Life cycle and immature stages of the arctiid moth, Phoenicoprocta capistrata

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rodríguez Loeches, Laura ^a   Barro, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Arctiidae; Color morphs; Dyar's rule; Female limited polymorphism; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

ARCTIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; SAPINDACEAE; SAPINDALES; SERJANIA DIVERSIFOLIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CUBA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; SAPINDACEAE;

ANIMALS; CUBA; FEMALE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MOTHS; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 38649108527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.008.0501     Document Type: Article

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