Trail marking and processionary behavior of the larvae of the weevil Phelypera distigma (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 627-646

  Fitzgerald, T D ^a   Pescador Rubio, A ^b   Turna, M T ^c   Costa, J T ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curculionidae; foraging; Phelypera distigma; processionary; trail pheromone

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DISTIGMA;

EID: 4844228825     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOIR.0000042545.83981.1b     Document Type: Article

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