Ovipositional orientation of an aphidophagous ladybird beetle, Propylea dissecta (Mulsant)

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-219

  Omkar, ^a   Mishra, Geetanjali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Colour; Geotaxis; Ladybeetle; Orientation; Oviposition; Phototaxis; Texture

Indexed keywords

COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PROPYLEA DISSECTA;

EID: 3042809641     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400023614     Document Type: Article

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