Effect of Predation by the Specialist Predator, Parena perforata Bates (Coleoptera: Carabidae) on Population Changes of the Mulberry Tiger Moth, Thanatarctia imparilis Butler (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 311-316

  Hondo, Masaru ^a,c   Morimoto, Naotake ^b  

^a SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Agros Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Parena perforata; Population decline; Predation; Specialist predator; Thanatarctia imparilis

Indexed keywords

ARCTIIDAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MORUS (PLANT); PANTHERA TIGRIS; PARENA;

EID: 0031504592     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.32.311     Document Type: Article

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