A Potamophylax larva (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) using other caddisfly cases to construct its own case

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1297-1301

  Boyero, Luz ^a   Barnard, Peter C ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caddis; Case; Limnephilidae; Sericostomatidae; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CADDISFLY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MADRID [SPAIN]; PENALARA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

LIMNEPHILIDAE; POTAMOPHYLAX; SERICOSTOMATIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 1242322581     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022293031000155160     Document Type: Article

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