Developmental performance of the milfoil weevil, Euhrychiopsis lecontei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), on northern watermilfoil, Eurasian watermilfoil, and hybrid (northern X Eurasian) watermilfoil

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-126

  Roley, Sarah S ^a   Newman, Raymond M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development time; Euhrychiopsis lecontei; Hybrid herbivory; Insect performance; Watermilfoil

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; AQUATIC PLANT; BEETLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; OVIPOSITION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACHILLEA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUHRYCHIOPSIS LECONTEI; INSECTA; MYRIOPHYLLUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SIBIRICUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM;

EID: 33750213487     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.1.121     Document Type: Article

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