Polyphagy, flightlessness, and reproductive output of females: A case study with bagworms (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 663-672

  Rhainds, Marc ^a   Leather, Simon R ^b   Sadof, Clifford ^a  

^a Purdue University ^*  (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bagworm; Body size; Larval performance; Mating success; Polyphagy; Psychidae; Realised fecundity; Reproductive effort; Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DICOTYLEDON; FECUNDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FLIGHTLESSNESS; HOST PLANT; MATING SUCCESS; MOTH; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

GLEDITSIA; JUNIPERUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA; PSYCHIDAE; THUJA; THYRIDOPTERYX EPHEMERAEFORMIS;

EID: 51249121109     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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