Plant trichomes and a single gene GLABRA1 contribute to insect community composition on field-grown Arabidopsis thaliana

Table 2 Insect species observed on field-grown Arabidopsis thaliana

Common name	Scientific name	Feeding habit	Host range	Abundance ^†
				Zurich	Otsu
Cabbage looper	Trichoplusia ni	Leaf chewer	Generalist	0	–
Diamond back moth	Plutella xylostella	Leaf chewer	Specialist	++	++
Garden springtail^*	Bourletiella hortensis	Leaf chewer	Generalist	–	+
Piggyback grasshopper	Atractomorpha lata	Leaf chewer	Generalist	–	–
Cabbage butterfly^**	Pieris rapae	Leaf chewer	Specialist	+	+
Striped flea beetle	Phyllotreta striolata	Leaf chewer	Specialist	++	–
Turnip flea beetle	Phyllotreta atra	Leaf chewer	Specialist	+++	0
(Leaf holes made by flea beetles)	Phyllotreta spp.	Leaf chewer	Specialist	+++	–
Turnip sawfly	Athalia rosae	Leaf chewer	Specialist	0	+++
(Dwelling traces)	NA	Internal feeder	Generalist	–	0
Green peach aphid	Myzus persicae	Internal feeder	Generalist	+	+
Mustard aphids	Lipaphis erysimi	Internal feeder	Specialist	+++	+
Onion thrip	Thrips tabaci	Internal feeder	Generalist	+	+
Western flower thrip	Frankliniella occidentalis	Internal feeder	Generalist	++	++
(Parasitoid wasp indicated by mummified aphids)	NA	Carnivore		+	+
Seven-spot ladybird	Coccinella septempunctata	Carnivore		0	–

Detailed information about the abundance of insects at the Zurich and Otsu sites is provided in the supplementary material (Additional file 2)
^*Only this species is a non-insect arthropod
^**The abundance of Pieris rapae was evaluated by the total number of eggs and larvae
^†Abundance level: +++ (abundant), ++, +, − (rare), and 0 (not found)
NA indicates not applicable

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