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Effect of temperature, population density, and sex on feeding damage caused by adult pea leaf weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2020

Vivian Morley-Senkler ,
Jonathon Williams  and
Meghan Vankosky Open the ORCID record for Meghan Vankosky [Opens in a new window]
Vivian Morley-Senkler
Affiliation:
Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 0X2, Canada
Jonathon Williams
Affiliation:
Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 0X2, Canada
Meghan Vankosky*
Affiliation:
Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 0X2, Canada
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*Corresponding author. Email: meghan.vankosky@canada.ca
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Abstract

Sitona lineatus (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is an important pest of Pisum sativum Linnaeus (Fabaceae) and Vicia faba Linnaeus (Fabaceae). Managing S. lineatus is difficult. There is currently no forecast that can be used to predict S. lineatus population densities between growing seasons (when management decisions are made). Sitona lineatus populations are monitored in spring by assessing adult-induced feeding damage. We assume the quantity of feeding damage is indicative of population density. However, the effects of abiotic factors, including temperature, on feeding rate are not known. We assessed the effects of temperature, population density, and sex on S. lineatus feeding rate by counting feeding notches on host plants exposed to adult weevils for 24 hours at four densities and under five temperature regimes. Individual females consumed more than male weevils. As expected, feeding damage increased with weevil density. The influence of temperature increased as weevil densities increased. Feeding rate did not differ between constant and fluctuating temperature regimes of equal mean daily temperature. Thus, a model based on mean daily temperature may predict weevil density if temperature and damage levels are known. Historical survey data for S. lineatus could be used to develop and validate new models.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 152 , Issue 2 , April 2020 , pp. 159 - 168
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© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2020

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