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Differences in oviposition behaviour of two sympatric sibling species of the genus Ostrinia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2008

T. Malausa ,
B. Pélissié ,
V. Piveteau ,
C. Pélissier ,
D. Bourguet  and
S. Ponsard
T. Malausa*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Dynamique de la Biodiversité, Université P. Sabatier – Toulouse III, UMR CNRS 5172, 31 062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations (CBGP), UMR INRA-IRD-SupAgro-CIRAD, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Campus International de Baillarguet, 34 988 Montferrier/Lez, France
B. Pélissié
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Dynamique de la Biodiversité, Université P. Sabatier – Toulouse III, UMR CNRS 5172, 31 062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France
V. Piveteau
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Dynamique de la Biodiversité, Université P. Sabatier – Toulouse III, UMR CNRS 5172, 31 062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France
C. Pélissier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Dynamique de la Biodiversité, Université P. Sabatier – Toulouse III, UMR CNRS 5172, 31 062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France
D. Bourguet
Affiliation:
Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations (CBGP), UMR INRA-IRD-SupAgro-CIRAD, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Campus International de Baillarguet, 34 988 Montferrier/Lez, France
S. Ponsard
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Dynamique de la Biodiversité, Université P. Sabatier – Toulouse III, UMR CNRS 5172, 31 062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France
*
*Author for correspondence: Fax: +33 492 386 401 E-mail: thibaut.malausa@sophia.inra.fr
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Abstract

Changes 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 natural populations in France (two of each taxon) and tested their oviposition behaviour toward four of their main host plant species: maize, sorghum, mugwort and hop. O. nubilalis females showed a very high preference for laying their eggmasses on maize, whereas O. scapulalis females displayed a more balanced range of preferences. O. nubilalis females were attracted slightly to sorghum, suggesting that this plant is an accidental, rather than a regular and ancestral host plant of O. nubilalis. One important result arising from this study is the significant proportion of eggs laid by both Ostrinia species on hop. This may explain why some stands of hop are sometimes not only infested by O. scapulalis but also by O. nubilalis larvae, a situation preventing assortative mating based on microallopatry. Hence, further studies must be conducted to see whether the host preference in the genus Ostrinia might be linked to assortative mating by a mechanism that is not mediated by the host plant.

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sympatric speciationecological speciationOstrinia nubilalisOstrinia scapulalisEuropean corn borerhost racehost preference

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 193 - 201
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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