Increased fecundity, as a function of multiple mating, in an arctiid moth, Utetheisa ornatrix

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-73

  Lamunyon, Craig W ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctiidae; egg mass; fecundity; longevity; multiple mating; Nuptial gift; pyrrolizidine alkaloid; spermatophore; Utetheisa ornatrix

Indexed keywords

UTETHEISA ORNATRIX; ARCTIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EGG MASS; FECUNDITY; LONGEVITY; MULTIPLE MATING; NUPTIAL GIFT;

EID: 0030618424     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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