Sentences with phrase «leaf beetle species»
Cephaloleichnites strongi, as the new species has been dubbed, represents the earliest known rolled - leaf beetle species, hundreds of which still exist today.
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Darwin's beautiful idea explains why there are hundreds of thousands of species of beetles and flowering plants, why birds» feathers are ideal for flight and insulation, and why a desert plant possesses hairy leaves to reduce water loss.
As ecologist Donald Strong — the beetle's namesake — showed in the 1970's, each beetle species leaves a unique chew mark on the plant's leaves.
The findings, published in the 14 July issue of Science, help push back the time when a group of beetles called leaf beetles evolved their great diversity and demonstrate just how faithful some species can be to their favorite foods.
For example, say every beetle in the world eats the leaves of two tree species.
Many other species independently evolved stunning strategies; for example the caterpillars of most Lycaenidae butterflies life obligatory in ant colonies [39], many beetles are exclusively known from the safety of ant nests [40] and several snakes lay their eggs only in the fungus - chambers of aggressive leaf - cutting ant nests [41].