Feeding behavior of the spittlebug Deois flavopicta (Homoptera: Cercopidae) on wild and cultivated host plants

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 750-757

  Pires, C S S ^a   Price, P W ^a   Sujii, E R ^a   Avelar, C ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deois flavopicta; Feeding preference; Grass feeding; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST PREFERENCE; NATAL DISPERSAL;

ANIMALIA; AXONOPUS; AXONOPUS MARGINATUS; BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA RUZIZIENSIS; CERCOPIDAE; DEOIS; DEOIS FLAVOPICTA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 0033865079     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.4.750     Document Type: Article

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