Host adaptation of the fruit piercing moth, Eudocima fullonia

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 398-401

  Reddy, G V P ^a   Cruz, Z T ^a   Bamba, J ^a   Muniappan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Eudocima fullonia; Fabaceae; Fruit piercing moth; Host plants; Lepidoptera; Menispermaceae; Noctuidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOST PLANT; HOST RANGE; MOTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ERYTHRINA (ANGIOSPERM); ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA; EUDOCIMA; FABACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MENISPERMACEAE; NOCTUIDAE; TINOSPORA;

EID: 28944449546     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2005.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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