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Host range expansion of a Polygonaceae-associated leaf beetle to an invasive aquatic plant Myriophyllum aquaticum (Haloragaceae)

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The expansion of available resources leads organisms to adapt to novel niches and create new biological interactions. Galerucella grisescens (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is usually associated with Polygonaceae in Japan but a population feeding on an invasive plant species Myriophyllum aquaticum (Haloragaceae) was found in Chiba Prefecture, Honshu. To infer the process of host range expansion and possible rapid adaptations of G. grisescens to M. aquaticum, we studied larval host plant suitability and female oviposition site preference by G. grisescens in different strains. In laboratory rearing experiments, adult body weight and egg mass size of G. grisescens were smaller on M. aquaticum than on the native host Persicaria lapathifolia (Polygonaceae), suggesting that Polygonaceae are more suitable hosts for G. grisescens than M. aquaticum. On M. aquaticum, the larval survival rate was significantly higher in the Chiba strain collected from M. aquaticum than in the Saga strain originating from Polygonaceae. This raises the possibility that the Chiba strain rapidly adapted to M. aquaticum and improved survival rate on the plant. Oviposition site preference of G. grisescens females was slightly different between individuals reared on Polygonaceae and M. aquaticum. These results suggest that G. grisescens represents early stages of ecological adaptation to the introduced plant and it is a possible biological control agent against M. aquaticum.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 26870435 to MT. Laboratory rearing of M. aquaticum was conducted with permission from the Ministry of Environment. The experiments complied with the current laws of Japan. We declare no conflicts of interest.

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  1. Laboratory of Systems Ecology, Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga, Japan

    Uchu Okamoto, Shohei Shirahama, Shota Nasu & Makoto Tokuda

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MT, HM, and UO conceived and designed experiments. UO, SS, SN, HM, and MT collected materials from the field. UO, SS, and SN reared insects in the laboratory. UO, SS, and SN performed laboratory experiments. UO and MT analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript.

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Okamoto, U., Shirahama, S., Nasu, S. et al. Host range expansion of a Polygonaceae-associated leaf beetle to an invasive aquatic plant Myriophyllum aquaticum (Haloragaceae). Arthropod-Plant Interactions 14, 491–497 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-020-09764-7

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