ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The rose flea beetle (Luperomorpha xanthodera, Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), an alien species in central Poland − from an episodic occurrence in an established population
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Section of Applied Entomology, Department of Pomology and Horticulture Economics, Institute of Horticulture Sciences,
Warsaw University of Life Sciences − SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
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Section of Applied Entomology, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences − SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
A - Research concept and design; B - Collection and/or assembly of data; C - Data analysis and interpretation; D - Writing the article; E - Critical revision of the article; F - Final approval of article
Submission date: 2019-07-29
Acceptance date: 2019-11-07
Online publication date: 2020-04-06
Corresponding author
Małgorzata Kiełkiewicz
Department of Applied Entomology, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
Department of Applied Entomology, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2020;60(1):86-97
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TOPICS
ABSTRACT
The rose flea beetle, RFB (Luperomorpha xanthodera Fairmaire 1888) is a new flower pest in
Europe. In 2012, it was brought accidentally to central Poland. To search for this introduced
species in the area adjacent to the site of the first finding, 29 plant species belonging to
five botanical families (Lamiaceae, Brassicaceae, Asteraceae, Plantaginaceae, Crassulaceae)
were monitored over a 3-year-long study (2016−2018). RFB were found on 11 herbaceous/
ornamental plant species (Lamiaceae, Brassicaceae, Asteraceae) along with feeding damage
to the flowers. White mustard (Sinapis alba L., Brassicaceae), hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis
L.), and Monarda spp. (Lamiaceae) were its most preferred host plants. In each season, RFB
females preferred host plants which bloomed abundantly and vividly. However, among the
examined plant species there was a large variation in the year-to-year RFB abundance. Over
the examined period the RFB extended its abundance exponentially, and its population
survived and established itself in the area. The general sex ratio of the beetles was strongly
female biased. In the female pool, females with conspicuously swollen abdomens predominated.
The results of our study provide more insight into RFB behaviour, its establishment
and spreading into new areas. To support the evidence for the RFB risk factor as an agricultural/
horticultural pest, further research should focus on the beetles’ biology, reproductive
tactics, larval host plant preference, larva-inflicted damage and harmfulness, the impact of
the RFB on the native fauna, as well as its further local and distant migration propensity.
Presently our knowledge about these aspects is still fragmentary.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank Professors Janina Gajc-Wolska and
Ewa Osińska from The Department of Vegetable and
Medicinal Plants, WULS – SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
who provided us with the experimental plants thanks
to which the research required no extra costs. Thanks
are also due to Professor Lech Borowiec for the examination
of the beetle individuals and to the students
who volunteered to assist us in the RFB collection.
FUNDING
The study was supported by research funds of the Department
(presently Section) of Applied Entomology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Warsaw, Poland.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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