The discrepancy between food plant preference and suitability in the moth Dysauxes ancilla

Web Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 7-13

  Betzholtz, Per Eric ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTH; NUTRITION; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LARVA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ANCILLA; ARCTIIDAE; BRACHYTECIUM; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; DYSAUXES ANCILLA; HIERACIUM; HIERACIUM PILOSELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PILOSELLA; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSELLA; THYMUS SERPYLLUM;

EID: 0347300511     PISSN: 13991183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-4-7-2003     Document Type: Article

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