Aerial dispersal and host plant selection by neonate Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-335

  Moore, Robert G ^a   Hanks, Lawrence M ^b  

^a U States Army Ctr Hlth Prom P   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bagworm; Ballooning; Caterpillar; Host plant location; Plant insect interaction

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HOST PLANT; HOST SELECTION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ACER; ANIMALIA; INSECTA; JUNIPERUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PSYCHIDAE; SAPINDACEAE; THUJA; THYRIDOPTERYX EPHEMERAEFORMIS;

EID: 2942564239     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2004.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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