Herbivorous Insects and the Hawaiian Silversword Alliance: Coevolution or Cospeciation?
- Author:
- Roderick, George K.
- Title:
- Herbivorous Insects and the Hawaiian Silversword Alliance: Coevolution or Cospeciation?
- Periodical:
- Pacific Science
- Year:
- 1997
- Volume:
- 51
- Pages:
- 440-449
- Subject:
- Planthoppers Insects Nesosydne Silverswords
- Summary:
- The author examined a group of insects in the planthopper genus Nesosydne (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) that feed on plants in the Hawaiian silversword alliance. DNA sequence data revealed a statistically significant pattern of cospeciation between the insects and their host plants. The planthoppers are highly host-specific, with each species feeding on only one, or a few closely related, plant species.
- Label:
- Insects
- URL:
- https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/3219
- Date:
- 1997
- Collection:
- Periodicals