Females and larvae of a geometrid moth, Cleorodes lichenaria, prefer a lichen host that assures shortest larval period

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1669-1676

  Pöykkö, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cleorodes lichenaria; Host lichen; Oviposit; Preference performance hypothesis; Ramalina

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PARMELIA SULCATA; RAMALINA; RAMALINA FARINACEA; RAMALINA FRAXINEA; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

EID: 34248504488     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2006)35[1669:FALOAG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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