A correlation between macronutrient balancing and insect host-plant range: Evidence from the specialist caterpillar Spodoptera exempta (Walker)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1161-1171

  Lee, Kwang Pum ^a   Raubenheimer, David ^a   Behmer, Spencer T ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Host plant range; Nutrient regulation; Nutritional heterogeneity hypothesis; Spodoptera exempta; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CATERPILLAR; HOST RANGE; NUTRITION; PROTEIN;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; SPODOPTERA EXEMPTA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 0345735952     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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