Herbivorous insects specialized on a narrow set of plants are believed to be better adapted
to their specific hosts. This hypothesis is supported by observations of herbivorous insect …

The survival of insect herbivores typically is constrained by food choice and predation risk.
Here, we explored whether movement from leaves to flowers increases survival of …

Ovipositing females are predicted to select host-plants that will maximise offspring survival
and fitness. Yet hosts often differ in the component of larval fitness affected so host-selection …

The connection between adult preferences and offspring performance is a long‐standing
issue in understanding the evolutionary and ecological forces that dictate host associations …

Herbivorous insects are expected to adapt to the defensive traits of local host plants. Using
two closely related plants, we showed that herbivorous insects of the same species vary …

Pieris (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) species to fertilization of a host plant. Zoological Studies 43
(4): 778-786. In this study, we explored relationships among plant fertilization, plant …

Variation in the degree of synchrony among host plants and herbivores can disrupt or
intensify species interactions, alter the strength of natural selection on traits associated with …

Plants show ontogenetic variation in growth–defence strategies to maximize reproductive
output within a community context. Most work on plant ontogenetic variation in growth …

Simple Summary Butterflies must not only identify host plants on which to lay their eggs—
which they achieve using chemical cues—but also select suitable leaves on that plant that …

Abstract Effects of mothers' eclosion and oviposition timing on the survival of their offspring
in the pierid butterfly Anthocharis scolymus (L.) was examined. I recorded the performance …