Starvation resistance of invasive lace bug Corythucha ciliata (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in China

摘要: Food shortage is a prevalent threat to insect survival and successful reproduction in natural settings. An species invading new areas may have high capacity survive adapt starvation. To test these hypotheses, we assessed the time of Corythucha ciliata (Say), laboratory under two starvation conditions: complete (no food supplied) gradual (food provided once not replenished). Under starvation, 3 5 instar nymphs tended decline steadily, whereas this process was delayed initial stage. The average times increased as both conditions (14.0 h, 15.9 h 24.4 conditions; 27.8 29.6 33.6 conditions). longest lived individual nymph survived for 49 hours. results partially explain rapid global expansion C. ciliata.