Performance of Lymantria xylina (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) on artificial and host plant diets

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 714-721

  Shen, Tse Chi ^a   Tseng, Chih Ming ^a   Guan, L I Ching ^a   Hwang, Shaw Yhi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Feeding trial; Liquidambar formosana; Lymantria xylina

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR FORMOSANA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIA XYLINA; LYMANTRIIDAE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIFE CYCLE; LIQUIDAMBAR; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIQUIDAMBAR; MOTHS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747431571     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/99.3.714     Document Type: Article

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