Temporal pattern of feeding activity in the firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus and its relation to sex, wing dimorphism and physiological state of adults

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-25

  Socha, Radomír ^a   Zemek, Rostislav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Feeding pattern; Females; Firebug; Males; Rhythms; Wing morphs

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENDOGENOUS CUE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INSECT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WING MORPHOLOGY;

PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS;

EID: 33947371743     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2006.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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