Host use in relation to food availability and larval development in the specialist herbivore Epilachna admirabilis (Coleoptera: Coccinelidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 177-184

  Takeuchi, Masatoshi ^a   Kishikawa, Hisayo ^a   Tamura, Masato ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Host switching; Host use; Larval performance; Leaf abundance; Mixed diet

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; EPILACHNA ADMIRABILIS; GYNOSTEMMA PENTAPHYLLUM; TRICHOSANTHES;

EID: 18044371876     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2005.177     Document Type: Article

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