Interactions between desiccation resistance, host-plant contact and the thermal biology of a leaf-dwelling sub-antarctic caterpillar, Embryonopsis halticella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 615-628

  Klok, C Jaco ^a   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Chill coma; Freeze avoidance; Heat stupor; Inoculation; Thermal limits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LARVA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

EMBRYONOPSIS HALTICELLA;

EID: 0031849185     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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