Influence of chemical cues from host plants on the behavior of neonate Estigmene acrea larvae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 700-707

  Castrejon, Federico ^a,b   Virgen, Armando ^a   Rojas, Julio C ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Attraction; Estigmene acrea; Feeding preference; Host finding behavior; Locomotory behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL CUE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PLANT; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; OLFACTION;

ARCTIIDAE; ESTIGMENE ACREA; GLYCINE MAX; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750257906     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.3.700     Document Type: Article

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