Color discrimination on orientation of female Eurema hecabe (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-233

  Hirota, Tadao ^a   Kato, Yoshiomi ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color discrimination; Host finding behavior; Lepidoptera; Pieridae; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

EUREMA; EUREMA HECABE; FABACEAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LESPEDEZA; LESPEDEZA CUNEATA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 4143145311     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.229     Document Type: Article

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