Herbivore Adaptations to a Low-Nutrient Food: Weed Biological Control Specialist Spodoptera pectinicornis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Fed the Floating Aquatic Plant Pistia stratiotes

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 993-1000

  Wheeler, G S ^a   Van, T K ^a   Center, T D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory feeding; Leaf toughness; Nitrogen; Pistia stratiotes; Spodoptera pectinicornis; Weed biological control

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; PISTIA STRATIOTES; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA PECTINICORNIS; STRATIOTES;

EID: 0000363926     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.4.993     Document Type: Article

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