Clutch size and oviposition site characteristics of a nocturnal African silk moth Imbrasia belina (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-240

  Wiggins, David A ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; HATCHING SUCCESS; HOST DISCRIMINATION; OCIPOSITION SITE; SILK MOTH;

NAMIBIA;

IMBRASIA BELINA; LEPIDOPTERA; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 0031408812     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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