Sugar-Feeding Strategy of Adult Velvetbean Caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1235-1241

  Wei, Xikui ^a,b   Johnson, Seth J ^a   Hammond, Abner M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult feeding; Anticarsia gemmatalis; Compensatory feeding; Feeding behavior; Regurgitation; Sugar consumption

Indexed keywords

ANTICARSIA GEMMATALIS; GLYCINE MAX; LEPIDOPTERA; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; NOCTUIDAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0542373484     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.5.1235     Document Type: Article

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