Larval aggregation affects feeding rate in Chlosyne poecile (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-252

  Inouye, Brian D ^a   Johnson, Derek M ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caterpillars; Costa rica; Feeding facilitation; Group defense; Neotropical lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CATERPILLAR; FEEDING; GROUP SIZE; LARVA;

ACANTHACEAE; CHLOSYNE; LEPIDOPTERA; MELITAEINI; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; POECILE; RAZISEA;

EID: 31544446312     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: 00154040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0247:LAAFRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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