A comparison of the host preference of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) for milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) over dog-strangler vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum)

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-199

  Mattila, Heather R ^a   Otis, Gard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asclepias; Conservation; Danaus plexippus; Host plant preference; Invasive species; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Oviposition preference; Vincetoxicum rossicum

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BUTTERFLY; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; OVIPOSITION;

ANIMALIA; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNANCHUM ROSSICUM; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PLEXIPPUS; VINCETOXICUM;

EID: 2342621376     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2003.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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