em>Amsacta albistriga </em>Walker and <em>Thiocidas postica </em>Wlk. Host specificity plays a very crucial role in enhancing biocontrol programs of a pest. Hence, host specificity and host preference of <em>A. creatonoti </em>have been studied. <em>S. obliqua, A. moorei, A.albistriga, T. postica, Spodoptera litura </em>Fab. and <em>Exelastis atomsa </em>Walsingham have been tried as

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Morrison, Colin R., Clément Aubert, and Donald M. Windsor. "Variation in Host Plant Usage and Diet Breadth Predict Sibling Preference and Performance in the Neotropical Tortoise Beetle Chelymorpha alternans (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)." Environmental Entomology 48, no. 2 (2019): 382–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvy194.

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Abstract Specialized interactions between insects and the plants that they consume are one of the most ubiquitous and consequential ecological associations on the plant. Decades of investigation suggest that a narrow diet favors an individual phytophagous insect’s performance relative to a dietary generalist. However, this body of research has tended to approach questions of diet breadth and host usage from the perspective of temperate plant–insect associations. Relationships between diet breadth, host usage, and variation in tropical insect preference and performance remain largely uninvestig

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Augot, Denis, Leila Hadj-Henni, Stavana E. Strutz, et al. "Association between host species choice and morphological characters of main sensory structures of Culicoides in the Palaeartic region." PeerJ 5 (July 27, 2017): e3478. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3478.

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Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) serve as vectors of several mammalian and avian diseases, including bluetongue, Schmallenberg, African horse sickness, avian malaria and Oropouche. Host preference investigations are necessary to assess the transmission routes of vector-borne diseases and to inform mitigation strategies. A recent study examining the main sensory structures (palps and antennae) of Culicoides species suggests that they be classified as ornithophilic or mammalophilic according to their feeding habits. We analyzed Culicoides host preferences according to the literature and car

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Li, Zikun, Hao Yin, Yue Li, et al. "Hyphantria cunea (Drury) Showed a Stronger Oviposition Preference for Native Plants after Invading the Subtropical Region of China." Agronomy 13, no. 5 (2023): 1360. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051360.

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Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) is an invasive alien species that is widely distributed in northern China. H. cunea now occurs for the first time in the subtropical areas of China. Despite the importance of identifying oviposition host plants to control the spread of H. cunea, it is not clear whether H. cunea has a new oviposition preference for plant hosts in the new habitat after invading the subtropical region. At the same time, whether the presence of new plant volatiles of new hosts in new habitats influences the oviposition host preference of H. cunea has not been studie

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Velasco-Hernández, M. C., N. Desneux, M. M. Ramírez-Martínez, L. Cicero, and R. Ramirez-Romero. "Host species suitability and instar preference of Aphidius ervi and Aphelinus abdominalis." Entomologia Generalis 36, no. 4 (2017): 347–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2017/0500.

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Penley, McKenna J., and Levi T. Morran. "Host mating system and coevolutionary dynamics shape the evolution of parasite avoidance in Caenorhabditis elegans host populations." Parasitology 145, no. 6 (2017): 724–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182017000804.

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AbstractHosts exhibit a variety of defence mechanisms against parasites, including avoidance. Both host–parasite coevolutionary dynamics and the host mating system can alter the evolutionary trajectories of populations. Does the nature of host–parasite interactions and the host mating system affect the mechanisms that evolve to confer host defence? In a previous experimental evolution study, mixed mating and obligately outcrossing Caenorhabditis elegans host populations adapted to either coevolving or static Serratia marcescens parasite populations. Here, we assessed parasite avoidance as a me

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Lundqvist, Lars. "Reproductive strategies of ectoparasites on small mammals." Canadian Journal of Zoology 66, no. 4 (1988): 774–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z88-116.

