Defensive function of caterpillar hairs

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26450065
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Plant protection science
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Sugiura Shinji 神戸大学, 農学研究科, 准教授 (70399377)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MAETO Kaoru 神戸大学, 大学院農学研究科, 教授 (80346238)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 鱗翅目幼虫 / 捕食性昆虫 / 捕食寄生性昆虫 / 害虫 / 天敵

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We clarified the defensive function of caterpillar hairs. (1) Long hairs could protect middle and late instar larvae of Lemyra imparilis (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from the insect predator Calosoma maximowiczi (Coleoptera: Carabidae). (2) Long and thick hairs of second and later instars of Lymantria dispar japonica (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) could function as a physical barrier against the parasitoid Meteorus pulchricornis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Free Research Field

昆虫生態学