Do fecal shields provide physical protection to larvae of the tortoise beetles Plagiometriona flavescens and Stolas chalybea against natural enemies?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 203-206

  Nogueira De Sá, Flávia ^a   Trigo, José Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Aureliana fasciculata; Calea pinnatifida; Cassidinae; Chemical protection; Chrysomelidae; Physical protection; Predation; Solanaceae

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FECES; LARVA; PHYSICAL DEFENSE;

ASTERACEAE; AURELIANA FASCICULATA; CALEA; CASSIDINAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PLAGIOMETRIONA; PLAGIOMETRIONA FLAVESCENS; SOLANACEAE; STOLAS; STOLAS CHALYBEA;

EID: 0036665470     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.01007.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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