Publilia modesta var. brunnea was found feeding on 14 species of Aster­aceae at three sites in three Wisconsin counties in 1994-1996. This is the first report of P. modesta using these plants and of its occurrence in Wisconsin, an eastward extension of its reported distribution

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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 30 Numbers 1 & 2 - Spring/Summer 1997 Numbers 1 & 2 - Spring/Summer 1997 Article 7 December 2017 New Food Plants and First Wisconsin Records of Publilia Modesta Var. Brunnea (Hemiptera: Membracidae) Andrew H. Williams University of Wisconsin Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Williams, Andrew H. 2017. "New Food Plants and First Wisconsin Records of Publilia Modesta Var. Brunnea (Hemiptera: Membracidae)," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 30 (1) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol30/iss1/7 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST1997 61 NEW FOOD PLANTS AND FIRST WISCONSIN RECORDS OF PUBULIA MODESTA VAR. BRUNNEA (HEMIPTERA: MEMBRACIDAE) Andrew H. Williams1 ABSTRACT Publilia modesta var. brunnea was found feeding on 14 species of Aster­aceae at three sites in three Wisconsin counties in 1994-1996. This is the first report ofP. modesta using these plants and of its occurrence in Wiscon­sin, an eastward extension of its reported distribution. Until now, Publilia modesta var. brunnea Ball was unknown from Wis­consin. The distribution and habits of Membracidae in Wisconsin were stud­ied by Dennis (1951, 1952, 1969) and Dennis and Dicke (1953) who did notmention P. modesta. Dennis' collection of Membracidae was given to the Uni­versity of Wisconsin-Madison Insect Research Collection (IRC) and c ntains no Wisconsin specimens of this tree hopper. Kopp and Yonke (1973) mapped its distribution, and their map did not include Wisconsin but did include neighboring Iowa. Publilia modesta var. brunnea was collected in the course of three prairie insect research projects now operating in Wisconsin. J. Lynch collected this species on Solidago rigida in a prairie restoration at Riveredge Nature Center in Ozaukee County on 13 September 1994, and B. Greenler collected it in this same situation there on 1 November 1994. METHODS & MATERIALS Publilia modesta was collected in a sweep sampl  in dry prairie at Hawk Hill in Dane County in The Nature ConservancylWI Dept. of Natural Re­sources Study 053 on 5 June, 1995. R. Christoffel collected P. modesta on He­lianthus pauciflorus at Bush Clover Prairie in Grant County on 4 September 1995, in the course of the Prairie Insect and Spider Inventory of The Prairie Enthusiasts-Southwest Chapter. In 1995-1996, I pursued P. modesta at these sites to record its food plants, making 19 additional collections. All observations of P. m desta were vouchered by specimens: the 1994 collections at Riveredge are housed there, the TNC/DNR specimen is housed at Wisconsin DNR, all others were deposited in the IRC. Representative specimens from each of the three sites were determined by K. G. A. Hamilton to be P. modesta var. brunnea (see Metcalf & Wade 1965). The only Wisconsin specimens of this treehopper in the IRC are those collected in his study. The Milwaukee Public Museum has several specimens of P. mod sta collected by S. Borkin at Riveredge in September 1996. Literature was reviewed for infor­lDepartment of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706. 1Williams: New Food Plants and First Wisconsin Records of <i>Publilia ModestPublished by ValpoScholar, 201762 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 30, No. 1 & 2 mation on food plants and distribution of P. modesta, and regional museums were checked for possible Wisconsin specimens. Plant nomenclature follows Kartesz (1994). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION This is the first report of P. modesta in Wisconsin. Publilia modesta var. brunnea was collected on 14 species of Asteraceae at three sites in three Wis­consin counties in 1994-1996. The thre  sites are distributed over the full width of the southern quarter of Wisconsin, making this a significant east­ward extension of the reported distribution of this species. It was found in 1994 and 1996 at Riveredge, an  in 1995 and 19 6 at both Hawk Hill and Bush Clover Prairie. In 1996, the few found at Hawk Hill were on Solidago canadensis. Many were found at Riveredge in 1996, on Aster novae-angliae, Helianthus grosseserratus, Ratibida pinnata, Solidago canadensis, S. gigan­tea and S. rigida. Many P. modesta were found at Bush Clover Prairie in 1995-1996, on