Discrete generation cycles in the tropical moth Opisina arenosella

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 811-816

  Ramkumar, ^a,d   Muralimohan, K ^a   Kiranmayi, L ^b   Srinivasa, Y B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d CIDCO N 2   (India)

Author keywords

Coconut black headed caterpillar; Generation cycles; Host parasitoid dynamics; Insect seasonality

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33750061620     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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