| food plant choices of two goldenrod beetles: relation to plant quality. | the leaf beetles trirhabda borealis and t. virgata are specialist herbivores of meadow goldenrods, solidago spp., in central new york. upon emergence, both larvae and adults must actively search for food plants, and must choose among the five goldenrod species (s. canadensis, s. gigantea, s. graminifolia, s. juncea and s. rugosa) that co-occur in old fields. the relationship between trihabda foraging decisions and plant quality was examined by comparing food preferences in the field with the per ... | 1982 | 28309975 |