Behavioural adaptation of Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) richiardii larvae to underwater life: Environmental cues governing plant-insect interaction

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-200

  Sérandour, Julien ^a   Rey, Delphine ^b   Raveton, Muriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b Entente Interdépartementale Pour la Démoustication Rhône Alpes ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Biological control; Culicidae; Diptera; Ecological specialization; Environmental attractants; Host plant selection; Larval attachment; Roots

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MOSQUITO; OXYGEN; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

COQUILLETTIDIA; COQUILLETTIDIA RICHIARDII; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33747119862     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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