Visitation of a specialist pollen feeder Althaeus hibisci Olivier (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) to flowers of Hibiscus moscheutos L. (Malvaceae)

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-203

  Shimamura, Ryouji ^a   Kachi, Naoki ^a   Kudoh, Hiroshi ^b   Whigham, Dennis F ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Althaeus hibisci; Bruchid beetle; Floral attraction; Flower size; Foraging; Freshwater wetland; Hibiscus moscheutos; Maryland; Pollen production

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FLOWER VISITING; MOVEMENT; SPECIALIST;

BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS;

EID: 25144501071     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2005)132[197:VOASPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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