Larval substrates of herminiine noctuids (Lepidoptera): Macrodecomposers of temperate leaf litter

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-212

  Hohn, F M ^a   Wagner, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chytolita; Herminiinae; Idia; Litter; Macrodecomposers; Renia; Zanclognatha

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; LEAF LITTER; SURVIVORSHIP;

ACER; CARYA OVATA; CHYTOLITA MORBIDALIS; LARIX DECIDUA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERUM; NOCTUIDAE; PINUS STROBUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA; RHUS GLABRA; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VITIS;

EID: 0033861251     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/29.2.207     Document Type: Article

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