Mating Strategies and Variable Mate Guarding Behavior of Gypsy Moth, Lymantria dispar japonica L., Males (Lepidoptera; Lymantriidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 273-281

  Koshio, Chiharu ^a  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gypsy moth; Lymantria dispar; Mating behavior; Post copulatory guarding; Variable mate guarding

Indexed keywords

JAPONICA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 0031488850     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.32.273     Document Type: Article

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