Natural history of Limacodid moths (Zygaenoidea) in the environs of Washington, D.C.

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 137-152

  Murphy, Shannon M ^a,b   Lill, John T ^a   Epstein, Marc E ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight times; Larval growth rate; Larval survival; Limacodidae; Megalopygidae; Oviposition behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SHAPE; COCOON; FITNESS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; GROWTH RATE; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOST PLANT; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; PEST SPECIES; PHENOLOGY;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

ACHARIA; EUCLEA DELPHINII; LEPIDOPTERA; LIMACODIDAE; MEGALOPYGIDAE; ZYGAENOIDEA;

EID: 81355133574     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18473/lepi.v65i3.a1     Document Type: Article

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