Biogeosciences, UMR 6282, CNRS, Universite Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 6, Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France

Quantitative analysis of the causes of outbreaks in leaf-mining insects: application to the common leaf-miner Leucoptera...

Published in GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Leaf-mining by insects usually have limited detrimental consequences on host-trees. Yet, Leucoptera malifoliella, a common leaf-mining moth on Rosaceae, is among those leaf-mining species that can exhibit occasional, sometimes even regular eruptive impacts on their hosts, in particular on apple trees. Here, we address the different causes involved ...