Comparison of common milkweed and honeyvine milkweed (Asclepiadaceae) as host plants for monarch larvae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-251

  Yeargan, Kenneth V ^a   Allard, Cora M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Honeyvine milkweed; Host plants; Monarch

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; LARVA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; CYNANCHUM; CYNANCHUM LAEVE; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 27744504404     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0407.40.1     Document Type: Article

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