Dietary complementation across life stages in the polyphagous lady beetle Coleomegilla maculata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-45

  Michaud, J P ^a   Jyoti, J L ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Development; Ephestia kuehniella; Fitness; Generalist predator; Pollen; Reproduction; Schizaphis graminum

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLUTCH SIZE; DIET; FECUNDITY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; MOTH; POLLEN; PROTEIN;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; APOIDEA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; SCHIZAPHIS GRAMINUM;

EID: 37249055575     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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