Male indifference to female traits in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatix)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-284

  Iyengar, Vikram K ^a,b   Eisner, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b The College of Wooster   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuptial gift; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Sexual selection; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MATE CHOICE; MOTH; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX PHEROMONE; SPERMATOPHORE;

ARCTIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; UTETHEISA;

EID: 2942587067     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2004.0593.x     Document Type: Article

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