| mortality of leishmania major in phlebotomus papatasi caused by plant feeding of the sand flies. | the plant feeding of phlebotomus papatasi and the effects of plant diets on the leishmania major infections were investigated. plant-fed flies had small free particles and membranous shreds in their gut that were stained by calcofluor as cellulosic plant tissues. they were found in 34.0% of the female and 14.3% of the male sand flies following feeding on the caper plant (capparis spinosa). no plant residues were found in 54 females that had been fed on plant-derived honeydew secretions of aphis ... | 1994 | 8304569 |