Oviposition preference and larval performance of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) on two invasive swallow-wort species

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-209

  DiTommaso, Antonio ^a   Losey, John E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepias syriaca; Cynanchum; Danaus plexippus; Dog strangler vine; Host plant preference; Invasive plants; Lepidoptera; Monarch butterfly; Nymphalidae; Oviposition; Swallow wort; Vincetoxicum nigrum; Vincetoxicum rossicum

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BUTTERFLY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HOST PREFERENCE; OVIPOSITION;

APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNANCHUM; CYNANCHUM ROSSICUM; DANAINAE; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PLEXIPPUS; VINCETOXICUM; VINCETOXICUM NIGRUM;

EID: 2342591399     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2003.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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