Table 3.
Contribution of top 13 prey species (>50% relative abundance of diet based on OTU read counts for each taxa) detected in fecal samples (based on 97% similarity and e‐value ≥ 1–20 with NCIB database, BOLD sequences)
| Scientific name | Order | Pest status: Natural and modified systems | Type of impact to natural and modified systems | Known pest status: Cotton | Average relative abundance (%) | Maximum relative abundance (%) | Frequency of occurrence in bat fecal samples (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenebrio molitor | Coleoptera | Pest | Stored grain | Neutral | 12.10 | 98.2 | 79.31 |
| Athetis tenuis | Lepidoptera | Pest | Crop | Neutral | 4.79 | 78.1 | 84.48 |
| Teleogryllus oceanicus | Orthoptera | Pest | Crop | Pest | 4.56 | 86.0 | 65.52 |
| Achyra affinitalis | Lepidoptera | Pest | Crop | Pest | 4.47 | 83.4 | 75.86 |
| Faveria tritalis | Lepidoptera | Pest | Turf | Neutral | 4.26 | 97.4 | 87.93 |
| Endotricha puncticostalis | Lepidoptera | Pest | Crop | Neutral | 4.26 | 86.2 | 93.10 |
| Olbonoma sp. ANIC21 | Lepidoptera | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | 4.10 | 84.3 | 74.14 |
| Armactica conchidia | Lepidoptera | Pest likely | Emergent | Neutral | 3.55 | 95.6 | 56.90 |
| Sceliodes cordalis | Lepidoptera | Pest likely | Crop | Neutral | 2.09 | 89.6 | 44.83 |
| Cyana sp. BOLD:AAN5000 | Lepidoptera | Pest likely | Crop | Neutral | 1.90 | 33.1 | 62.07 |
| Ectopatria horologa | Lepidoptera | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | 1.78 | 99.1 | 65.52 |
| Leucania stenographa | Lepidoptera | Pest | Crop | Neutral | 1.73 | 85.8 | 44.83 |
| Tathorhynchus fallax | Lepidoptera | Pest | Emergent | Neutral | 1.65 | 42.0 | 62.07 |
Sequenced DNA read counts were used as a proxy to semiquantify abundance.