Building of leaf shelters by Stenoma scitiorella Walker (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae): Manipulation of host plant quality?

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 537-540

  Costa, Alexandre A ^a   Varanda, Elenice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caterpillar; Cerrado; Herbivory; Tannin; Xylopia aromatica

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250684504     PISSN: 1519556X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1519-566x2002000400005     Document Type: Article

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