Individual variation in two host plants of the ladybird beetle, Epilachna pustulosa (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Ecological Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-264

  Fujiyama, Naoyuki ^a   Katakura, Haruo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult preference; Caulophyllum robustum; Cirsium kamtschaticum; Epilachna pustulosa; Larval performance

Indexed keywords

FOOD RESOURCE; HOST PREFERENCE; LADYBIRD; LARVAL PERFORMANCE;

ASTERACEAE; BERBERIDACEAE; CAULOPHYLLUM ROBUSTUM; CIRSIUM KAMTSCHATICUM; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EPILACHNA PUSTULOSA;

EID: 0031408371     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02529455     Document Type: Article

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