Life history and behavior of Synaxis cervinaria (Geometridae), a defoliator of Arctostaphylos patula (Ericaceae)

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-343

  Valenti, Michael A ^a,c   Berryman, Alan A ^a   Ferrell, George T ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Delaware Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Crypsis; Flight period; Greenleaf manzanita; Leaf consumption

Indexed keywords

ADULT BEHAVIOUR; CRYPSIS; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; LARVAL BEHAVIOUR; LIFE HISTORY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SHASTA COUNTY;

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS PATULA; ERICACEAE; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; SYNAXIS CERVINARIA;

EID: 0031399479     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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