Predatory behavior of Delphastus pusillus in relation to the phenotypic plasticity of Bemisia tabaci nymphs

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-248

  Guershon, Moshe ^a   Gerling, Dan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aleyrodidae; Bemisia; Coccinellidae; Delphastus; Ecomorphology phenotypic plasticity; Predatory behavior; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ALEYRODIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DELPHASTUS; DELPHASTUS PUSILLUS; DIPTERA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032744077     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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