Caterpillar-host plant relationships recorded from Plummers Island, Maryland (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn , Issue 15, 2008, Pages 75-79

  Lill, John T ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer negundo; Acer saccharum; Asimina triloba; Carya glabra; Food plants; Inventory; Larvae; Limacodidae; Lindera benzoin; Quercus rubra; Slug caterpillars

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER NEGUNDO; ACER SACCHARUM; ASIMINA; ASIMINA TRILOBA; CARYA GLABRA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIMACODIDAE; LINDERA; LINDERA BENZOIN; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 64649090510     PISSN: 00970298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/0097-0298(2008)15[75:cprrfp]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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