Eur. J. Entomol. 103 (2): 387-395, 2006 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.052

Phytophagous insects of giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum (Apiaceae) in invaded areas of Europe and in its native area of the Caucasus

Steen Ole HANSEN1, Jan HATTENDORF1, Ruediger WITTENBERG2, Sergey Ya. REZNIK3, Charlotte NIELSEN4, Hans Peter RAVN4, Wolfgang NENTWIG*,1
1 Zoological Institute, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
2 CABI Bioscience Switzerland Centre, Rue des Grillons 1, 2800 Delémont, Switzerland
3 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Science, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
4 Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute, Hoersholm Kongevej 11, 2970 Hoersholm, Denmark

Giant hogweed, Heracleum mantegazzianum (Apiaceae), was introduced from the Caucasus into Western Europe more than 150 years ago and later became an invasive weed which created major problems for European authorities. Phytophagous insects were collected in the native range of the giant hogweed (Caucasus) and were compared to those found on plants in the invaded parts of Europe. The list of herbivores was compiled from surveys of 27 localities in nine countries during two seasons. In addition, literature records for herbivores were analysed for a total of 16 Heracleum species. We recorded a total of 265 herbivorous insects on Heracleum species and we analysed them to describe the herbivore assemblages, locate vacant niches, and identify the most host-specific herbivores on H. mantegazzianum. When combining our investigations with similar studies of herbivores on other invasive weeds, all studies show a higher proportion of specialist herbivores in the native habitats compared to the invaded areas, supporting the "enemy release hypothesis" (ERH). When analysing the relative size of the niches (measured as plant organ biomass), we found less herbivore species per biomass on the stem and roots, and more on the leaves (Fig. 5). Most herbivores were polyphagous generalists, some were found to be oligophagous (feeding within the same family of host plants) and a few had only Heracleum species as host plants (monophagous). None were known to feed exclusively on H. mantegazzianum. The oligophagous herbivores were restricted to a few taxonomic groups, especially within the Hemiptera, and were particularly abundant on this weed.

Keywords: Biological control, enemy release hypothesis ERH, evolution of increased competitive ability EICA, invasive weed, monophagous herbivores, non indigenous species, phytophagous insects

Received: June 10, 2005; Revised: October 6, 2005; Accepted: October 6, 2005; Published: April 6, 2006  Show citation

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HANSEN, S.O., HATTENDORF, J., WITTENBERG, R., REZNIK, S.Y., NIELSEN, C., RAVN, H.P., & NENTWIG, W. (2006). Phytophagous insects of giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum (Apiaceae) in invaded areas of Europe and in its native area of the Caucasus. EJE, 103(2), 387-395. doi: 10.14411/eje.2006.052
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