Host finding and recognition by Altica carduorum, a defoliator of Cirsium arvense

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 491-496

  Wan, F H ^a,b   Harris, P ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

aggregation; Altica carduorum; Asteraceae; Chrysomelidae; Cirsium arvense; host finding behaviour; weed biocontrol

Indexed keywords

ALTICA; ALTICA CARDUORUM; ASTERACEAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; COLEOPTERA;

AGGREGATION; HERBIVORY; HOST RECOGNITION; HOST-FINDING BEHAVIOUR;

CHINA;

EID: 0029660629     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00964.x     Document Type: Article

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