Continuous long-term monitoring of daily foraging patterns in three species of lappet moth caterpillars (Lasiocampidae)

Nota Lepidopterologica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 87-99

  Ruf, Claudia ^a   Kornmaier, Bernd ^a   Fiedler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Automated monitoring; Caterpillars; Coloration; Eriogaster; Gastropacha; Lasiocampidae; Lepidoptera; Macrothylacia

Indexed keywords

ERIOGASTER; ERIOGASTER LANESTRIS; GASTROPACHA; GASTROPACHA POPULIFOLIA; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROTHYLACIA; MACROTHYLACIA RUBI; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PHYLLODESMA AMERICANA;

EID: 0035671718     PISSN: 03427536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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