Establishment of Trophic Associations of Native Leaf Beetle Species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) with Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Asteraceae) in Primorskii Territory of Russia

摘要

The establishment of trophic associations between the native leaf beetle species and the adventive ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia in the territory of southern Primorskii Territory of Russia is considered. The native leaf beetles Neocrepidodera ohscuritarsis (Motschulsky, 1859) and Chrysolina aurichalcea (Gebler in Manner-heim, 1825) feed on A. artemisiifolia despite their trophic preferences for native plants.