Notes on the feeding behavior of Teratocoris saundersi (Hemiptera: Miridae) in Iceland: phytophagy, zoophagy, and adventitious biting

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Wheeler, Alfred G ^a   Skaftason, Johannes F ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Feeding habits; Heteroptera; Host plants; Iceland; Miridae; Palaearctic region; Stenodemini; Teratocoris; Trophic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; ANIMALIA; BRASSICACEAE; CAKILE; CAREX; CYPERACEAE; DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA; DIPTERA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS REPENS; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; LEYMUS ARENARIUS; MIRIDAE; POACEAE; STENODEMA; STENODEMINI; TERATOCORIS; TERATOCORIS SAUNDERSI; TRIGONOTYLUS;

EID: 77955956508     PISSN: 03741036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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