Effects of male body size on mating activity and female mate refusal in the yellow-spotted longicorn beetle, Psacothea hilaris (Pascoe) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): Are small males inferior in mating?

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 603-609

  Fukaya, Midori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body size; Mate choice; Mating behavior, sex pheromone; Psacothea hilaris

Indexed keywords

CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PSACOTHEA HILARIS;

EID: 13444262377     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.603     Document Type: Article

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