Evidence for reproductive diapause in the fritillary Speyeria idalia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 427-432

  Kopper, Brian J ^a,b   Shu, Shengqiang ^a   Charlton, Ralph E ^a   Ramaswamy, Sonny B ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile hormone; Monandry; Nymphalidae; Oocyte maturation; Reproductive strategy; Speyeria idalia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006428742     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0427:EFRDIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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