Female mating status does not affect male mating behavior in the West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-45

  Kumano, Norikuni ^a,b   Haraguchi, Dai ^a   Kohama, Tsuguo ^a,c  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center Miyakojima   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA PREFECTURAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Ipomoea batatas; Mate guarding; Mating behavior; SIT; Sperm competition; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; MATE GUARDING; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SPERM COMPETITION; VINE;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; HEXAPODA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 61849152787     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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