Influence of monocotyl leaf anatomy on the feeding pattern of a grass-mining agromyzid (Diptera)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 646-654

  Scheirs, Jan ^a   Vandevyvere, Inez ^a   De Bruyn, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agromyzidae; Grasses; Leaf miners; Mining pattern; Plant insect interactions

Indexed keywords

AGROMYZA; AGROMYZA PHRAGMITIDIS; AGROMYZIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POACEAE; AGROMOYZIDAE;

FEEDING PATTERN; LEAF ANATOMY; LEAF MINER; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

EID: 0031399586     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/90.5.646     Document Type: Article

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