Why do larvae of Utetheisa ornatrix penetrate and feed in pods of Crotalaria species? Larval performance vs. chemical and physical constraints

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-29

  Ferro, Viviane Gianluppi ^a   Guimarães Jr , Paulo Roberto ^a   Trigo, José Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ants; Arctiidae; Camponotus crassus; Chemical defence; Crotalaria pallida; Ectatomma quadridens; Fabaceae; Lepidoptera; Nephila clavipes; Physical defence; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALKALOID; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERB; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEAF; MOTH; PUPA; SEED; SURVIVORSHIP;

ARANEAE; ARCTIIDAE; CAMPONOTUS CRASSUS; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA PALLIDA; ECTATOMMA QUADRIDENS; FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; UTETHEISA ORNATRIX;

EID: 33748624060     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-8703.2006.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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