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A model of ectoparasitic reproductive strategies is presented. To be successful, an ectoparasite must either disperse to find a new host or stay on one host and produce its progeny during the lifetime of the host. Dispersion is facilitated by utilizing many host species and by waiting for the next host; these strategies prolong the generation time. Staying on the host is facilitated by shortening the generation time. Ectoparasites that repeatedly move on and off hosts are thus expected to have wide host preference spectra and long generation times while sedentary ectoparasites are expected to

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Lee, Juhyung, Timothy M. Davidson, and Mark E. Torchin. "Variable host responses mediate host preference in marine flatworm−snail symbioses." PLOS ONE 16, no. 3 (2021): e0247551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247551.

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Host preference of symbionts evolves from fitness trade-offs. However, it is often unclear how interspecific variations in host response traits influence this evolutionary process. Using the association between the polyclad flatworm Paraprostatum echinolittorinae and its intertidal snail hosts on the Pacific Coast of Panama, we assessed how a symbiont’s host preference is associated with varying host defenses and post-infestation performances. We first characterized the prevalence and intensity of worm infestation in five snail hosts (Tegula pellisserpentis, Nerita scabricosta, N. funiculata,

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Wojdak, Jeremy M., Letitia Clay, Sadé Moore, Taylore Williams, and Lisa K. Belden. "Echinostoma trivolvis (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) second intermediate host preference matches host suitability." Parasitology Research 112, no. 2 (2012): 799–805. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-012-3203-4.

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Shahzadi, Kiran, Muhammad Ahsan khan, Tayybah Gul, et al. "Host Preference of Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae)." Acta Scientific Agriculture 3, no. 11 (2019): 80–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.31080/asag.2019.03.0689.

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Wolinska, Justyna, Barbara Keller, and Piet Spaak. "Parasite — host preference in hybrid Daphnia populations." SIL Proceedings, 1922-2010 29, no. 1 (2005): 340–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03680770.2005.11902027.

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Teixeira, Isabel Ribeiro do Valle, Angel Roberto Barchuk, and Fernando Sérgio Zucoloto. "Host preference of the bean weevilZabrotes subfasciatus." Insect Science 15, no. 4 (2008): 335–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7917.2008.00218.x.

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Diagne, Aboubacar, Richard N. Story, and Abner M. Hammond. "ADULT PHYLLOPHAGA EPHILIDA HOST PLANT FEEDING PREFERENCE." Florida Entomologist 89, no. 3 (2006): 391–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[391:apehpf]2.0.co;2.

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Denucé, J. Manuel. "Ovipositional Host Plant Preference of Sepia officinalis." Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C 45, no. 11-12 (1990): 1225–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/znc-1990-11-1224.

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Abstract The present study was undertaken to verify ancient data in the literature on ovipositional preference of the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis for the terrestrial plant Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree). -Adult specimens of Sepia were placed in basins together with aerial parts not only of P. lentiscus, but also of Artemisia arborescens, Centaurea alba var. deusta, Quercus ilex and Laurus nobilis. The egg masses deposited on the plants were quantified on a daily basis during the 16 day observation period. By far the largest amounts of eggs were found attached to the stems and petioles of P.

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Crowley-Gall, A., M. Shaw, and S.M. Rollmann. "Host Preference and Olfaction in Drosophila mojavensis." Journal of Heredity 110, no. 1 (2019): 68Ð79. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esy052.

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Cunningham, J. P., M. P. Zalucki, and S. A. West. "Learning in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): a new look at the behaviour and control of a polyphagous pest." Bulletin of Entomological Research 89, no. 3 (1999): 201–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007485399000310.

