Late-instar shift in foraging strategy and trial pheromone use by caterpillars of the neotropical moth Arsenura armida (Cramer) (Saturniidae: Arsenurinae)

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 220-229

  Costa, James T ^a   Gotzek, Dietrich A ^a   Janzen, Daniel H ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Group foraging; Social caterpillars; Trail following; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; TRAIL PHEROMONE;

LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 0344961345     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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