Field observations of oviposition by a specialist herbivore on plant parts and plant species unsuitable as larval food

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1478-1486

  Benda, Nicole D ^a,b   Brownie, Cavell ^a   Schal, Coby ^a   Gould, Fred ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heliothis subfiexa; Neonate movement; Nonhost oviposition; Oviposition mistakes; Physalis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIELDWORK; FITNESS; FRUIT; HOST PLANT; LARVA; MOTH; MOVEMENT; NEONATE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OVIPOSITION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; LARVA; MOTH; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSALIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; LARVA; MOTHS; MOVEMENT; NORTH CAROLINA; OVIPOSITION; PHYSALIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS;

HELIOTHIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PHYSALIS;

EID: 81855162448     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09335     Document Type: Article

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