Herbivorous Insects: Host-Seeking Behavior and Mechanisms

Abstract

Neurophysiological aspects -- Behavioral and neurophysiological basis of food-plant selection by lepidopterous larvae -- Diversity of behavioral cues -- Chemical aspects of oviposition behavior in butterflies -- Individual variation in host location by phytophagous insects -- Spatial patterns in the plant community and their effects upon insect search -- Host search in relation to the breadth of diet -- Integration of visual stimuli, host odorants, and pheromones by bark beetles and weevils inlocating and colonizing host trees -- Host location in the colorado potato beetle: searching mechanisms in relation to oligophagy -- Host-speeking behavior of the gypsy moth: the influence of polyphagy and highly apparent host plants -- Evolutionary aspects of host selection -- Selective factors in the evolution of host choice by phytophagous insects