Male moths undertake both pre- and in-copulation mate choice based on female age and weight

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 801-808

  Xu, Jin ^a   Wang, Qiao ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apyrene; Ephestia kuehniella; Eupyrene; Mate choice; Sperm allocation; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

AGE; COPULATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MOTH; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; WEIGHT;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 63149097172     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0713-x     Document Type: Article

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