• DOI:10.1007/s10530-013-0637-2
Corpus ID: 16965229

Do mothers always know best? Oviposition mistakes and resulting larval failure of Pieris virginiensis on Alliaria petiolata, a novel, toxic host

@article{Davis2013DoMA,
  title={Do mothers always know best? Oviposition mistakes and resulting larval failure of Pieris virginiensis on Alliaria petiolata, a novel, toxic host},
  author={S. Davis and D. Cipollini},
  journal={Biological Invasions},
  year={2013},
  volume={16},
  pages={1941-1950}
}

S. Davis, D. Cipollini

Published 2013

Biology

Biological Invasions

Alliaria petiolata is a European biennial herb that invades North American forests and has direct negative effects on associated flora and fauna. In some places, A. petiolata has invaded the habitat of Pieris virginiensis, a rare, univoltine butterfly that normally uses native spring ephemeral crucifer hosts. There are occasional observations of P. virginiensis laying eggs on A. petiolata, but the frequency and effects of these “mistake oviposition events” are not yet known. We investigated P… CONTINUE READING

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