Thrips see red - Flower colour and the host relationships of a polyphagous anthophilic thrips

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 527-535

  Yaku, A ^a   Walter, G H ^a   Najar Rodriguez, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Frankliniella schultzei; Host plant recognition; Host plant species; Malvaviscus arboreus; Polyphagy; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FLOWER; HOST PLANT; INSECT; OVIPOSITION; PIGMENT; RECOGNITION; TRAPPING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

FRANKLINIELLA SCHULTZEI; HEXAPODA; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; MALVAVISCUS ARBOREUS;

EID: 34848855461     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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