Threshold weight for starvation-triggered metamorphosis in the yellow-spotted longicorn beetle, Psacothea hilaris (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 509-515

  Munyiri, Florence Njeri ^a   Asano, Wataru ^a   Shintani, Yoshinori ^a,b   Ishikawa, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Premature pupation; Psacothea hilaris; Starvation; Survival; Threshold weight

Indexed keywords

CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PSACOTHEA HILARIS;

EID: 0142082417     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.509     Document Type: Article

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