Data for: Insect host plant relationships from Luis Martorell's annotated food plant catalog of the insects of Puerto Rico
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Abstract
This dataset contains insect host plant relationships for insects and plants found in Puerto Rico as described in Luis F. Martorell's book, 'Annotated food plant catalog of the insects of Puerto Rico' (1976, University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. 303 pp.).
This dataset lists insect host-plant relationships for insects and plants found in Puerto Rico as described by Luis F. Martorell in a 1976 book.
Description of the Data and file structure
This dataset was compiled from Luis F. Martorell's book 'Annotated Food Plant Catalog of the Insects of Puerto Rico' published in 1976. The list includes host plant species names and insect order, species, insect authority, and suborder nomenclature for insects that affect shrubs, vines, weeds, grasses, palms, trees and other plants. Importantly, only insects of economic importance or capable of inflicting damage to the host plants were recorded. The file is in .csv format. Taxonomic names are specified as listed in Martorell (1976) and should be cross-referenced with more updated nomenclature. Empty cells indicate no data were provided in the original text.
Column names and descriptions are as follows:
plant_species: the taxonomic name of the host plant the insect was found on
insect_order: the taxonomic order of the insect observed
insect_species: the species name of the insect observed
insect_authority: the taxonomic authority of the insect observed (person who first validly published the taxonomic name)
insect_suborder: the suborder of the insect observed
Sharing/access Information
Data were derived from: Martorell, L.F. 1976. Annotated Food Plant Catalog of the Insects of Puerto Rico. University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. 303 pp.
This dataset was compiled from Luis F. Martorell's book 'Annotated Food Plant Catalog of the Insects of Puerto Rico' published in 1976. The list includes host plant species names and insect order, species, insect authority, and suborder nomenclature for insects that affect shrubs, vines, weeds, grasses, palms, trees and other plants.
Martorell, L.F. 1976. Annotated Food Plant Catalog of the Insects of Puerto Rico. University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. 303 pp.
The file is in .csv format. Taxonomic names are specified as listed in Martorell (1976) and should be cross-referenced with more updated nomenclature. Importantly, only insects of economic importance or capable of inflicting damage to the host plants were recorded, per Martorell (1976). Empty cells indicate no data provided.