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AbstractRecent experimental evidence has shown that learning occurs in the host selection behaviour of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), one of the world‘s most important agricultural pests. This paper discusses how the occurrence of learning changes our understanding of the host selection behaviour of this polyphagous moth. Host preferences determined from previous laboratory studies may be vastly different from preferences exhibited by moths in the field, where the abundance of particular hosts may be more likely to determine host preference. In support of this prediction, a number of field stu

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Ahmed, Agha Mushtaque, Ali Zachi Abdulqadeer Alhilfi, Waheed Ali Panhwar, Fahad Nazir Khoso, Muhammad Ibhrahim Kubar, and Aamir Mustafa Gadahi. "Ovipositional preferences of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, on different host plants under laboratory conditions." Plant Protection 8, no. 4 (2024): 571–80. https://doi.org/10.33804/pp.008.04.5048.

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The interaction between insects and their host plants is essential for understanding successful oviposition, particularly for polyphagous insects. The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a significant pest affecting over 300 host plant species. In light of its impact, an experiment was conducted to examine FAW oviposition on Brassica rapa L., B. oleracea var. capitata, and Zea mays L. Results from this study revealed a notable influence of host plant species on FAW oviposition preferences. The highest egg count (675 ± 32.4 eggs) was recorded on maize, specifically on the maize strai

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Zhang, Bin, Kari A. Segraves, Huai-Jun Xue, Rui-E. Nie, Wen-Zhu Li, and Xing-Ke Yang. "Adaptation to different host plant ages facilitates insect divergence without a host shift." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282, no. 1815 (2015): 20151649. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1649.

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Host shifts and subsequent adaption to novel host plants are important drivers of speciation among phytophagous insects. However, there is considerably less evidence for host plant-mediated speciation in the absence of a host shift. Here, we investigated divergence of two sympatric sister elm leaf beetles, Pyrrhalta maculicollis and P. aenescens , which feed on different age classes of the elm Ulmus pumila L. (seedling versus adult trees) . Using a field survey coupled with preference and performance trials, we show that these beetle species are highly divergent in both feeding and oviposition

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Komatsu, Takashi, Munetoshi Maruyama, and Takao Itino. "Two Cleptoparasitic Ant Crickets (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae) That Share Similar Host Ant Species Differentiate Their Habitat Use in Areas of Sympatry in Japan." Sociobiology 62, no. 3 (2015): 364. http://dx.doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v62i3.655.

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Myrmecophilus crickets (Myrmecophilidae, Orthoptera) are typical ant guests. In Japan, about 10 species are recognized on the basis of morphological and molecular phylogenetic frameworks. We focused on two of these species, M. kinomurai and M. kubotai, and compared their host and habitat use. Previous work based on a limited sampling effort suggested that these two species share some ant species as hosts, but that their habitat (open versus shaded) preferences differ. Here, on the basis of exhaustive sampling across Japan, we confirmed that M. kinomurai and M. kubotai do not differ in their ho

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Reitz, Anne K., Jens B. Asendorpf, and Frosso Motti-Stefanidi. "When do immigrant adolescents feel personally discriminated against? Longitudinal effects of peer preference." International Journal of Behavioral Development 39, no. 3 (2015): 197–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165025414567008.

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Despite research showing that immigrant adolescents differ in the degree to which they feel personally discriminated against, little is known about individual predictors of their perceived personal discrimination. We studied the role of a major developmental task in adolescence that is highly relevant for discrimination experiences: being liked by peers. We followed N = 532 13-year old immigrant students ( n = 294 boys) in Greek high schools over 2 years to examine longitudinal links between personal ethnic discrimination and social preference among host-national and immigrant classmates. We a

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Malausa, T., B. Pélissié, V. Piveteau, C. Pélissier, D. Bourguet, and S. Ponsard. "Differences in oviposition behaviour of two sympatric sibling species of the genus Ostrinia." Bulletin of Entomological Research 98, no. 2 (2008): 193–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007485307005536.

