Scaling of Individual Phosphorus Flux by Caterpillars of the Whitemarked Tussock Moth, Orygia leucostigma

Meehan, T. D.; Lindroth, R. L.

doi:10.1673/031.009.4201

Title: Scaling of Individual Phosphorus Flux by Caterpillars of the Whitemarked Tussock Moth, Orygia leucostigma

Journal Article · 01 June 2009 · Journal of Insect Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1673/031.009.4201 · OSTI ID:1629820

Meehan, T. D. ^[1]; Lindroth, R. L. ^[2]

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Entomology; DOE/OSTI
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Entomology

We conducted a laboratory study to evaluate the effects of body mass, environmental temperature, and food quality on phosphorus (P) efflux by caterpillars of the whitemarked tussock moth, Orygia leucostigma , J. E. Smith (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). We found that individual phosphorus efflux rate ( Q , the rate at which excreted and unassimilated P was egested in frass, mg P/day) was related to larval mass ( M , mg dry) and environmental temperature ( T , K) as Q = e^14.69M^1.00^e-0.54/kT, where k is Boltzmann’s constant (8.62 × 10^-5 eV/K, 1 eV = 1.60 × 10^-19 J). We also found that P efflux was not related to food phosphorous concentration, and suggest that this result was due to compensatory feeding by larvae eating low quality leaves. The P efflux model resulting from this analysis was simple and powerful. Thus, it appears that this type of model can be used to scale P flux from individual larvae to the population level and link species of insect herbivores to ecosystem processes.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth and Environmental Systems Science Division

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-06ER64232

OSTI ID:: 1629820

Journal Information:: Journal of Insect Science, Journal Name: Journal of Insect Science Journal Issue: 42 Vol. 9; ISSN 1536-2442

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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