Prey consumption and oviposition of the aphidophagous predator Menochilus sexmaculatus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in relation to prey density and adult size

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1182-1187

  Agarwala, Basant K ^a   Bardhanroy, Pranbjit ^a   Yasuda, Hironori ^a   Takizawa, Tadashi ^a  

^a TRIPURA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adult size; Aphid prey; Coccinellid predator; Functional response; Larval food supply; Menochilus sexmaculatus

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; OVIPOSITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE;

ASIA;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS CRACCIVORA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MENOCHILUS SEXMACULATUS;

EID: 0035707811     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-30.6.1182     Document Type: Article

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