Host plant range of a fruit fly community (Diptera: Tephritidae): does fruit composition influence larval performance?

Phytophagous insects differ in their degree of specialisation on host plants, and range from strictly monophagous species that can develop on only one host plant to extremely polyphagous species that can devel...

Source: BMC Ecology - September 20, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Abir Hafsi, Benoit Facon, Virginie Ravign é, Frédéric Chiroleu, Serge Quilici, Brahim Chermiti and Pierre-François Duyck Source Type: research