Another blood feeder? Experimental feeding of a fruit-piercing moth species on human blood in the Primorye Territory of Far Eastern Russia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 437-451

  Zaspel, J M ^a,b   Kononenko, V S ^c   Goldstein, P Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Blood feeding; Fruit piercing; Noctuidae; Proboscis; Vampire moth

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 34548477912     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-007-9090-3     Document Type: Article

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