Head capsule width and instar determination for larvae of Streblote panda (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 881-886

  Calvo, David ^a,b   Molina, J Ma ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Developmental stage; Dyar's rule; Instars; Southwestern Andalusia; Streblote panda

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GROWTH RATE; HOST PLANT; LARVA; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MOTH; PEST SPECIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; CITRUS RETICULATA; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; SPARTIUM; SPARTIUM JUNCEUM; STREBLOTE PANDA; TAMARIX GALLICA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 54149117264     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[881:HCWAID]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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