Oviposition specificity and behavior of the watermilfoil specialist Euhrychiopsis lecontei

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 337-344

  Solarz, Susan L ^a   Newman, Raymond M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curculionidae; Freshwater macrophyte; Host range; Oviposition preference; Specialist herbivore

Indexed keywords

CURCULIONIDAE; EUHRYCHIOPSIS LECONTEI; MEGALODONTA BECKII; MYRIOPHYLLUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SIBIRICUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; COLEOPTERA; HALORAGACEAE;

EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL; INTRODUCED PLANT;

EID: 0029661193     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334561     Document Type: Article

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