Moroccan source areas of the painted lady butterfly vanessa cardui (Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) migrating into Europe in spring

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-26

  Stefanescu, Constantí ^a   Alarcón, Marta ^b   Izquierdo, Rebeca ^c   Páramo, Ferran ^a   Àvila, Anna ^c  

^a Museu de Granollers Ciencies Naturals   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hostplants; Morocco; Parasitoids; Population outbreak; Pr dation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SITE; BUTTERFLY; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; PATCH USE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PUPATION; WASP;

MOROCCO;

AVES; COTESIA; NYMPHALIDAE; NYMPHALINAE; VANESSA CARDUI;

EID: 79956065713     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18473/lepi.v65i1.a2     Document Type: Article

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