The Hawkmoth Macroglossum gyrans and its interaction with some plant species at Visakhapatnam

Zoos' Print Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1595-1598

  Solomon Raju, A J ^a   Purnachandra Rao, S ^a   Ezradanam, V ^a   Zafar, Rashda ^a   Roop Kalpana, P ^a   Kiran Kumari, P ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Floral characters; Foraging schedules; Hawkmoth; Macroglossum gyrans; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4344670205     PISSN: 09716378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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