Egg size manipulation in the migrant skipper, Parnara guttata guttata (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), in response to different host plants

Population Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-140

  Mizumoto, Makoto ^a   Nakasuji, Fusao ^b  

^a Toyo Sangyo Corporation   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical stimulant; Leaf toughness; Oviposition preference; Phenotypic plasticity; Seasonal polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; EGG SIZE; HOST PLANT; MIGRATION; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM;

HESPERIIDAE; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORYZA SATIVA; PARNARA GUTTATA;

EID: 33947155380     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-006-0029-x     Document Type: Article

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