The beetle is relatively small with a hard, black exoskeleton containing faint yellowish dots around the sides. The head is a deep, bright orange, while A. nigripennis has a large orange compartmentalized thorax.[2]
Feedingedit
A. nigripennis is a pest that feeds off of the 28 species in the Dianthus and Tricosantes genera of plants by creating a circular "trench" using its mandibles. After circularly cutting through the leaf, the trench overflows with sticky phloem sap that, through cohesion, sticks to form a semicircle around the beetle. The beetle then sucks the sap using its mouth.[2]
Pest controledit
Researchers at the Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science have conducted research in using "trap plants" to kill off and reduce the numbers of A. nigripennis. Because A. nigripennis is attracted particularly to Dianthus pungens in the Dianthus genera, D. pungens trap plants were the most effective, reducing the population of A. nigripennis from 1.5 beetles per 100 carnation plants to a mere 0.1 beetles, a 93.3% reduction.[3]
Referencesedit
^. Joe Hallan's Catalogue. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25.
^Akira Uda; Junya Yase; Masahito Yamanaka; Hiroshi Fujii (2001). "Control of Leaf Beetle (Aulacophora nigripennis) Attacking Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) Using Some Dianthus as Trap Plants". Engei Gakkai Zasshi. 70 (6). Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science: 753–759. doi:10.2503/jjshs.70.753.
April 28, 2024
aulacophora, nigripennis, species, leaf, beetle, genus, aulacophora, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta, order, coleoptera, infraorder, cucujiformia, family, chrysomelidae, genus, aulacophora, s. Aulacophora nigripennis is a species of leaf beetle in the genus Aulacophora 1 Aulacophora nigripennis Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Coleoptera Infraorder Cucujiformia Family Chrysomelidae Genus Aulacophora Species A nigripennis Binomial name Aulacophora nigripennisMotschulsky 1857 Contents 1 Description 2 Feeding 3 Pest control 4 ReferencesDescription editThe beetle is relatively small with a hard black exoskeleton containing faint yellowish dots around the sides The head is a deep bright orange while A nigripennis has a large orange compartmentalized thorax 2 Feeding editA nigripennis is a pest that feeds off of the 28 species in the Dianthus and Tricosantes genera of plants by creating a circular trench using its mandibles After circularly cutting through the leaf the trench overflows with sticky phloem sap that through cohesion sticks to form a semicircle around the beetle The beetle then sucks the sap using its mouth 2 Pest control editResearchers at the Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science have conducted research in using trap plants to kill off and reduce the numbers of A nigripennis Because A nigripennis is attracted particularly to Dianthus pungens in the Dianthus genera D pungens trap plants were the most effective reducing the population of A nigripennis from 1 5 beetles per 100 carnation plants to a mere 0 1 beetles a 93 3 reduction 3 References edit Chrysomelidae Joe Hallan s Catalogue Archived from the original on 2013 09 25 a b lt Aulacophora nigripennis Akira Uda Junya Yase Masahito Yamanaka Hiroshi Fujii 2001 Control of Leaf Beetle Aulacophora nigripennis Attacking Carnation Dianthus caryophyllus Using Some Dianthus as Trap Plants Engei Gakkai Zasshi 70 6 Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science 753 759 doi 10 2503 jjshs 70 753 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aulacophora nigripennis amp oldid 1169943474, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