Aster ericoides, A. laevis, A. lanceolatus, A. pilosus, Cirsium vulgare, Helianthus occidentalis, Liatris aspera, Ratibida pinnata, Solidago canadensis d S. rigida. All of these plants prefer open sunny habitats, es­pecially prairie, but this was the only habitat in which P. modesta wassought. These plants are native here, except for C. vulgare. Solidago canadensis and S. rigida were the plants most often used. This is the first re­port of P. modesta using these food plants. Kopp and Yonke (1973) listed, "Solidago sp., alfalfa, Helianthus sp., Iva sp., Artemisia sp., Viguiera longifo­lia, Glycyrrhiza lepidota, chrysanthemum, mesquite and white clover;" all in Asteraceae or Fabaceae. In this study, all 14 plants used are in the Aster­aceae. Publilia modesta was found both day and night, usually clustered on young stems, often in or near the inflorescence, or on veins on both upper and lower leaf surfaces. Ants vigorously defended P. mo sta from the collec­tors' attacks on 18 of the last 20 observations reported here; twice groups of P. modesta lacked attending ants. At Bush Clover Prairie attending ants were Formica montana Emery and F. subsericea Say. On fo r of these last 20 observations, at Riveredge and Bush Clover Prairie, P. modest  was closely associated with adults of Campylenchia tatipes (Say) as well as with ants on stems ofAster lanceolatus, Cirsium vulgare, Liatris aspera and Ratibida pin­nata. O  two ofthese last 20 observations, both at Riveredge, P. modesta was closely associated with adults of P. concava (Say), its more locally abundant congener, as well as with ants on the stem of Solidago canadensis and clus­tered about veins on the undersides of leaves ofAster novae-angliae. Though the collection dates reported here span 5 June 1 November, almost all of the specimens were collected in lat  August and September. All specimens are adults. Nymphs, probably of this species, were also present in some cases, but none were rear d to onfinn their identity. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This paper results from the Prairie Insect and Spider Inventory of The Prairie Enthusiasts Southwest Chapter, basic biotic research being con­ducted at Bush Clover Prairie with support from The Prairie Enthusiasts Southwest Chapter, Citizens Natural Resources Association of Wisconsin, Natural History Museums Council ofUW-Madison, Lois Almon Small Grants Program, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, U. S. Fish & Wildlife 2The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 30, No. 1 [2017], Art. 7https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol30/iss1/7THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST1997 63 Service Partnership for Wildlife Grant Program and several private donors, support for which I am most gratefuL I am also grateful to D. Young and S. Krauth of the Entomology Dept. of UW-Madison for their interest in this re­search, to S. Borkin nd P. Parrillo for their help at their respective institu­tions, to K. G. A. Hamilton for determining P. mocksta var. brunnea speci­mens, to J. Trager for determining ant specimens, to T. Cochrane for determining Aster lanceolatus specimens, to S. & L. Gurske and R. & M. Schwister who permitted my research on their properties at Hawk Hill, to R. Henderson of Wisconsin DNR, to A. Larsen and the staff and volunteers of Riveredge Nature Center, and to two anonymous reviewers. LITERATURE CITED Dennis, C. J. 1951. A list ofthe Wisconsin species of Membracidae. Can. Entomo!. 88:183-184. __ 1952. The Membracidae of Wisconsin. Trans. Wisc. Acad. ScL, Arts and Lett. 41:129-152. __ 1969. The treehoppers of Wisconsin in relation to the tension zone (Homoptera, Membracidael. Amer. MidI. Nat. 81:236--242. and R. J. Dicke. 1953. The Membracidae of the University of Wisconsin Arbore­tum. Trans. Wisc. Acad. Sci., Arts and Lett. 42:131-141. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Biota of North America Program of North Carolina Botanical Garden. Timber Press, Portland. 622 pp. Kopp, D. D. & T. R. Yonke. 1973. The treehoppers of Missouri: Part 2. subfamily Smili­inae; tribes Acutalini, Ceresini, and Polyglyptini (Homoptera: Membracidael. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 46:233-276. Metcalf, Z. P. nd V. Wade. 1965. General catalogue of Homoptera: Membracidae-A supplement to Fascicle I: Membracidae of the general catalogue of the Hemiptera. Univ. North Carolina Press, Raleigh. 2 vols. 1552 pp. 3Williams: New Food Plants and First Wisconsin Records of <i>Publilia ModestPublished by ValpoScholar, 2017

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