Larval feeding behavior of Gratiana spadicea (Klug) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) on its host plant, Solanum sisymbriifolium Lamarck (Solanaceae): Interaction with trichomes

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-350

  Medeiros, Lenice ^a   Moreira, Gilson R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE REGIONAL DO NOROESTE DO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; TRICHOME;

CASSIDINAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GRATIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM SISYMBRIIFOLIUM;

EID: 33745539798     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/778.1     Document Type: Article

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