Effect of experience on foraging behavior towards artificial nectar guide in the cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae crucivora (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-42

  Kandori, Ikuo ^a   Ohsaki, Naota ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Foraging on flowers; Innate response

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 0032372598     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.35     Document Type: Article

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