Adult female and neonate larval plant preferences of the generalist herbivore, Epiphyas postvittana

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-62

  Foster, S P ^a   Howard, A J ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Correlation; Host selection; Lepidoptera; Lightbrown apple moth; Tortricidae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOST SELECTION; LARVA; OVIPOSITION;

ANIMALIA; EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0032856404     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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