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AbstractChanges in host preferences are thought to be a major source of genetic divergence between phytophagous insect taxa. In western Europe, two sympatric taxa, O. nubilalis (the European corn borer) and O. scapulalis, feed mainly on maize and hop or mugwort, respectively. These two species may have diverged without geographic isolation after a host shift of ancestral populations onto maize or another cultivated species (e.g. sorghum). A previous study using inbred laboratory strains revealed that the two species differ in their oviposition choices in maize-mugwort tests. We sampled four na

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Gray, Hannah L., David A. Andow, and Keizi Kiritani. "Investigating the Movement Components of Host Preference in a Highly Mobile Insect Herbivore, Nephotettix cincticeps (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)." Environmental Entomology 49, no. 1 (2019): 115–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz128.

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Abstract Effective insect management strategies require a firm understanding of the factors determining host preference, particularly in highly mobile insect herbivores. Host preference studies commonly employ average or first position as a proxy for preference. Yet few studies have explored host preference in relation to transitory attraction and leaving rates, yet these are both components of host plant selection. We investigated the transitory dynamics of preference by the green rice leafhopper, Nephotettix cincticeps (Uhler) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) by conducting experiments on groups of

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Wijekoon, Chandana Dammika, Mangala Ganehiarachchi, Hemantha Wegiriya, and Shamen Vidanage. "The Variation of Oviposition Preference and Host Susceptibility of the Oriental Fruit Fly (Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Commercial Mango Varieties." Advances in Agriculture 2024 (April 5, 2024): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/7490120.

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The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a serious fruit pest in South Asia; however, studies of their oviposition behavior on different host fruits in Sri Lanka are insufficient. Thus, the present study was conducted to determine the oviposition preference and host susceptibility of B. dorsalis on four commercial mango varieties (Karutha kolumban (Kc), Willard (Wld), Vellai kolumban (Vc), and Betti amba (Ba)) under controlled laboratory conditions. The comparative preference and host susceptibility of B. dorsalis to four mango varieties were tested by a

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Boycheva Woltering, Svetlana, Jörg Romeis, and Jana Collatz. "Influence of the Rearing Host on Biological Parameters of Trichopria drosophilae, a Potential Biological Control Agent of Drosophila suzukii." Insects 10, no. 6 (2019): 183. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10060183.

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Trichopria drosophilae is a pupal parasitoid that can develop in a large number of drosophilid host species including the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii, and is considered a biological control agent. We investigated the influence of the rearing host on the preference and performance of the parasitoid, using two different strains of T. drosophilae, reared on D. melanogaster or D. suzukii for approximately 30 generations. Host switching was employed to assess the impact of host adaptation on T. drosophilae performance. In a no-choice experimental setup, T. drosophilae produced more and larger

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Cunniffe, Nik J., Nick P. Taylor, Frédéric M. Hamelin, and Michael J. Jeger. "Epidemiological and ecological consequences of virus manipulation of host and vector in plant virus transmission." PLOS Computational Biology 17, no. 12 (2021): e1009759. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009759.

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Many plant viruses are transmitted by insect vectors. Transmission can be described as persistent or non-persistent depending on rates of acquisition, retention, and inoculation of virus. Much experimental evidence has accumulated indicating vectors can prefer to settle and/or feed on infected versus noninfected host plants. For persistent transmission, vector preference can also be conditional, depending on the vector’s own infection status. Since viruses can alter host plant quality as a resource for feeding, infection potentially also affects vector population dynamics. Here we use mathemat

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Kivan, M., and N. Kilic. "Influence of host species and age on host preference of Trissolcus semistriatus." BioControl 49, no. 5 (2004): 553–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/b:bico.0000036436.06260.19.

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Frankel, Victor M., Andrew P. Hendry, Gregor Rolshausen, and Mark E. Torchin. "Host preference of an introduced ‘generalist’ parasite for a non-native host." International Journal for Parasitology 45, no. 11 (2015): 703–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.03.012.

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Pappers, Stephanie M., Gerard van der Velde, and Joop N. Ouborg. "Host preference and larval performance suggest host race formation in Galerucella nymphaeae." Oecologia 130, no. 3 (2002): 433–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-001-0822-3.

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